April 22 – 25, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona
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Two Birds With Five Trocars: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Right Hemicolectomy
Rebecca Kowalski, MD, Niket Sonpal, MD, Jennifer Montes, MD, Paresh C Shah, MD FACS. Lenox Hill Hospital, Northshore-LIJ Health System, Hofstra Medical School, New York, NY We present a 54 year-old-woman who presented with a pancreatic duct obstruction due to a mass in the head of the pancreas with bulky adenopathy in the right… Continue Reading
Association of Peripheral White Cell Count and Crp Levels With Postoperative Complications After Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastrectomy
Hiroaki Tanaka, MD, Kazuya Muguruma, MD, Katsunobu Sakurai, MD, Naoshi Kubo, MD, Hisashi Nagahara, MD, Eiji Noda, Yoshito Yamashita, MD, Kiyoshi Maeda, MD, Tetsuji Sawada, MD, Masaichi Ohira, MD, Kosei Hirakawa, MD. Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) has been proposed as the promising therapy… Continue Reading
Length of Stay Is a Predictor of Weight Loss in Patients With Gastric Bypass
Lucian Panait, MD, Graeme Rosenberg, Andrew J Duffy, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD, Robert L Bell, MD. Yale School of Medicine Introduction: Substantial and lasting weight loss is the major goal of bariatric surgery. A target of 50% excess weight loss (EWL) or more is considered successful if sustained. The EWL after laparoscopic Roux-Y… Continue Reading