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Feasibility of reduced port surgery for colorectal cancer: matched case-control study
Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD, Naoaki Haraguchi, MD, PhD, Mamoru Uemura, MD, PhD, Junichi Nisimura, MD, PhD, Taishi Hata, MD, PhD, Tsunekazu Mizushima, MD, PhD, Hirofumi Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Yuichiro Doki, MD, PhD, Masaki Mori, MD, PhD Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University Introduction Reduced port surgery is an emerging concept that… Continue Reading
Operative Time Is an Effective Tool to Evaluate Intraoperative Performance for Procedure-specific Tasks in Totally Extraperitoneal Herniorrhaphy (TEP)
Tung T Tran, MD, MSc, Vinay Singhal, MD, Ryan Juza, MD, Eric Pauli, MD, Ann Rogers, MD, Randy Haluck, MD, Jerome Lyn-Sue, MD Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center INTRODUCTION: The widespread adoption of totally extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy (TEP) has created challenges in the evaluation and training of surgeons. The development of assessment tools for… Continue Reading
A Novel Device For Maintaining Clear Optics during Laparoscopic Surgery
Daniel T McKenna, MD, Jennifer Choi, MD, Bruce Robb, MD, Don Selzer, MD, Samer Mattar, MD Indiana University School of Medicine Background: Laparoscopic surgery is plagued by the intermittent coating of the laparoscope lens with blood or fluids. This repetitive and periodic disruption leads to the removal of the laparoscope for cleaning, resulting in temporary… Continue Reading