Videolaparoscopic Splenectomy for Malignant Hematologic Disease of the Spleen: The Therapy of Choice? A Retrospective Series of 55 Cases.
Roberta Gelmini, MD, PhD, *Fabrizio Romano, MD, Francesco Serrra, MD, *Fabio Uggeri, MD, Chiara Franzoni, MD, *Arianna L. Ciravegna, MD, *Franco Uggeri, MD Department of Surgery, Policlinico di Modena University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - *Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital II University of Milan - Bicocca INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, Laparoscopic Splenectomy (LS) is considered… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Visible And Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectrometry During Thyroid And Parathyroid Surgery
R.m. Schols, MD, N.d. Bouvy, MD, PhD, F.p. Wieringa, PhD, L. Alic, L.p.s. Stassen, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Van ‘t Hoff Program on Medical Photonics, TNO, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Objective of the technologySurgery of the thyroid and parathyroid is an advanced procedure, requiring a high level of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Emerging Technology
Volume and Outcome relationship in Bariatric Surgery in the Era of Laparoscopy
Mehraneh D Jafari, MD, Monica T Young, MD, Vinh Q Nguyen, PhD, Brian R Smith, MD, Michael J Stamos, Ninh T Nguyen, MD University of California, Irvine INTRODUCTION The rapid adoption of the laparoscopic approach for bariatric operations over the past decade has been accompanied by an exponential growth in the number of procedures performed… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Water-jet Assisted Esophago-gastric Submucosal Dissection: A Feasibility Study and Exploration of Pressure Effect Settings
Thomas P Cundy, Kumuthan Sriskandarajah, Kunal Shetty, Tou Pin Chang, Mikael H Sodergren, James Clark, Guang-zhong Yang, Ara W Darzi The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London INTRODUCTION: Natural orifice endoluminal techniques of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and subepithelial tumor resection rely on creation of a submucosal tunnel working space (1,2). Submucosal dissection… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Weight Regain Does Not Impact Remission of Diabetes After Gastric Bypass
Andrew A Taitano, MD, Brian Binetti, MD, Tejinder P Singh, MD, Trace C Barrett, BSc, Paul Caseley, BSc, Michael Dolinger, BSc, MBA Albany Medical Center INTRODUCTION: Surgical treatment of morbid obesity leads to weight loss and remission of diabetes in most patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Long term weight regain is seen in… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Weight Regain Following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
Luis C Zurita MV, MD, Radu Pescarus, MD, Izabela Apriasz, MD, Lukas Wasserman, MD, Dennis Hong, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Mehran Anvari, MB, BS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, Scott Gmora, MD, FRCSC Department of Surgery, Centre of Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada. INTRODUCTIONThe Roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB) remains the gold standard bariatric operation… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
What lies beneath? Determining the personality of advanced laparoscopic surgeons: can a difference impact the quality of training?
Susannah M Wyles, MD, Anam Parand, MSc, Melody Ni, PhD, John T Jenkins, FRCS, George B Hanna, PhD, FRCS Imperial College London, St Mark's Hospital Harrow Introduction There is increased pressure for trainees to choose their specialty early in their career and there has been previous discussion as to the possibility or acceptability of predetermining… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
What to Expect Before, During and After a Tem Procedures?
Theodore J Saclarides, MD, Maria C Mora Pinzon, MD, Amanda B Francescatti, BA Loyola University Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center Background: TEM is a minimally invasive technique used for the treatment of rectal tumors. The purpose of this study is to describe the procedure and its most common characteristic, including overall results. Methods: Retrospective… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
When is it safe to discharge patients following colonoscopy? Validation of the Aldrete score.
N. Hickey, BSc, M. O'Leary, BSc, V. Falk, MD, D. Pace, MD, M. Borgaonkar, MD, MSc Memorial University of Newfoundland- Faculty of Medicine Aim: The Aldrete scoring system has been used as a criteria for safe discharge in Anesthesiology. Although used for the same purpose following GI endoscopy, it has not been validated in this… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Women’s Attitudes on Transvaginal Surgery
Yueyang Fei, Mario Salazar, MD, Jeffrey W Hazey, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center BackgroundPast studies comparing transvaginal NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) to laparoscopic surgery have produced a wide variety of conflicting results. Varying results have been presented from those that demonstrated a preference for or positive perception of TVC to… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES