March 7 – 10, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
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The Establishment of a Training System for Single Port Surgery (sps) Using a Tissue Laboratory Model.
Hitoshi Idani, MD, Masahiko Nishizaki, MD, Madoka Hamada, MD, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, MD. Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Department of gastrointestinal surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentirtry and Farmaceutival Sciences Objectives: Single incision laparoscopic surgery has widely accepted in various abdominal surgeries. However, there had been few training system for SILS. We… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Wedge Resection for Gastric Submucosal Tumor Using Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Cooperative Surgery (lecs)
Yasushi Rino, PhD, Norio Yukawa, PhD, Roppei Yamada, PhD, Tsutomu Sato, PhD, Masanori Inamori, PhD, Yasunobu Abe, PhD, Tomoko Koide, PhD, Takashi Oshima, PhD, Toshio Imada, PhD, Munetaka Masuda, PhD. Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University BackgroundLaparoscopic wedge resections are increasingly applied for gastric submucosal tumors such as gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Despite this,… Continue Reading
Pneumatic Balloon Dilation Has Limited Effectiveness in Patients After Foregut Surgery
Alla Zemlyak, MD, Sofiane El-djouzi, MD, Paul D Colavita, MD, Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, Brant T Heniford, MD. Carolinas Medical Center IntroductionPneumatic balloon dilation has been used successfully for the treatment of esophageal pathology. Our objective was to analyze the outcomes of pneumatic balloon dilation after foregut procedures. Methods and ProceduresProspectively collected data between 2007-2010… Continue Reading