Medhat Ibrahim, MD, Assistant, prof, paediatric, surgery Pediatric Surgical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, 11884 Purpose: Morgagni hernia is a rare entity that accounts for less than 6% of all surgically treated diaphragmatic hernias in pediatric age group. They are mostly asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Open surgical repair has been […]
Wei-Hsun Chen, MD Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Introduction: Transumbilical single-port surgery is a potentially less-invasive approach to many types of abdominal surgeries and offers better cosmetic outcomes than conventional 3-port laparoscopic surgery. It avoids the complication of intercostal neuralgia and may reduce the risk of pulmonary complications after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). This study evaluated […]
Manash Sahoo, MS, Anil Kumar, Post, Graduate S C B Medical College AIM: To assess the feasibility of single-incision laparoscopic surgery using conventional laparoscopic instruments. METHODS AND DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY: From January 2007 to March 2012, 120 patients with symptomatic gallstone disease underwent Single Incision Laparoscopic surgery (SILS) through a 2.5cm supraumbilical incision using a […]
P. J Hoopes, DVM, PhD, Kenneth S Danielson, MD, FACS, Charles H Rogers, PhD, Karen A Moodie, MS, DVM, Vicki J Scheidt, DVM, DAVD, Susan A Kane, CVT, Rendall R Strawbridge, BS The Geisel School of Medicine, and Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, and Opus KSD, Inc. Objective: The goal of this study […]
Sang-Ho Jeong, Ji-ho Park, MD, Young-Joon Lee, MD, Chang Yoon Ha, MD, Sang-Kyung Choi, MD, Soon-Chan Hong, MD, Eun-Jung Jung, MD, Young-tae Ju, MD, Chi-Young Jeong, MD, Woo-Song Ha, MD Department Surgery, Department Internal Medicine of Postgraduate School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea Background: The incidence of early gastric cancer has been […]