Jonathan D Svahn, MD FACS, Austin L Spitzer, MD, Christine Henneberg, BS, Matthew R Dixon, MD. Kaiser Permanente East Bay, Oakland Campus Over the last two decades minimally invasive surgery has become more prevalent in digestive surgery. The feasibility of advanced hepato-biliary procedures using minimally invasive techniques has been well documented. More recently there […]
Matthew Y Lin, MD, Ankit Sarin, MD, Stanley J Rogers, MD, Andrew M Posselt, MD, Jonathan T Carter, MD. University of California, San Francisco Abstract: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is gaining momentum as an alternative option to Roux-en-y gastric bypass in bariatric surgery. Post-operative leaks, albeit rare (~4%), can be quite devastating. While it is widely […]
Naotake Akutsu, MD, Michihiro Maruyama, MD, Chikara Iwashita, MD, Kazunori Otsuki, MD, Taihei Ito, MD, Ikuko Matsumoto, MD, Takehide Asano, MD, Takashi Kenmochi, MD. Department of Surgery, Chiba-East National Hospital [INTRODUCTION] It is seriously important for living donations to make safer and to reduce operating stress. Endoscopic surgery is thought to be a useful […]
Deirdre F Waterhouse, Dr, Ronan A Cahill, Dr. European Institute of Surgical Research and Innovation (EISRI) INTRODUCTION: The new avenue of laparoscopy referred to as Single Incision Laparoscopy is often presented as an alternative to more conventional laparoendoscopic approaches whereas in fact it is really a complimentary procedure. The benefits of this technique’s principles […]
Michelle K Savu, MD, G. Abourjaily, MD, A Logue, MD, J Mayoral, MD, Ej Ledesma, MD, W.b. Perry, MD, Kareem Eid, MD. South Texas VA HCS/University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX Objective: Obesity has been implicated in some research studies to affect the severity of the presentation of diverticular disease. Our […]