Prymary Colonic Type Adenocarcinoma of the Cecal Appendix: A Rare Cause of Conversion in Laparoscopic Appendectomy.
Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, MD, Armando Castro, MD FACS. New York Hospital Queens Appendix tumors are unusual, accounting for 0.4% of all of the gastrointestinal tract malignancies. Approximately 66% of all appendix tumors are carcinoid tumors; mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is the most common non-carcinoid appendix tumor and accounts for about 20% of appendix cancer cases, colonic-type… Continue Reading
Re-thoracoscopy in a Case of Anastamotic Leak After Esophago-gastrectomy and Intra Thoracic Anastomosis
C Palanivelu, P Senthilnathan, P Praveen Raj, R Parthasarthi, P S Rajan, V Vaithiswaran. GEM Hospital & Research Centre Background: A 65 year old male undewent minimally invasive modified Ivor Lewis oesophago- gasrectomy with intrathoracic esophago-gastric anastomosis. There was Right loculated pleural effusion on postopeative day 5 and a leak was suspected. Methods: The… Continue Reading
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Retrogastric Hernia: An Unusual Cause of Intestinal Obstruction.
Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, MD, Litong Du, MD FACS. NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS Internal herniation is an unusal cause of intestinal obstruction. Herniation of the intestine may be through a normal anatomical apertura or an abnormal structure.The incidence of internal hernia trough the lesser sac is very unusual, there are few reports on the literature. We… Continue Reading
Retrospective Analysis of Laparoscopic Approach in Intestinal Obstruction
Masaru Matsumura, MD, Tomoaki Okada, MD, Yoshitomo Ueno, MD, Kei Tamura, MD, Tetsuya Mizumoto, MD, Naoki Ishida, MD, Yoshinori Imai, MD, Taro Nakamura, MD, Hidenori Kiyochi, MD, Kenzo Okada, MD, Toshihiko Sakao, MD, Shinsuke Kajiwara, MD. Uwajima city hospital INTRODUCTIONLaparoscopic approach for intestinal obstruction is controversial because of obstacles including dilated loops of bowel,… Continue Reading
Revision of Failed Traditional Fundoplication Using Esophyx Transoral Fundoplication
Reginald C. W Bell, MD, Katherine D. Freeman, NP, Rachel Hufford, RN. SurgOne P.C. Introduction:Recurrent gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) after traditional fundoplication occurs due to loosening of the fundoplication without a weakening of the hiatal closure in 10-30% of cases. Although laparoscopic revision of failed fundoplication has been reported to be effective and safe… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Sylastic Band Removal and Gastroplasty in a Patient With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
S Ayloo, MD FACS, M Masrur, MD, F Gheza, MD, M El Zaeedi, MD, P C Giulianotti, MD FACS. Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. IntroductionHaving access to biliary structures in sclerosing cholangitis is essential. Surgical reconstructions such as roux-en-y or… Continue Reading
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Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) Versus Computerised Tomography (CT) Scan in Staging of Gastric Malignancy
Ahmed Hammad, Mr, Mohamed Shams, Mr, Mohamed Gamil, PhD, Reda Tabash, PhD, Ali Amin, Mr. National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Objective of the study:Evaluation of the practical application of EUS compared to CT scan in staging of gastric malignancy.Methods and procedures:Patients diagnosed or clinically suspected to have gastric tumour were subjected to… Continue Reading
Role of Laparoscopic Surgery in Palliative Gastric Cancer Management.
Cedric Adelsdorfer, MD, Waldemar Adelsdorfer, MD, Elizabeth Pando, MD, Dulce Momblán, MD, Antonio M Lacy, MD PhD. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (ICMDM), Hospital Clínic of Barcelona Introduction There are few reports about the value of surgery in palliative gastric cancer, even less with the laparoscopic approach, which is… Continue Reading
Single Access Laparoscopic Surgery (SALS) for Ileal Disease
Mohamed Moftah, Dr, John Burke, Dr, Ronan A Cahill, Dr. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland INTRODUCTION: To show the effectiveness and usefulness of Single Access Laparoscopic Surgery (SALS) in the management of benign and malignant diseases of the ileum in both the elective and urgent care setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Consecutive,… Continue Reading
Single Incision Laparoscopic Fundoplication : Using Conventional Trocars and Instruments
C Palanivelu, P Senthilnathan, P Praveen Raj, R Parthasarthi, P S Rajan, V Vaithiswaran. GEM Hospital & Research Centre Background:With accumulating evidence on Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery we now know that this technique can be applied to even many advanced procedures.Floppy Nissen Fundoplication is a well accepted procedure for treatment of GERD and Symptomatic… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Hellers Cardiomyotomy With Toupet Fundoplication : Using Conventional Trocars and Instruments
C Palanivelu, P Senthilnathan, P Praveen Raj, R Parthasarthi, P S Rajapandian, V Vaithiswaran, B Vijay. GEM Hospital & Research Centre Background:Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery is gaining popularity. Hellers Cardiomyotomy (with or without Fundoplication) is the procedure of choice for treatment of Achalasia Cardia.There are only few reports on Single Incision Hellers Cardiomyotomy. The… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in 11 Patients With Gerd
Kazuo Tanoue, MD PhD FACS, Hidenobu Okino, MD PhD, Yasuhiro Nozoe, MD PhD, Masamitsu Kanazawa, MD PhD, Kiichiro Ueno, MD PhD. Ueno Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (BACKGROUND) Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication has been recognized as the standard procedure for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is one of the newest branches of advanced laparoscopy,… Continue Reading
Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for Surgical Liver Disease
Jonathan D Svahn, MD FACS, Austin L Spitzer, MD, Christine Henneberg, BS, Matthew R Dixon, MD. Kaiser Permanente East Bay, Oakland Campus Over the last two decades minimally invasive surgery has become more prevalent in digestive surgery. The feasibility of advanced hepato-biliary procedures using minimally invasive techniques has been well documented. More recently there… Continue Reading
Single Port Laparoscopic Surgery for Achalasia – A Case Report
Hisae Aoki, MD, Toshiyuki Mori, MD, Nobutsugu Abe, MD, Osamu Yamagida, MD, Tadahiko Masaki, MD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD. Department of Surgery, Kyorin University Background & Object:Recently Single port surgery (SPS) has been widely accepted worldwide. Indication of SPS started with appendectomy and cholecystectomy, extending the stomach surgery, colon surgery and liver surgery.Laparoscopic operation is… Continue Reading
Sub-total Laparoscopic Gastrectomy Provides an Appropriate Oncologic Procedure in Selected Patients With Antral Adenocarcinoma
Samantha Benlolo, Jonathan Cools-lartigue, MD, Victoria Marcus, MD, Lorenzo Ferri, MD PhD. Department of Surgery McGill University Health Center, Department of Pathology McGill University Health Center, Steinberg-Bernstein Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery Introduction: Laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) is being employed with increasing frequency in the management of gastric cancer. However, the short-term benefit and oncologic… Continue Reading