Type IIIb Congenital Intestinal Atresia: A Case Report
Brian Bassiri-Tehrani, MD1, Alex Wang2, William Harris2, Edmund Kessler, MD1. 1Lenox Hill Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 2SUNY Downstate Medical CenterIntestinal atresia is a congenital malformation that occurs in 1 out of 5,000 live births, with equal incidence in males and females. One out of three infants with intestinal atresia are premature. The… Continue Reading
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Using local anesthesia at time of closure for routine lap surgery
George Dejeu, Adrian M Maghiar, Octavian Maghiar, Dan Ciurtin, Marius Sfirlea, Codruta Macovei, Mihai Botea, Cipri Puscas, Calina Tarau, Erika Bimbo-Szuhai, Rodica Gilau, Paula Badea, Florin Fasie. Spital PelicanIn our institution, Surgery Clinic, Pelican Hospital in Oradea, Romania, we started studying the effect of using local anesthesia at the trocar sites at time of closure… Continue Reading
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Using the platelet count as a predictor for venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing elective splenectomy
Peter Szasz, MD, PhD, Ali Ardestani, MD, Ali Tavakkoli, MD. Brigham and Women's HospitalBackground: Venous thromboembolic (VTE) events are an ongoing problem for patients undergoing splenectomy. Although the rates vary in the literature based on whether the case is performed in an open or laparoscopic manner, most of the studies to date have evaluated unselected… Continue Reading
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Utility of the incentive spirometer
Nicholas Morin, DO, George Blessen, RN, Erika King, MS, George Ferzli, MD. NYU Langone BrooklynIntroduction: There is uncertainty as to whether the incentive spirometer (IS) confers a clinical benefit or reduces inpatient pulmonary complications when correlated with the most common hospital diagnoses. Does the patient know how to use one correctly, is it prescribed for the… Continue Reading
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Utilization of Normal Saline injection in Tissue Planes to Facilitate Safe Tissue Dissection in Laparoscopic Surgery
Ghaith Khair, MD, FACS, Andrea Zaw, MD, Kuldeep Singh, MD, FACS, FASMBS, MBA. St agnes hospitalBackground: Lysis of adhesions though almost is routinely done in surgery, is neither routine nor benign procedures. It is fraught with injury to structures, intestines, infected wounds and fistula formation, with or without sepsis. Methods: A video clip describing normal saline injection… Continue Reading
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VATS versus Fibrinolytics for Treatment of Primary Pediatric Empyema in Otherwise Healthy Children
Joseph Balaban1, Lorrie Burkhalter2, Diana L Diesen3. 1UT Southwestern, Dallas, Tx, 2Children's Health Dallas, 3UT Southwestern, Department of Surgery; Children's Health DallasIntroduction: Traditionally, Video Assisted Thorascopic Surgery (VATS) decortication has been the gold standard treatment for pediatric empyema. Recent studies have shown that fibrinolytics via tube thoracostomy produced similar outcomes while being less invasive and… Continue Reading
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VIDEO LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL GASTRECTOMY – STEP BY STEP
Bruno Zilberstein, MD, PHD, FACS, Leandro Barchi, MD, PHD, Maurice Youssef, MD, Thiago Manesco, MD, Willy Petrini Souza, MD. GastromedLaparoscopic surgery has been increasingly applied to gastric cancer surgery. Gastrointestinal tract reconstruction totally done by laparoscopy also has been a challenge for those who developed this procedure. After introduction of laparoscopic stapling methods, the reconstruction… Continue Reading
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