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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Elective Laparoscopy for Herald Symptoms of Mesenteric/Internal Hernia after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Elective Laparoscopy for Herald Symptoms of Mesenteric/Internal Hernia after Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric BypassAlok D. Gandhi DO, Robert E. Brolin, MD, FACSUniversity Medical Center at Princeton Background: Mesenteric/internal hernia (MIH) is a potentially life-threatening complication of laparoscopic Roux-En-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Many patients with MIH have herald symptoms prior to developing acute small bowel obstruction (SBO).Methods:… Continue Reading
Diagnostic and Surgical Treatment of Combined Bile Duct and Vesels Injury During Cholecystectomy
M.Ye. Nichitaylo, Profesor, A.V. Skums, MD, A.I. Lytvyn, PhD, V.P. Shkarban, PhD, B.L. Shevchuk, A.A. Skums. National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology named by A.A.Shalimov Aims: Combined injury of extrahepatic bile ducts and the hepatic vessels, being more grievous complication by comparison than the plain bile duct damage, is now deemed the main culprit of… Continue Reading
Bariatric Surgery in Brazilian Professors of the Public Education System. Results and Particularities
Jose S Pinheiro, MD, Guilherme Zanco, MS, Giovanni Picolo, MS, Adriano Corona, MD, Jose F Farah, MD. General Surgery Service, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, Brazil and University of the City of São Paulo, Brazil - UNICID Introduction: The objective of this study is to demonstrate specific characteristics of Brazilian professors of… Continue Reading
