Surgical Spring Week
April 9-12, 2008
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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SAGES 2008 Abstracts and Posters
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Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery for Neoplasia: Are we going ahead?
INTRODUCTION: In Colorectal cancer, the increasing evidence in the literature shows improved outcome following laparoscopic surgery. However, the evidence and outcome on laparoscopic gastric surgery is limited. The purpose of this study was to assess our initial experience with laparoscopic gastric surgery for malignancy. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Between Sept 2003 to Aug 2007 there were… Continue Reading
Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: an Institutional Experience
Gary B Deutsch, MD MPH, Vikraman Gunabushanam, MD, Nitin Mishra, MD, Eugene Rubach, MD, Harry Zemon, MD, Jonathan D S Klein, MD, George DeNoto, MD. North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY Introduction Robotic colorectal surgery is gaining interest in general surgery. The use of the DaVinci Robotic system has been postulated to improve outcomes, primarily… Continue Reading
SILS : Basic and Complex Surgeries Without the Use of Disposable Single Port Device
Gadiyaram Srikanth, MCh, Neel Shetty, DNB, Wasim Dar, MS, Deepak Dubey, MCh. Manipal Institute of Liver and Digestive Diseases INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is a new paradigm in minimal access surgery which has gained wide popularity in the last two years. We present our experience with wide range of SILS procedures done without… Continue Reading