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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Treatment of Femoral Hernias By a Single Surgeon: A Systematic Approach
Introduction: The high rate of coincident or missed femoral hernias while or after mesh herniorrhaphy suggest is systematic search. We present our findings and results using the laparoscopic preperitoneal approach (TEP). Methods: Between April 2001 and February 2007, patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair were entered into a prospective database. The nature of their hernias in… Continue Reading
Outcomes for Case-Matched Single Port Colectomy Are Comparable with Conventional Laparoscopic Colectomy
Albert M Wolthuis, MD, Steffen Fieuws, PhD, Freddy Penninckx, MD PhD, André D'Hoore, MD PhD. Department of Abdominal Surgery, Interuniversity Centre for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium BackgroundWith the introduction of single port surgery, the presumed advantages were improved cosmesis, decrease of pain and shorter length of stay. The aim of… Continue Reading
Expert Surgeons’ Skills Decay in Simulated Laparoscopic Surgery: The Relevance of Task Difficulty
Ruchi Thanawala, MD, Ron Bush, BS, Neal E Seymour, MD. Baystate Medical Center Introduction: Skills decay in laparoscopic surgery has been demonstrated for students and residents using simulation devices. To determine the effect of a long period without practice of expert attending laparoscopic surgeons who had previously practiced extensively and achieved stable performance, we retested… Continue Reading