March 7 – 10, 2012
San Diego Convention Center
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Total Preperitoneal Biological Patch Indirect Inguinal Hernioplasty
Andrew Dobradin, MD PhD. Winter Park Memorial Hospital, University of Central Florida The mesh repair of the inguinal hernia is consider as a standard of care in the contemporary surgery. The commonly use material is polypropylene. Tension-free repair with the use of reinforecement mesh provides best results in the area of recurrence, pain control,… Continue Reading
Appendiceal Phlegmon; A Laparoscopically Defeated Foe
Hani H Haider, MD, Dalal F Al-aradi, MD, Ramla T Juma, MD, Waleed Al-herz, MD, Talib Juma, MD. Department of Surgery, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait. INTRODUCTION: It is not clearly documented in the literature whether laparoscopic appendectomy for phlegmons is destined to a high rate of conversion to open surgery or not. The aim of… Continue Reading
Single Incision Laparoscopic Colectomies With Conventional Instrumentation- Our Experience
C Palanivelu, P Senthilnathan, P Praveen Raj, R Parthasarthi, S Rajapandian, Anirudh Vij, S Saravanakumar. GEM Hospital & Research Centre IntroductionA prospective case series of single incision multiport laparoscopic colorectal resections for malignancy using conventional laparoscopic trocars and instruments is described. MethodsEleven patients (7 men and 4 women) with colonic or rectal pathology underwent… Continue Reading