Mahmoud Abu Gazala, MD, Jack Wade, Rick Hier, PhD, Randal Millar, BSEE, Chuck Siewert, BSEE, Yoav Mintz, MD Department of Surgery, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Objective Surgical smoke and lens fogging are major hinderances to the safe and efficient course of laparoscopy. Surgeons must interrupt their work to clean lens fog or evacuate […]
Manoel Galvao Neto, MD, Natan Zundel, MD, Josemberg M Campos, MD, Alonso Alvarado, MD, Lyz B Silva, MD, Jorge Orillac, MD, Sohail Shaikh, MD, Eddie Gomez, MD, Erik Wilson, MD, Christopher Thompson, MD Gastro Obeso Center, SP, Brazil; Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil; Clinica Hospital San Fernando, Panama; Brigham […]
Aliyah Kanji, MD, Luke Funk, MD, MPH, Dean J Mikami, MD, FACS The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Background Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) allows for real time assessment of esophageal and gastric mucosa at the time of initial endoscopy. Developed by Mauna Kea Technology, this confocal miniprobe can be passed into the working […]
Souheil W Adra, MD, Greta A Magerowski, BA, George L Blackburn, MD, PhD, Miguel Alonso-Alonso, MD, MPhil, Benjamin E Schneider, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Introduction and objectives: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is a minimally invasive and reversible procedure in bariatric surgery that has a good safety record but variable […]
Ian Graham, Marisha L Godek, PhD, MS, Michael Stellon, Sally Carter, MS, Andrew Miesse, MS, Dwight G Bronson, MS Covidien Surgical Solutions Objective: To examine the relationship between staple height and tissue reperfusion by measuring blood flow and tissue oxygenation of staple lines with a range of final closed staple heights. Description of Technology: Staple […]