Sharique Nazir, MD, Ibrahim I Jabbour, MD MPH, Larry Griffith, MD FACS, Armand Asarian, MD FACS, Peter J Pappas, MD FACS. The Brooklyn Hospital Center INTRODUCTION Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of emergent abdominal surgery in the United States (US). Less than 100 appendiceal duplications have been documented in the literature to […]
Emma J Patterson, MD, Jamie Laut, MEd. Oregon Weight Loss Surgery LLC, Portland OR; Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland OR; Wilshire Surgery Center, Portland OR INTRODUCTIONMany recent potential advances such as single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) require additional (often disposable) devices or for the surgeon to employ a less ergonomic approach. Microlaparoscopic Adjustable […]
Danilo Miskovic, MD, Melody Ni, PhD, Amjad Parvaiz, FRCS, Austin Acheson, MD, Ian Jenkins, MD, John Griffith, MD, Mark Coleman, MD, George Hanna, PhD. Imperial College London Introduction: It remains unclear to what degree experience in open surgery impacts the learning of the according laparoscopic operation. The aim of this study was to investigate […]
Salim Abunnaja, MD, Lucian Panait, MD, Aziz Richi, MDFACS, Shady Macaron, MDFACS, Ankit Dhamija, MS, Binh Nguyen, MS, Alexander Palesty, MDFACS. Saint Mary’s Hospital INTRODUCTION: Many institutions routinely perform upper gastrointestinal studies (UGIS) following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGBP) for the potential advantage of early identification of anastomotic complications. Alternatively, UGIS may be used […]
Marty Zdichavsky, MD, Tobias Meile, MD, Maximillian Von Feilitzsch, MD, Dörte Wichmann, MD, Alfred Königsrainer, MD. University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany Objective: Surgical treatment of acute sigmoid diverticulitis is still under debate while elective laparoscopic treatment has proven short-term benefits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy […]