Surgical Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (gist) of the Stomach. Comparison of Outcomes After Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery. the Most Recent NSQIP Acs Database
Omar Bellorin, MD, Mingwei Ni, MD, Frank Zheng, Turner James, MD, Du Litong, MD. New York Hospital Queens. Flushing. New York Introduction:Laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric GIST is emerging in the West as a technique that may offer benefits for patients, although large-scale studies are lacking. The goal of this project is to assess the… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Foregut
Surgical Outcome of Laparoscopic Heller-dor Procedure for Young Patients With Achalasia
Kazuto Tsuboi, MD, Nobuo Omura, MD, Fumiaki Yano, MD, Masato Hoshino, MD, Se Ryung Yamamoto, MD, Shunsuke Akimoto, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPAN Back ground: Endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) and laparoscopic Heller-Dor operation (LHD) have been considered effective treatments for achalasia. Although… Continue Reading
Surgical Outcomes and Operative Risk of Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma: Results From a Large Single Center Cohort
Oh Jeong, MD, Young Kyu Park, MD PhD, Mi Ran Jeong, MD, Kwang Yong Kim, MD. Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, South Korea Background: Compared to the widespread use of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) for early gastric cancer, laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) still remains as a challenging procedure, because of its… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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Surmounting the Learning Curve of Three-field Mie: One Institution’s Experience
Jeffrey S Fronza, MD, Brett C Sheppard, MD, Paul H Schipper, MD, Brian Diggs, PhD, Miriam A Douthit, MA, John G Hunter, MD. Oregon Health and Sciences University Introduction: Minimally-invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is a technically demanding operation and expertise is concentrated in a small number of high volume centers. Our institution has performed MIE… Continue Reading
Survival and Surgical Outcomes After Laparoscopy-Assisted Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Case Control Study
Young-woo Kim, Bang Wool Eom, Sang Eok Lee, Keun Won Ryu, Jun Ho Lee, Hong Man Yoon, Soo-jeong Cho, Myeong-cherl Kook, Soo Jin Kim. Gastric Cancer Branch, Research Institute & Hospital, National Cancer Center Background: Few Long-term survival data of laparoscopy assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) was reported. Purpose of this study was to investigate… Continue Reading
Swallow Syncope After Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy: First Reported Case
Sergio G Casillas, MD, Gintaras Antanavicius, MD FACS. Abington Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery Introduction: Vasovagal arrhythmias are well documented in the general population, especially in patients with primary cardiac disorders, such as hypertensive heart disease, congestive heart failure and ischemic cardiomyopathy. The presence of arrhythmias related to gastrointestinal disorders is rare. We present… Continue Reading
The Advantage of Totally Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy (tltg), Less Invasiveness, Application Easiness and Cost Effectiveness : in a Single-institution Experience of Over 140 Cases.
Hitoshi Satodate, Haruhiro Inoue, Shin-ei Kudo. Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital Introduction:Although laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer is becoming popular procedure especially in Japan and Korea, laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy is less common operative procedure. One of the major problems is difficulty of intracorporeal reconstruction, especially intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy. And another problem is cost. Some… Continue Reading
The Characteristics of Our Procedures in Anti-reflux Surgery for GERD Patients
Tatsushi Suwa, MD PhD, Kazuhiro Karikomi, MD, Naoki Asakage, MD PhD, Eishi Totsuka, MD PhD, Naokazu Nakamura, MD PhD, Keigo Okada, MD, Tomonori Matsumura, MD. Kashiwa Kousei General Hospital IntroductionAnti-reflux surgery is not as popular as medication. One of the reasons might be that laparoscopic techniques in the procedure are considered complicated by many… Continue Reading
The Curious Case of Benjamin Boerhaave: Laparoscopic Primary Repair of Esophageal Perforation With Anterior Dor Fundoplication
Rebecca Kowalski, MD, Niket Sonpal, MD, Jennifer Montes, MD, Paresh C Shah, MD FACS. Lenox Hill Hospital, Northshore-LIJ Health System, Hofstra Medical School, New York, NY We present a 54 year-old man who presented complaining of acute onset of epigastric abdominal pain. On CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis, he was found to have bilateral… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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The Diagnostic Accuracy of Multi-detector Ct Versus Staging Laparoscopy in Oesophagogastric Cancer Peritoneal Metastases
Matthew F Leeman, MBChB MSc MRCS, Patel Dilip, FRCR, Anderson Judith, FRCR, Simon Paterson-brown, MBBS MPhil MS FRCSEd FRCSEng. Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK Introduction: Accurate staging before potentially curative resection is essential in patients with oesophagogastric (OG) cancer. Staging Laparoscopy (SL) is the current gold standard investigation for detecting peritoneal… Continue Reading
The Effect of Vessel Sealing System On the Outcome of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
Kengo Kanetaka, PhD, Shinichiro Ito, MD, Kosho Yamanouchi, PhD, Fumihiko Fujita, PhD, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, PhD, Tamotsu Kuroki, PhD, Susumu Eguchi, PhD. Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences INTRODUCTIONWith the advances in technology in recent years, laparoscopic procedures have gained popularity for gastrointestinal surgery. In Japan, laparoscopic distal gastrectomy has been frequently used for… Continue Reading
The Feasibility and Safety of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Tumor
Long Vo Duy, Ms, Bac Nguyen Hoang, Prof PhD, Tuan Le Quan Anh, Ms. University Medical Center, Hochiminh city, Vietnam Background: Distal pancreatectomy is performed for a range of benign and malignant lesions of the left pancreas. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy is increasingly performed for lesions of the body and tail of the pancreas. The… Continue Reading
The Linx Reflux Management System Confirmed Safety and Efficacy Now at Four Years.
J Lipham, MD, R Ganz, MD, Tr Demeester, MD, D Dunn, MD, W Bemelman, MD, G Saino, MD, D Bona, MD, P Fockens, MD, L Bonavina, MD. University Of Southern California, Abbott Northerwestern Hospital, Policlinico San Donato Milan Italy, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam Introduction: The LINX device is intended for chronic reflux patients who… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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The Surgical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Assisted Total Gastrectomy With Upper Median Small Incision
Nobuhiro Takiguchi, MD PhD, Matsuo Nagata, MD, Yoshihiro Nabeya, MD, Atsushi Ikeda, MD, Osamu Kainuma, MD, Hiroaki Soda, MD, Akihiro Cho, MD, Takumi Ota, MD, Sjonjin Park, MD, Hiroshi Yamamoto, MD. Divsion of Gastroenterology, Chiba Cancer Center [Introduction] The laparoscopic assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) is not accepted for standard operation because of the difficulty… Continue Reading
Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy While in a Prone Position for Esophageal Cancer: A Preceding Anterior Approach Method
Soji Ozawa, MD DMSc, Eisuke Ito, MD, Akihito Kazuno, MD, Osamu Chino, MD DMSc. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: Although many esophageal surgeons are interested in thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, the rate of thoracoscopic esophagectomy was about 20% in Japan in 2009. This low rate may be due… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut