Hiroyuki Kitagawa, MD, PhD, Tsutomu Namikawa, MD, PhD, Sunao Uemura, MD, Masaya Munekage, MD, Toyokazu Akimori, MD, PhD, Michiya Kobayashi*, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, MD, PhD. Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School; *Department of Human Health and Sciences, Kochi Medical School. BACKGROUND: Thoracoscopic esophagectomy (TSE) for esophageal cancer has been spread as a less invasive […]
Kong Jing, MD, Wu Shuo-dong, MD, Su Yang, MD, Fan Ying, MD. China Medical University Shengjing Hospital. INTRODUCTION GISTs are potentially malignant tumors and clinical practice guidelines for GISTs recommend surgical resection if it can be completely resected. Laparoscopic gastrectomy is now being accepted as a safe and feasible surgical procedure for GISTs owing to […]
Aram E Jawed, MD, Alexander D Abkin, MD, FACS, Eric A Abkin, Zoltan H Nemeth, MD, PhD. Morristown Medical Center, Department of Surgery. Introduction: There remain challenges in overcoming postoperative pain in laparoscopic surgery for large port sites in morbidly obese patients that require closure. Widely used ports site closure devices inevitably incorporate muscle […]
Yu Xiaopeng, MD, Wu Shuodong. Department Of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University,. Background and study aims Trans-umbilical single incision laparoscopy (SILS) is a recently popular means of minimally invasive surgery. It is associated with milder pain and better cosmetic appearance, which makesit attractive to many patients. Our study hasevaluated this technique andanalyzed […]
Yongsheng Chen, Shuodong Wu. Biliary & Vascular Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. Background Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has been performed in a gradually widening field of application. Herein we share our experience with single-incision laparoscopic subtotal gastric resection for benign gastroduodenal ulcer. Cases and Methods We reviewed data from 6 […]