March 7 – 10, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
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Combined Abdominal and Transanal Notes-inspired Approach to the Total Mesorectum Excision (TME): A Preliminary Study
Elie K Chouillard, MD PhD, Vincenzo J Greco, MD, Andrew Gumbs, MD FACS. On behalf of the Intercontinental Society of Natural Orifice, Endoscopic, and Laparoscopic Surgery (i-NOELS), Poissy, France Aim: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an emerging concept in surgical ideology. Many variants have been described including « pure » NOTES, «… Continue Reading
Simultaneous Laparoscopy-Assisted Resection for Synchronous Gastric and Colorectal Cancer
Byung-kwon Ahn, Seung-hyun Lee, Joong-jae Yoo, Sung-uhn Baek, Ki-young Yoon. Department of Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea Purpose: Colorectal and gastric cancers are sometimes diagnosed as a synchronous carcinoma. Simultaneous surgical resection with lymphadenectomy is indicated for both cancers, if there is no other distant metastasis and curative resection is… Continue Reading
Clinical Results of Less Invasive Laparoscopic ISR By Using Needle Devices and Surgical Clips
Masaaki Ito, MD PhD, Yusuke Nishizawa, MD PhD, Akihiro Kobayashi, MD PhD, Masanori Sugito, MD PhD, Norio Saito, MD PhD. National Cancer Center Hospital East Objective: The aim of this study was to create surgical techniques by using needle forceps and surgical clips in laparoscopic intersphincteric resection (New Lap ISR) and to clarify the… Continue Reading