Toni Beninato, MD, David A Nissan, BS, Filippo Filicori, MD, David A Kleiman, MD, Elliot Servais, MD, Thomas J Fahey Iii, MD, Rasa Zarnegar, MD. New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical College Introduction: The objective was to compare surgical outcomes between obese (BMI >30) and non-obese (BMI<30) patients after single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy […]
Lowell S Su, MD, Christian W Ertl, MD FACS FACCWS, Leandra H Burke, BS. Michigan State University / Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies Introduction:Calculous biliary disease represents the most common cause of gastrointestinal illness requiring hospitalization in young, healthy individuals. Approximately two-thirds of symptomatic patients present with multiple attacks, suggesting ongoing inflammation, chronic obstruction, […]
Nicholas E Williams, FRACS, Hector Romero, MD, Juan Pablo Pantoja, MD FACS. National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran We present a case of single incision laparoscopic splenectomy for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a 27 year old female. The video includes footage all the technical aspects of the procedure including port positioning, […]
Pornthep Prathanvanich. TAKSIN HOSPITAL BACKGROUND Laparoscopic splenectomy has been safely performed for small spleens, but technical limitations have prevented massive splenectomy. We describe a technique of early hilar devascularization to enable massive splenectomy in five patients. Massive splenectomy was performed with minimal blood loss and no morbidity. Early laparoscopic control of the splenic artery […]
Thomas Kang, MD, Asahel Gridley, MD, William S Richardson, MD. Ochsner Clinic Foundation Objectives The short term outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy are well known. Our aim was to evaluate the long term outcomes of laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Methods Patients were identified for inclusion from a database using ICD9 and procedural codes for laparoscopic adrenalectomy from June, […]