Aims: Although laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) for benign hematologic disease is well accepted, its role in the treatment of haematological malignancies is still controversial. The aim of this study is to compare efficacy and feasibility of LS for hematologic malignancies and patients outcome with benign disease patients wgo underwent thesame procedure.Methods: Between January 2001 and December […]
INTRODUCTION–Due to its retroperitoneal anatomy, minimally invasive adrenal surgery is considered the procedure of choice for benign adrenal tumors. Because of potential hemorrhage, surgeons performing these operations should be experts in the field but, being an infrequent procedure, it is difficult to gain expertise and to master the procedure.METHODS AND PROCEDURES–. We included all patients […]
A 45-years-old male was referred to another hospital because of hemoptysis. Chest 3D-CT showed an aberrant artery arising from the thoracic aorta and supplying the left basal segment and return to normal left lung vein, the bronchial tree was normal. Based on these findings, we diagnosed this case as having an anomalous systemic arterial supply […]
Introduction and Objective: Laparoscopic nephrectomy has become the standard of care in the academic and community setting alike. Few studies address the length-of -stay in the community setting. We describe the initial experience of a board certified general surgeon performing laparoscopic nephrectomy on a short-stay (24-hour) basis with a board certified urologist. Materials and Methods: […]
Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has quickly replaced open adrenalectomy as the procedure of choice. The purpose of this study is to describe a single institution experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy over a 12 year period.Methods: Retrospective chart review was done for all patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy between 1996 and 2008. Patient preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative data […]