Objective: The obesity epidemic has become a worldwide problem with America leading with 32% of its population considered obese (BMI>30). This is projected to only get worse with 86% of the American population projected to be overweight or obese by 2030 with associated health care spending to be as much as $956.9 billion. Medical therapy […]
Objective of technique: Several neo-adjuvant and adjuvant techniques has been described for advanced gastric cancer, including intraoperative hyperthermic chemoperfusion (IOHC). Laparoscopic radical gastrectomy (LRG) for gastric cancer has also been described, however, concurrent laparoscopic radical gastrectomy followed by IOHC remains unreported. We are reporting laparoscopic IOHC technique for advanced gastric cancer following a LRG. Technique: […]
Objective: Obesity is an epidemic in America and continues to worsen. Lifestyle modifications remain the first line in treatment, but typically fail for patients. As obesity worsens, the associated comorbidities become an expensive and time consuming aspect of our health care system. Placement of an adjustable gastric band in a low BMI population ( Session: […]
A COMPARISON OF TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC HEMI-COLECTOMY VS ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC AND LAPAROTOMYLozano-Dubernard G, Calva JJ, Ruiz-Healy F, Gil-Ortiz R, Rodriguez-Gonzalez M, Figueroa-Barkow S. Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, Mexico City, MexicoObjective. Our study aims to compare clinical outcomes from left total laparoscopic hemi-colectomy with trans-anal extraction and intra-abdominal anastomosis (TL), versus left hemi-colectomy by laparotomy (LPT) and […]
INTRODUCTION: Gastric closure is a key consideration in NOTES. Numerous closure methods have been reported, but none stands out as superior. Whatever the method, it should be effective, durable, tight, and easy to perform. We report our results with a new enteric closure device: Loop-Anchor Purse-String (LAPS). METHODS: Our method was previously described on explanted […]