March 7 – 10, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
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Sterilisation and Disinfection Acceptation Test of Reusable Single Port and Miniport Laparoscopic Instruments
D A Van Dam, MD, S Beeksma, W J Meijerink, MD PhD. VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam Objective: to determine if newly designed reusable laparoscopic HiQ LS (Olympus, Hamburg Germany) for single port surgery and AdTech®mini (BBraun, Melsungen Germany) miniport instruments meet the disinfections and sterilisation standards used in the VU university medical centre,… Continue Reading
Is Swimming a Better Preoperative Method of Exercise for Post Operative Weight Loss?
Abraham J Frech, MD, Arpan Goel, MD, Tovy H Kamine, MD, Benjamin E Schneider, MD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Robert A Andrews, MD. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Introduction:Much emphasis has been given to the importance of exercise prior to weight loss surgery. Swimming in particular has been suggested as a superior… Continue Reading
Impact of Surgical Technique and Splenic Size On Post-operative Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis
Ivanesa Pardo, MD, Rahul Reddy, MD, Eric Wiebke, MD, Don Selzer, MD. Indiana University School of Medicine Introduction: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a well documented complication after splenectomy. The incidence of PVT in symptomatic patients has been reported to be up to 15 % and up to 50% in asymptomatic patients through postoperative… Continue Reading