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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A New Very Low Friction Trocar to Increase Surgical Precision and Improve Aesthetics in Minilaparoscopy
GUSTAVO L CARVALHO, MD PhD, DIEGO L LIMA, STUDENT, ADRIANO C SALES, STUDENT, JOSÉ SÉRGIO N SILVA, STUDENT, FLAVIO AUGUSTO M FERNANDES JUNIOR, MD. University of Pernambuco, School of Medicine, Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, Recife - Brazil 1. Objective of the technology or device: The trocar was designed in order to increase the precision of movement… Continue Reading
Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Japanese Patients
Fumiaki Yano, MD FACS, Nobuo Omura, MD, Kazuto Tsuboi, MD, Masato Hoshino, MD, Yoshio Ishibashi, MD, Katsunori Nishikawa, MD, Yuichiro Tanaka, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD FACS. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Introduction: The laparoscopic fundoplication (LF) is an accepted surgical treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However,… Continue Reading
Laparscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Long Term Results and Complications, a Single Center Experiance
Raad Fayez, MD, Olivier Court, MD, Nicolas Christou, MD phD. Section of Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal ,Canada Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate our center experience with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in terms of weight loss, outcome, and complications rate. Methods: This is a… Continue Reading