Totally robotic staplerless sleeve gastrectomy
Jacob A Petrosky, MD1, Valerie Zeer2, Tomasz Rogula, MD2. 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2University Hospitals Case Medical CenterObjective of the technology or device: To provide an alternative to expensive endoscopic surgical stapler devices in performance of laparoscopic or robotic sleeve gastrectomy by use of a bipolar electrocautery device (Vessel Sealer™ ) as an alternative to endoscopic… Continue Reading
Totally laparoscopic versus laparoscopic assisted left colectomy for cancer: A retrospective review
Forat Swaid, MD, Gideon Sroka, MD, Hussam Madi, MD, Dan Shteinberg, MD, Mustafa Somri, Prof, Ibrahim Matter. Bnai-Zion Medical CenterBackground: Laparoscopic left colectomy (LLC) became the standard of care for treating distal transverse and descending colon cancer in many centers. Most centers use laparoscopic assisted colectomy with extracorporeal anstomosis (LAC/EA). A totally laparoscopic colectomy with… Continue Reading
Totally laparoscopic treatment of colonic obstruction due to colon cancer in 71 patients. Texas Endosurgery Institute experience.
Miguel A Hernandez, MD, Morris E Franklin Jr., MD, FACS, Jeffrey L Glass, MD, FACS, Mark Glover, MD, Ekong Uffort, MD, Bryson Nicholson, MD. Texas Endosurgery InstituteBackground: Several treatment options for colonic obstruction are available. Loop colostomy, Hartmann’s procedure, one stage surgery, and colonic stenting have been selected as options for the management of colonic… Continue Reading
Totally Laparoscopic Management of Gallstone Ileus – 3 ports
Saied Froghi, Mr1, Andy Williams, Dr1, Tammy Lo, Miss2, Catherine King, Dr1, Jonathan Van Dellan, Mr1, Simon Monkhouse, Mr1. 1East Surrey Hospital, 2Bedford Hospital NHS TrustManagement of gallstone ileus has historically been through open incisions. However, with the advance of laparoscopic techniques the trend is more skewed towards minimally invasive approach. Here we describe a… Continue Reading
Totally Laparoscopic and Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Major Liver Resection: An 8-year Single Institution Experience
Edwin O Onkendi, MBChB, John A Stauffer, MD, Steven P Bowers, MD, Justin H Nguyen, MD, Horacio J Asbun, MD. Mayo ClinicIntroduction: Minimally invasive major liver surgery (MIMLS) in increasingly being performed in tertiary centers. Two main approaches utilized are hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) and totally laparoscopic surgery (TLS). Our aim was to review our… Continue Reading
Total Weight Loss As the Outcome Measure of Choice After Roux en-Y- Gastric Bypass
Mena Boules, MD1, Ricard Corcelles, MD, PhD2, Dvir Froylich, MD1, Amani Hag, MD1, Zhamak Khorgami, MD1, Bartolome Burguera, MD1, Matthew Kroh, MD1, Phillip Schauer, MD1, Stacy Brethauer, MD1. 1Cleveland Clinic, 2Foundation Clinic for Biomedical Research, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of BarcelonaBackground: Currently, there is no agreement on the best method to describe weight loss… Continue Reading
Total Retroperitoneoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: Implementation at the First German Center
Marty Zdichavsky, MD1, Martina Guthoff, MD2, Nils Heyne, MD2, Pranjal Modi, MD3, Jessica Lange, MD1, Alfred Konigsrainer, MD1, Silvio Nadalin, MD1. 1Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tubingen, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Tubingen, 3Department of Urology, Dr. HL Trivedi Institute… Continue Reading
Total Laparoscopic Excision of Type I Choledochal Cyst with RNY Hepaticojejunostomy
Bestoun H Ahmed, MD, FRCS, FACS, Ziad Awad, MD, Michael Latzko, MD, Michael Nussbaum, MD, FACS, Cynthia Leaphart, MD. UF COM-Jacksonville FLA 38-year-old female patient presented to the clinic epigastric and Right upper abdominal pain for several years. She was morbidly obese (BMI: 45.2) and H/O HTN, Asthma, GERD and DJD. She had multiple imaging… Continue Reading
TEP repair for inguinal hernia under CSEA vs GA: A RCT
Naveen Sharma, Amit K Kundu, Medha Mohta. UCMS Delhi Introduction: Totally extraperitoneal repair (TEP) for inguinal hernia is usually performed under general anaesthesia (GA). Some reports have considered TEP to be feasible under locoregional anaesthesia.This study compared ease of surgery of performing TEP under GA versus combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia (CSEA). Objectives: To compare… Continue Reading
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Tissue Detection for Integration Into Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools
Kyle R Miller, MD, MBA1, Shetha Shukair, PhD2, Amal Chaturvedi, PhD2, Paul LeRolland, MS2, David Mahvi, MD1, Jonathan Gunn, JD, PhD2. 1Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2Briteseed, LLCIntroduction: Minimally invasive procedures have improved surgical outcomes and allowed for the treatment of some of the most complex and advanced pathologies with shorter recovery time. As… Continue Reading
Timing of cholecystectomy following endoscopic sphincterotomy: A population-based study
Brett D Mador, MD1, Avery B Nathens, MD, MPH, PhD1, Wei Xiong, MSc1, O N Panton, MB2, S M Hameed, MD, MPH2. 1Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2University of British ColumbiaIntroduction: Choledocholithiasis is commonly treated initially with endoscopic sphincterotomy, followed by cholecystectomy to definitively address the underlying problem of cholelithiasis. While the benefits of early cholecystectomy… Continue Reading
THREE PORTS laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Clinical AMIGA Experience – Cali, December 2011-December 2014
Claudia Ximena Millan Matta, phd, Monica Torres, phd. Clinical amiga - colombiaIntroduction: Since about 30 years ago described the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy; modifications have been made to the standard technique. Innovative ways to approach; like surgery through natural orifices or transumbilical approaches they have been described. Secure more accepted technique has been under the use… Continue Reading
Three-port Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: Our Early Experience
Vasileios Drakopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS1, Athanasios Bakalis, MD1, Nikolaos Roukounakis, MD, PhD1, Sotirios Voulgaris, MD1, Sotiria Tsogka, MD2, Eleni Plesia, MD, PhD2, Spiros Drakopoulos1. 1First Department of Surgery and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece, 2Department of Anaesthesiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, GreeceBackground. Sleeve gastrectomy is traditionally performed with the aid of 5 to… Continue Reading
Thoracoscopic transdiaphragmatic approach for tumors located in postero-superior segments.
Tomojiro Ono, Dr, Shinichi Ikuta, MD, PhD, Takayoshi Nakajima, MD, Tukasa Aihara, MD, PhD, Naoki Yamanaka, MD, PhD. Meiwa HospitalBackground: Laparoscopic liver resections for tumors located in postero-superior segments are more difficult than those for antero-lateral segments. Some tumors located on the dome of the liver immediately beneath the diaphragm can be accessed easily from… Continue Reading
Thinking Outside the (Trainer) Box: A Competition Curriculum to Develop Laparoscopic Proficiency and Problem-solving in Surgical Trainees
N Lafayette, MD, D Ricaurte, MD, J Dussel, MD, J Gauthier, MD, S Kurtzman, MD, L Melman, MD. Waterbury HospitalINTRO: Surgical trainees are faced with pressure to learn more in less time. It takes about 10 hours (600 minutes) of dedicated practice time for a novice to reach basic laparoscopic proficiency. This requires dedicated practice… Continue Reading