Hu Sanyuan, MD, PhD, Zhang Guangyong, MD, PhD, Yu Wenbin, MD, PhD, Wang Lei, MD, PhD Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University INTRODUCTION Traditional laparoscopic splenectomy has been widely performed for the treatment of various spleen diseases, especially some hematologic diseases with normal sized or slightly enlarged spleens. Recently, transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic […]
Hu Sanyuan, MD, PhD, Zhang Guangyong, MD, PhD, Yu Wenbin, MD, PhD Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University INTRODUCTION Spleen palys an important role in immune defense, especially for children. Splenectomy may result in severe postoperative complications such as overwhelming postsplenectomy infection(OPSI). Laparoscopic partial splenectomy, as a minimally invasive technique that could […]
Takeyuki Misawa, MD, PhD, Yuki Fujiwara, MD, PhD, Junichi Shimada, MD, Norimitsu Okui, MD, Hiroaki Kitamura, MD, Nobuhiro Tsutsui, MD, Hiroaki Shiba, MD, Yasuro Futagawa, MD, PhD, Shigeki Wakiyama, MD, Yuichi Ishida, MD, PhD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine Objective: To describe our technical refinements in performing single-incision […]
Allison B Weisbrod, MD, Naris Nilubol, MD, Constantine A Stratakis, MD, Electron Kebebew, MD (1) Endocrine Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (2) Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome is often associated with debilitating signs and symptoms and high mortality if untreated. Bilateral adrenal disease is a rare cause […]
INTRODUCTION: Live donor kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal failure. Open Donor Nephrectomy (ODN) was the standard until the introduction of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (LDN) in 1995. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (HALDN)was added shortly thereafter. While decreasing post-operative analgesic requirements and speeding return to normal activity, the laparoscopic techniques are associated […]