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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Hybrid-Notes for Gastric Gist
Masanobu Hagiike, MD PhD, Hironori Mori, MD, Norikatsu Maeda, MD, Hironobu Suto, MD, Minoru Oshima, MD, Naoki Yamamoto, MD, Hirotaka Kashiwagi, MD, Shintaro Akamoto, MD, Keitaro Kakinoki, MD, Masao Fujiwara, MD, Takehiro Takama, MD, Keiichi Okano, . Dept of Gastroenterological Surgery and Endoscopy Center, Kagawa Univ., Japan (Introduction) Basic surgical treatment for GIST is complete… Continue Reading
Single surgeon surgery: 3 trocar technique for colon resection
Introduction: Laparoscopic colon resection has been demonstrated to be safe and feasible. Despite proven patient benefits, adoption of the technique has been slow. A significant hurdle for adoption has been the technical challenge and need for 1 or 2 (highly) skilled assistants. We present our experience with a single surgeon, 3 trocar technique for colon… Continue Reading
Proficiency-Based Training for Robotic Surgery: Construct Validity and Workload for Nine Inanimate Exercises
Genevieve Dulan, MD, Robert V Rege, MD, Deborah C Hogg, BS, Kristine K Gilberg-Fisher, RN BSN, Nabeel A Arain, MD MBA, Seifu T Tesfay, RN MS, Daniel J Scott, MD. University of Texas, Southwestern Introduction: We previously developed 9 inanimate training exercises as part of a comprehensive, proficiency-based robotic training curriculum that addressed 23 unique… Continue Reading
