Graziano Pernazza, MD, Annibale D’Annibale, MD. San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Rome. BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy has become the technique of choice for the surgical treatment of non-traumatic pathologies of the spleen. Large published series demonstrated the effectiveness and benefits of the minimally invasive approach. In certain pathological conditions a partial resection seems an appropriate option not to lose […]
Ranjan Sudan, MD, Erica R Podolsky, MD. Duke University Medical Center. Background The biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) is a very effective but technically complex bariatric operation. We performed the first robotic BPD/DS in Sept 2000. Since the BPD/DS is performed in three different quadrants of the abdominal cavity and the robot has limited […]
Leonardo Ferraz, MD, Thiago Boechat, MD, Marcio Balieiro, MD, Baltazar Fernandes, MD, Jose Ribamar S Azevedo, MD, PhD, FACS. Bonsucesso Federal Hospital / Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. The aim of this video is to demonstrate the technique of Total Gastrectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis in an obese patient . A 54-year-old woman […]
Nicholas V Gaudet, MD, Michael L Kendrick, MD. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Locally advanced pancreatic body adenocarcinoma is a challenging operative problem given the propensity of the lesion to involve the major vascular structures. This video demonstrates the laparoscopic approach to a major vascular resection during pancreaticoduodenectomy, including resection and reconstruction of the superior […]
Oscar M Crespin, M, D, Brant K Oelschlager, M, D, Carlos A Pellegrini, M, D. University of Washington Medical Center. Introduction: Hiatal hernia is a common disorder, characterized by a protrusion of any abdominal structure other than the esophagus into the thoracic cavity through a widening of the hiatus of the diaphragm. Reduction of the […]