March 7 – 10, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
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A Retrospective Analysis of the Safety of Outpatient Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Patients With Von Willebrand Disease
P Patrick Basu, MD MRCP MACG AGAF, Krishna Rayapudi, MD, Niraj James Shah, MD, Nithya Krishnaswamy, MD, Thankam Nair, MD, Sakina Farhat, MD, Robert Brown, MD MPH. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, NY INTRODUCTION: Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of chronic… Continue Reading
Systematic Removal of More Than 50% of Fluid in Patients With Clinically Significant Reflux Or Slippage-like Complications of Adjustable Gastric Banding Is an Effective Treatment Option
Andrea S Bedrosian, MD, Nabeel R Obeid, MD, Bradley F Schwack, MD, Heekoung Youn, RN MA, Christine J Ren Fielding, MD, George A Fielding, MD, Marina S Kurian, MD. New York University Langone Medical Center IntroductionAs the patient population with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) becomes more prevalent, and with it several known clinical… Continue Reading
Training Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (tem): Feasibility of a New Simple and Economic Surgical Simulator.
Gustavo L Carvalho, MD PhD, Marcos Lyra, MD, Sergio E Araujo, MD PhD, Eduardo A Bonin, MD MSc, Diego L Lima, Student. Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital and UNIPECLIN, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Pernambuco - Recife, Brazil. BACKGROUND: TEM is a safe, feasible and efficacious minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of… Continue Reading