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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Feasibility of Thoracic Sympathectomy by Natural Orifice Trans Umbilical Surgery (NOTUS) in a Pig Model
Weisheng Chen, MD, Wen Wang, MD, Shengsheng Yang, MD, Dazhou Li, MD, Long Chen, MD, Zhijian Zhang, MD, Kelong Lin, MD, Lihuang Zhu, MD, Xuegang Feng, MD, Duohuang Lian. Fuzhou General Hospital INTRODUCTION: Thoracoscopic sympathectomy is an effective treatment for palmar hyperhidrosis. Currently, sympathectomy is performed through a transthoracic approach, which is associated with risks… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Resection of Ge Junction Due to Stricture Post Hiatal Hernia Repair with Circumferential Biologic Mesh
A Bernshteyn, I Fendrich, S Szomstein, R J Rosenthal. Cleveland Clinic Florida Background: Esophageal strictures after repair of hiatal hernias with mesh are a rare but devastating complication. We present the case of a patient that developed a mesh erosion and distal esophageal stricture requiring laparoscopic resection of the GE junction Methods: A 70 year… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Restorative Proctocolectomy
Introduction: Although many studies have demonstrated good results with laparoscopic proctocolectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), most surgical procedure require al least one additional incision bigger than 5 cm to complete the surgery. The aim of this video is to show a laparoscopic proctocolectomy with ileoanal J pouch with complete intracorporeal dissection using 4… Continue Reading