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Surgical Resident Evaluations of Portable Laparoscopic Box Trainers
Matthew Zapf, BA, Michael Ujiki, MD NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine INTRODUCTION - Box trainers have been shown to be an effective tool for teaching laparoscopic surgical skills, however, residents are challenged to find practice time. Portable home box trainers theoretically allow for extended hands on practice even out of… Continue Reading
New Technique of One-piece Resection to Colorectal Tumor Under Laparoscopy and Endoscopy Co-operatively – Laparoscpy/endoscopy Co-operative Surgery to Colorectal Tumor (LECS-CR)
Yosuke Fukunaga, Yoshiro Tamegai, MD, Akiko Chino, MD, Masashi Ueno, MD, Satoshi Nagayama, MD, Yoshiya Fujimoto, MD, Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, Takashi Akiyoshi, MD, Toshiki Mukai, Atsushi Ikeda, Toshiya Nagasaki, MD, Jun Nagata, MD Cancer Institute Hospital Background and aim: Some colorectal lateral spread tumors are difficult to be resected completely, meaning one-piece, or safely by… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Repair of Gastrobronchial Fistula After Sleeve Gastrectomy
Tushar Samdani, MD, Pratibha Vemulapalli, MD Montefiore Medical Center Gastrobronchial fistula is a very rare complication of sleeve gastrectomy. We present an interesting video showing laparoscopic repair of gastrobronchial fistula after sleeve gastrectomy in a 26 year old female. Patient had pneumonia which led to diagnosis of fistula. Patients symptom recurred after conservative management and… Continue Reading