Chan W Park, MD, Aurora D Pryor, MD. Duke University Introduction: Pericardial hernias are rare but known iatrogenic complications following pericardial windows performed for various indications. To date, only a handful of case reports are available in the literature, and surgical experience is also extremely limited. We present a video depicting the technique for […]
Ker-kan Tan, FRCS Edin, Frederick H Koh, MBBS, Yan-yuan Tan, MBBS, Jody Z Liu, MRCS Edin, Richard Sim, FRCS. Tan Tock Seng Hospital BackgroundThe incidence of colorectal cancer in elderly patients is likely to increase with an aging population. The aims of this study are to review our experience in the surgical management of […]
Alexandru I Blidisel, Assistant Professor MD PHD, Lucian P Jiga, Associated Professor MD PHD, Octavian Cretu, Professor, Razvan Tirziu, MD Phd, Mihai Ionac, Professor. University Of Medicine and Pharmacy from Timisoara, Romania Aim: The rectus abdominis muscle is one of the most frequent used free flaps in reconstructive surgery. Endoscopic harvesting of free flaps […]
Deborah Nagle, MD, Vitaliy Poylin, MD, Steven Tizio, MD. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Introduction: Single incision or reduced port surgery is a newer development in colon and rectal surgery but is technically demanding. Our aim is to evaluate the uptake of single incision colectomy in a colon and rectal surgery practice focused on […]
Kristin Stevens, MD, Gordon Wisbach, MD, Karen Hanna, MD, Brian Barbick, MD MPH. Naval Medical Center San Diego Laparoscopic Repair of Incarcerated Bilateral Morgagni Hernia Introduction: We present a case of a completely laparoscopic repair of a large chronically incarcerated bilateral morgagni hernia containing small bowel. Methods: Our patient is a seventy six year […]