Wondering Spleen; a Report of Two Cases, One Complicated by Acute Torsion
Hamdy S Abd Alla, Mohamad H Abo-Raya, PhD, Sherief A Saber, MD, Ahmad A Alshoora, MD, Sherief M Algarf, MSc, Ossama H Elkhadrawy, PhD, Gamal I Moussa, PhD. Faculty of medicine, Tanta university HospitalIntroduction: Wandering spleen is a very rare condition. Patients may be asymptomatic or present with an abdominal mass. Occasionally, patients present with… Continue Reading
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- Case Presentations
Wound Infection and Surgical Site Infection in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Can Be Minimized
Henry P Schoonyoung, MD1, Andrew R Helber, AB1, Barath Krishnan, MD2, Gerald J Marks, MD1, John H Marks, MD1. 1Lankenau Medical Center, Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates, 2Lankenau Medical CenterSurgical site infection (SSI) is common after colorectal surgery. With superficial SSI rates ranging from 5–30%, we hypothesize that performing laparoscopic procedures using a strict clean and… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: a challenging laparoscopic cholecystectomy 3 case report
Floryn Cherbanyk1, Maria Dimitrief1, Hon Lai Chan1, A. Stanescu2, Petra Rosskopfova1, Alexis Litchinko1, Olivier Martinet1, Daniel Roulet1, Edgardo Pezzetta1. 1Department of General Surgery, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, 1820 Montreux-Switzerland, 2Department of General Surgery, HFR Fribourg, 1700 SwitzerlandIntroduction: Even if nowadays is considered a routine, standardized and well mastered procedure, laparoscopic cholecystectomy may become a difficult challenge in… Continue Reading
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- Case Presentations
You Are What You Measure: Take Charge of Your Individual Surgeon Metric Data or Someone Else Will
Kevin R Kasten, MD1, Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD2. 1Carolinas HealthCare System, 2Stony Brook Medical CenterIntroduction: The last decade yielded myriad studies of surgical outcomes using large datasets. Unfortunately, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality System (TMMS) datasets were developed with institutional outcomes in mind. In an attempt to quantify individual… Continue Reading
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- Outcomes and Quality