Yunqiang Cai, PhD, Xubao Liu, PhD, Xin Wang, PhD, Bing Peng, PhD. Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Background: Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is considered as the gold standard procedure for patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). In many institutions, low platelet counts (< 30 × 109/L) contraindicated LS. This study aimed to investigate […]
Ali Wajid, PhD, Yongbin Li, PhD, Bing Peng, PhD. Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Introduction: There is a paucity of data about evaluation and laparoscopic management for benign splenic tumors. We hypothesized that LS is feasible, safe, and effective in patients with benign splenic tumors. Method: In this study, we retrospectively […]
Brij B Agarwal, MD, Karan Goyal, MBBS, Nayan Agarwal, Krishna A Agarwal, MBBS, M K Gupta, Sheikh M Mustafa, Himanshu Pandey, Satish Saluja, MD. Ganga Ram Institute for Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, University College of Medical Sciences, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Dr. Agarwal’s Surgery, New Delhi, India. INTRODUCTION-This study […]
Fadi Hamadani, MD, Shanon Fraser, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Michele Monette, MSc, Geva Maimon, PhD, Nadia Sourial, MSc, Debbie Teasdale, RN, Helena Zakrzewski, BSc, Simon Bergman, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS. Jewish General Hospital, McGill University. Introduction Advances in perioperative care and the resulting improvements in outcomes such as length of stay and complications can make comparisons […]
Alex W Lois, BS, Matthew J Frelich, MS, Matthew I Goldblatt, MD, James R Wallace, MD, PhD, Jon C Gould, MD. Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin. INTRODUCTION: This study sought to evaluate two of the surgical techniques employed to create the gastrojejunostomy during laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypasses (LRYGB). The […]