Akihiro Nakajo, MD, PhD, Hideo Arima, MD, PhD, Munetsugu Hirata, MD, Yoshie Takae, MD, Yuko Kijima, MD, PhD, Heiji Yoshinaka, MD, PhD, Shoji Natsugoe, MD, PhD Department of Surgical Oncology, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University. AimsEndoscopic thyroid surgery including Robotics with extracervical approaches is a safety and well-accepted technique. As the next step, we […]
Oluwamayowa Familua, MD, MRCS, FICS, Morris Franklin, MD, FACS Texas Endosurgery Institute, San antonio, Texas INTRODUCTIONLaparoscopic splenectomy has not been well described in patients with major splenic trauma. Uncertainty exists about its efficacy for patients with major polytrauma, a high Injury Severity Score, a high grade splenic injury and significant hemoperitoneum. In these cases, laparoscopic […]
Zhong Wu, PhD, Jin Zhou, PhD, Bing Peng, PhD West China Hospital Aim: A comparative study was created to emphasis the final results of laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) used in three conditions for instance Splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL), Liver chirrosis and Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Materials and method: We included our published report of ITP and […]
Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD HYGEIA HOSPITAL Background: Right adrenal vein ligation comprises the most serious and challenging step of right adrenalectomy that always taxes the abilities of the surgical team in relation to various tumor and patient characteristics. We present our comparative results between posterior and laparoscopic approaches Patients and Methods: From May […]
Jin Zhou, PhD, Zhong Wu, PhD, Bing Peng, PhD West China Hospital Objective. To investigate the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) in the management of refractory thrombocytopenia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods. From January 2003 to February 2012, 20 patients underwent splenectomy for thrombocytopenia associated with SLE. Of these, 11 underwent […]