Pulling the Trigger: Laparoscopic Posterior Neurectomy in Patients with Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome, a Case Series
Brian Bassiri-Tehrani, MD, Donna Bahroloomi, MD, A. Douglas Heymann, MD, FACS. Lenox Hill Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellBACKGROUND: Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (ACNES) is an elusive cause of chronic abdominal pain that is secondary to the branches of the intercostal nerves becoming impinged as it pierces the anterior abdominal wall. Causes can… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
PURE LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT LATERAL SECTIONECTOMY FOR GIANT HEMANGIOMA OF LEFT LATERAL SEGMENT OF LIVER
Srikanth Gadiyaram, Dr, Kumar Parth, Dr, Gaurav Singh, Dr, Yashas H Ramegowda, Dr. Sahasra Hospitals, Centre of Excellence for Gastroenterology, Bangalore, IndiaBackground: Laparoscopic resection has become standard of care for left lateral sectionectomy (LLS), however, there could be technical challenges in laparoscopic resection while dealing with giant tumors. In a medline search we did not… Continue Reading
Racial Disparities in Access to Laparoscopic Hernia Repair, Cholecystectomy, Colectomy, and Appendectomy
Kasey L Wood, BS, Anthony H Bui, BS, Syed F Haider, BS, I. Michael Leitman, MD, FACS. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiINTRODUCTION: Minimally invasive surgery has become the preferred approach for the majority of cases for inguinal hernia repair, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, and colectomy due to the shortened patient recovery time compared to open… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR SURGICAL TREATMENT BY MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH
Aurelio Francisco Aranzana Gomez, Jara Hernandez Gutierrez, Beatriz Muñoz Jimenez, Juan S Malo Corral. CH ToledoIntroduction: Retroperitoneal primary tumors comprise a great variety of neoplasm with different histological typologies, with insidious clinical symptoms and little specificity in most cases. Its diagnosis is established through imaging tests and anatomopathological study is needed so complete surgical resection is… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
REVEALING NATIONWIDE READMISSION AND COST PATTERNS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANT
Alvaro Castillo, MD1, Allison D Rice, MD1, Kristian C Enestvedt, MD2, Joshua Parreco, MD1, Susan L Orloff, MD2. 1University of Miami, 2Oregon Health and Science UniversityIntroduction: Hospital readmissions are becoming an important quality metric in liver transplantation. However, limited data exist examining the relationship between center experience and readmission rates. The purpose of this study was… Continue Reading
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Review of Malpractice in Hernia surgery: Damage to Surrounding Structures Remains the Most Common Reason for Litigation
Zain Badar, MD, Linda Hu, BA, Asad J Choudhry, MBBS, Moustafa A Hassan, MD. SUNY Upstate University HospitalObjective: General surgery among other surgical subspecialties is deemed a high legal risk specialty with one of the highest malpractice premiums in medicine. Hernia surgery is among one of the most common surgical procedures performed by general surgeons… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of delta-shaped anastomosis: outcomes of 358 consecutive cases
Masazumi Sakaguchi, MD, PhD, Norihiro Shimoike, MD, Shin Akagawa, MD, PhD, Seiichiro Kanaya, MD, PhD. Osaka Red Cross HospitalBackground: Since its development, delta-shaped anastomosis (DA) using only endoscopic liner staplers has been widely used during laparoscopic gastroduodenostomy. Herein, we report our DA technique, and short- and mid-term outcomes of 358 consecutive DA cases. Technique: DA… Continue Reading
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SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF LAPAROSCOPIC SPLEEN-PRESERVING DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH LAPAROSCOPIC DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY WITH SPLENECTOMY
Takanori Morikawa, MD, PhD, Masahiro Iseki, MD, PhD, Masaharu Ishida, MD, PhD, Tatsuyuki Takadate, MD, PhD, Kyouhei Ariake, MD, PhD, Kei Kawaguchi, MD, PhD, Kunihiro Masuda, MD, PhD, Takeshi Aoki, MD, PhD, Hideo Ohtsuka, MD, PhD, Masamichi Mizuma, MD, PhD, Shinobu Ohnuma, MD, PhD, Hiroki Hayashi, MD, PhD, Kei Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Fuyuhiko Motoi, MD,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
SPLENIC HAMARTOMA, AN INUSUAL CASE OF SPLENOMEGALY
Jara Hernandez Gutierrez, Aurelio Francisco Aranzana Gomez, Beatriz Muñoz Jimenez, Juan S Malo Corral. CH ToledoIntroduction: Splenic hamartoma is a rare benign tumor, of which about 150 cases have been described in the literature since it was first described by Rokitansky in 1861. It is usually a casual finding in laparotomies or autopsies. They are usually… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Strategy for the treatment of elderly patients with Siewert type II esophagogastric junction cancer
Masazumi Sakaguchi, MD, PhD, Norihiro Shimoike, MD, Shin Akagawa, MD, PhD, Seiichiro Kanaya, MD, PhD. Osaka Red Cross HospitalBackground: There is a lack of clarity on the optimal surgical procedure for Siewert type II esophagogastric junction cancer (type II EGJ cancer). We proposed laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) with esophagogastric tube reconstruction as the treatment of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
THE CLINICAL USE OF INDOCYANINE GREEN AS A NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT CONTRAST AGENT FOR IMAGE-GUIDED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
Konstantinos G Tsallis, Pr, Nikolaos Antoniou, Dr, Orestis Ioannidis, Ioannis Mantzoros, Savvas Simeonidis, Stathis Kotidis, Manousos-G Pramateutakis, Lydia Loutzidou, Dimitris Konstantaras, Stamatis Angelopoulos. Aristotle UniversityBackground: Advances in laparoscopic imaging the past decade has brought to light new achievements as major contributions to intraoperative decision during laparoscopic procedures. Among these are the use of high definition… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
The Importance of Integrating Minimally Invasive Surgery in Developing Nations
Charlotte Horne, MD, Godwin Onyema, MD, Afam Onyema, Kevin El-Hayek, MD. Cleveland ClinicLaparoscopic surgery has routinely become the standard approach and standard of care for numerous surgical procedures in the developed world. Currently, over 3.5 million laparoscopic procedures are performed annually in the United States1. However, many developing nations are still routinely performing these surgeries… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Totally laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy – systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes
Grzegorz Torbicz, Natalia Gajewska, Magdalena Mizera, Nadia Sajuk, Kamil Rozmus, Jan Witowski, Piotr Malczak, MD, Piotr Major, MD, PhD, Michal Pedziwiatr, MD, PhD. 2nd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, PolandIntroduction: This study aimed to evaluate short-term outcomes of laparoscopic approach in comparison to open surgery in gastric cancer through systematic review… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA).
Kojo Wallace, MD, Amy Rosenbluth, MD, William Inabnet, MD, Aida Taye, MD. Mount Sinai St. Luke's and WestVideo presentation of a "Left Hemithyroidectomy using the Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach" (TOETVA). The patient underwent resection of a isthmus mass with involvement of the left thyroid lobe.Presented at the SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.Abstract… Continue Reading
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TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK VERSUS PORT SITE INFILTRATION FOR POST-OPERATIVE ANALGESIA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY – A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIPLE BLINDED STUDY
Anubhav Vindal, MS, DNB, MRCSEd, FRCSGlas, FACS, FAIS, Hitesh Sarda, MBBS, Pawanindra Lal, MS, DNB, FRCSEd, FRCSGlas, FACS. Division of Minimal Access Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IndiaIntroduction: Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a regional anesthetic technique that provides analgesia to the parietal peritoneum, skin and muscles of the… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other