Laparoscopy Within a Fast Track Protocol Enhances the Short-Term Results After Elective Surgery for Resectable Colorectal Cancer
Francesco Feroci, MD, Elisa Lenzi, MD, Maddalena Baraghini, MD, Stefano Cantafio, MD, Luca Moraldi, MD, Gianfranco Giaconi, MD, Katrin C Kroning, MD, Marco Scatizzi, MD. General Surgery Department, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital, Prato, Italy Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether laparoscopic colorectal resection improved recovery within an enhanced recovery program.Methods: This… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Quantifying Mental Workload of Surgeons Performing NOTES Procedures
Bin Zheng, MD PhD, Erwin Rieder, MD, Maria A Cassera, BS, Danny V Martinec, BS, Lee L Swanström, MD. Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada; Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon INTRODUCTION: During Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), surgeons often have difficulties orienting the surgical view and manipulating instruments accurately,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Robotic-Assited Thymectomy Is Superior to Transsternal Thymectomy
Johnathan Tavares, Timothy Newhook, Christopher Greenleaf, Benny Weksler. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson Univesrity Hospital Purpose – This study was conducted to compare perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing robotic-assisted (RA) or traditional transsternal (TS) thymecotmy. Complete thymectomy is the procedure of choice in the treatment of thymomas and in the treatment of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Comprehensive Evaluation of an Endoscopic Fundoplication Using the Esophyx Device
Rebecca P Petersen, MD MSc, Laura Filippa, MD, Eelco B Wassenaar, MD PhD, Ana V Martin, MD, Roger Tatum, MD, Brant K Oelschlager, MD. University of Washington Medical Center Introduction: There are limited studies that evaluate the efficacy of an endoscopic fundoplication (EF) for GERD with EsophyXTM device, especially with the most recent procedural iteration… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Trans-Cystic Exploration for Single-Stage Management of Common Duct Stones and Acute Cholecystitis
Massimo Chiarugi, MD FACS, Christian Galatioto, MD, Piero Lippolis, MD, Luigi Decanini, MD, Adolfo Puglisi, MD, Chiara Bagnato, MD, Sonia Panicucci, MD, Marco Pelosini, MD, Pietro Iacconi, MD, Massimo Seccia, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy INTRODUCTION Common bile duct (CBD) stones are found in near 10% of patients undergoing elective laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Fixation of Polypropylene Mesh On the Rabbit Abdominal Wall Using Poly L-Lactic Acid (plla) Nanosheet
Keiichi FUJINO, MD PhD, Manabu KINOSHITA, MD PhD, Hidekazu YANO, MD, Akihiro SAITOH, Toshinori FUJIE, PhD, Kahoko NISHIKAWA, PhD, Keiichi IWAYA, MD PhD, Shinji TAKEOKA, PhD, Daizoh SAITOH, MD PhD, Yuji TANAKA, MD PhD. Department of General Medicine, National Defense Medical College Introduction: Polypropylene mesh (PPM) used to repair abdominal wall hernias often induces dense… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Re-Evaluation of Needlescopic Surgery
Nobumi Tagaya, PhD, Keiichi Kubota, PhD. Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Background: Single port surgery (SPS) has gradually penetrated into the surgical field. However, we proposed the re-evaluation of needlescopic surgery (NS) to improve an esthetic result and postoperative quality of life of the patients and reduce costs and stress of… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Fixation of Biologic Mesh At the Hiatus with Fibrin Or Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Sealant in a Porcine Model
Eric D Jenkins, MD, Sopon Lerdsirisopon, MD, Kevin P Costello, Lora Melman, MD, Margaret M Frisella, RN, Brent D Matthews, MD, Corey R Deeken, PhD. Dept. of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri) OBJECTIVES: Despite evidence that biologic mesh reinforcement improves outcomes for paraesophageal hernia repair, biologic… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Conditioning Prior to Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy, the Logic Trial
DARMARAJAH VEERAMOOTOO, MB BS MRCS MD, ANGELA C SHORE, PhD, SHAHJEHAN A WAJED, MA BM BCh MChir FRCS. Department of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom. Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom. Introduction:Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is recognised as a valid, less… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Proficiency-Based Training for Robotic Surgery: Construct Validity and Workload for Nine Inanimate Exercises
Genevieve Dulan, MD, Robert V Rege, MD, Deborah C Hogg, BS, Kristine K Gilberg-Fisher, RN BSN, Nabeel A Arain, MD MBA, Seifu T Tesfay, RN MS, Daniel J Scott, MD. University of Texas, Southwestern Introduction: We previously developed 9 inanimate training exercises as part of a comprehensive, proficiency-based robotic training curriculum that addressed 23 unique… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
A-Defensins and Hscrp for Comparing the Inflammatory Reaction in 4-Port Laparoscopic vs Less Cholecystectomy
Konstantinos Tsimogiannis, MSc, Konstantinos Tellis, Maria Mpakola, Alexandros Tselepis, PhD, Evangelos Tsimoyiannis, PhD FACS, Michalis Pitiakoudis. 'G.HATZIKOSTA" GENERAL HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA,GREECE, UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA, GREECE Introduction: Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site (LESS) Surgery is an evolution of laparoscopic surgery aiming at decreasing patients' parietal trauma associated with abdominal operations. LESS has been found so far to be efficient… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Traditional Four Port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Versus Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Melissa S Phillips, MD, Jeffrey M Marks, MD, Roberto Tacchino, MD, Kurt Roberts, MD, Raymond Onders, MD, George DeNoto, MD, Paraskevas Paraskeva, MD, Homero Rivas, MD, Arsalla Islam, MD, Nathaniel Soper, MD, Alexander Rosemurgy, MD, Sajani Shah, MD. University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA Introduction: Since the first report of standard four port… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Mesh fixation compared to non-fixation in TEP IHR: An RCT in a rural hospital estting
Pankaj Garg, MBBS MS, Srijith Nair, MBBS MS, Geetha R Menon, PhD, Jai D Thakur, MBBS, Mohamed Ismail, MBBS MS. 1.Fortis Super Specialty Hospital,Mohali, India 2.Moulana Hospital, Perianthalmanna, Kerala, India 3. Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 4. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Background- Previous studies have shown… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Comparison of Postoperative Functions Between Laparoscopic ISR and Open ISR in Very Low Rectal Cancer
MASAAKI ITO, MD PhD, NORIO SAITO, MD PhD, YUSUKE NISHIZAWA, MD PhD, MASANORI SUGITO, MD PhD, AKIHIRO KOBAYASHI, MD PhD. National Cancer Center Hospital East Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term results and postoperative functional outcomes between laparoscopic intersphincteric resection (Lap ISR) and open intersphincteric resection (Open ISR) for very… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair – Does Primary Repair in Addition to Placement of Mesh Decrease Recurrence?
AMBAR BANERJEE, MD, VIMAL K NARULA, MD, DEAN J MIKAMI, MD. Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Ohio State University Introduction: The advent of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) not only reduced the morbidity associated with open repairs but also led to a decrease in the hernia recurrence rate. However, the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias