Josemberg M Campos, MD, Manoel Galvao Neto, MD, Lyz B Silva, MD, Galeno Magalhaes Neto, MD, Maysa Vasconcelos, Eduardo Pachu, MD, Alvaro Ferraz, MD Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil; Gastro Obeso Center, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Ring dysfunction after roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB) causing delayed gastric emptying is classically treated by surgical removal, […]
Jeff T Flinn, David Wood, Caroline G Cao Wright State University The manual skills component of the FLS Test requires scoring by a trained evaluator. The scoring methodologies being used, though accepted by the surgical community, are resource intensive, and require subjective judgment on the part of the evaluator. A particularly cumbersome and error-prone scoring […]
Bilal Khan, MD, Nova Szoka, MD, Timothy Perez, MD University of New Mexico Objective of the technology During laparoscopic surgery the role of the assistant is vital to support the actions of the primary surgeon. Despite this critical role, neither the performance of the assistant individually nor the dynamics of the surgeon/assistant interaction has been […]
Nahmgun Oh, PhD, Sanghwa Ko, MD, Hongjae Jo, PhD, Hyunsung Kim, PhD Pusan National University Hospital Objectives: Laparosopic rectal surgery is demanding “scarless” surgery, such as single-incision surgery, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery or using the Pfannenstiel incision. Collinear alignment of the camera and instruments results in restricted visualization, inadequate dissection and mobilization for immature […]
Monica Farcas, MD, Elias J Wehbi, MD, Brian Carrillo, PhD, Walid Farhat, MD Department of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; Department of Urology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON; CIGITI, Hospital for Sick Chidren, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: LESS has been increasingly utilized for a variety of surgical procedures. Compared to traditional laparoscopy, LESS […]