Felipe Quezada, MD, Ricardo Mejia, MD, Nicolas Quezada, MD, Oslando Padilla, Alex Escalona, MD, Nicolas Jarufe, MD, Fernando Pimentel, MD. Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. INTRODUCTION: In the last few years, laparoscopy has become the standard of care in most of abdominal surgical pathologies. Laparoscopic […]
Elizabeth Hooper, MD, Jonathan Myers, MD, Keith Millikan, MD, Minh Luu, MD. Rush University Medical Center BACKGROUNDSingle incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is a feasible and safe technique that is gaining popularity. SILC is technically demanding. Initial concerns regarding safety have limited its wide acceptance. Slowly, SILC techniques are now taught to fellows and residents […]
Ahmed Hammad, Mr, Mohamed Shams, Mr, Mohamed Gamil, PhD, Reda Tabash, PhD, Ali Amin, Mr. National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Objective of the study:Evaluation of the practical application of EUS compared to CT scan in staging of gastric malignancy.Methods and procedures:Patients diagnosed or clinically suspected to have gastric tumour were subjected to […]
Stephanie Downs-canner, MD, Kenneth Fasanella, MD, Kevin Mcgrath, MD, Kenneth K Lee, MD. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GISTs, are common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Malignant behavior among these tumors may occur, and therefore complete surgical resection is the primary treatment for GISTs. Wide margins are not […]
Ashutosh Kaul, MD FRCS FACS, Anthony Maffei, MD FACS, Thomas Cerabona, MD FACS, John Savino, MD FACS, David Cho, MD, Anil Pahuja, MD. New York Medical College This video highlights the various options in minimally invasive approaches to the tail of pancreas. Anatomic relations to this retroperitoneal organ have been highlighted. In this video […]