James G Bittner IV, MD, Angel M Reyes, MD, Luke G Wolfe, MS, Jill G Meador, RN, BSN, James W Maher, MD, John M Kellum, MD Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is considered by many to be a safer and equally effective option compared […]
Manash Sahoo, Associate, Professor, Anil Kumar, Post, Graduate Department of Surgery, SCB Medical College In this case series 12 cases of chronic calcific pancreatitis with pancreatic duct diameter more than 14 mm with antero-posterior dimension of pancreatic head less than 3 cm without parenchymal calcification were taken up for laparoscopic longitudinal pancreatico jejunostomy. After retrieving […]
Luigi Manfredi, PhD, Alfred Cuschieri, Professor The Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, UK IntroductionCODIR (COlonic Disease Investigation by Robot hydro-colonoscopy) is a five year project funded by the European Research Council for basic and applied research related to the development of a robotic hydro-colonoscopy (RHC) system in order to replace flexible […]
Gyusung Lee, PhD, Mija Lee, PhD, Tameka Clanton, MS, Michael Marohn, DO Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; University of Maryland School of Medicine Introduction: We conducted the current study to investigate how physical and cognitive workloads exhibited by surgeons would differ between robotic and laparoscopic surgeries and whether any ergonomic differences would […]
Axel F Beskow, MD, Agustin Duro, MD, Roberto E Remolo, MD, Alfredo Amenabar, MD, Fernando G Wright, MD, Demetrio Cavadas, MD Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires A gastro-gastric fistula is a relatively rare complication after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for morbid obesity. It generally presents with abdominal pain and weight gain. Its management usually […]