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A Proficiency Based Skills Training Curriculum for the Sages Step (surgical Training for Endoscopic Proficiency) Program
Victor T Wilcox, MD, Ted Trus, MD, Jose M Martinez, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD The Methodist Hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the University of Miami INTRODUCTION The STEP program is a collaborative project between SAGES and Olympus America Inc. dedicated to providing flexible endoscopy equipment and a curriculum for training to all surgical residency programs in the… Continue Reading
Conservative management of infection in a polypropylene mesh used in hiatoplasty for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Eduardo N Trindade, MD, Manoel R Trindade, PhD, MD, Elenisa P Zanella Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Division of Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) Background: Mesh hernioplasty is the preferred surgical procedure for large abdominal wall hernias. Infection remains one of the most challenging… Continue Reading
The New Approach for Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Using Optical Method and Needle-like Forceps
Takeshi Ishita, MD, Takuya Sato, MD, Takayuki Iino, MD, Shunsuke Onizawa, MD, Eiichi Hirai, MD, Mie Hamano, MD, Tsutomu Nakamura, MD, Tatsuo Araida, MD, Hideto Oishi, MD Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yachiyo Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University INTRODUCTIONWe performed inguinal hernia repairs to 389 cases between five and half years from… Continue Reading