Kelechi Akuma, MD, Luca Milone, MD, PhD, Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS. St. Johns Riverside Hospital, Yonkers. New York. Background: Migration of intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) into the peritoneal cavity is uncommon, but may result in serious complications including bowel perforation. We present the case of a 30 year old female with migration of an IUD […]
Gabriel Garnica, MD, Juan F Molina-Lopez, MD, Isaac Baley, MD, Karla S Martin, MD, Luis C Valencia, Rafael Padilla, Fernando Quijano, Angel Martinez – Munive. The American British Cowdray Medical Center. Introduction: We propose a laparoscopic approach which presumes better cosmetic results than single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) and the same results as conventional laparoscopic […]
Shaun C Daly, MD, Matthew Klairmont, BS, Bulent Arslan, MD, Minh B Luu, MD, Jonathan A Myers, MD. Rush University Medical Center. Introduction: Optimal treatment of lymphoma requires an accurate tissue diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry are the most common studies required for diagnosis and uniquely require more viable tissue than other malignancies to diagnose. […]
Angela Osmolak, MD, Piyush Aggarwal, MD, Kulsoom Laeeq, MD, Robert Fitzgibbons, MD, Tommy Lee, MD, Sumeet Mittal, MD, Kalyana Nandipati, MD. Creighton University Medical Cneter. Reports of laparoscopic resection of retrocaval tumors in the literature are scarce. This video demonstrates how retrocaval tumors such as ganglioneuromas can be safely, effectively, and reproducibly resected using the […]
Nova Szoka, MD, Patrick McGrew, MD, Barkat Ali, MD, Krista Turner, MD, Stephen Lu, MD, Edward D Auyang, MD. University of New Mexico Department of General Surgery. INTRODUCTION – Exploratory laparoscopy for evaluating stable trauma patients for intraperitoneal injury has seen increased usage in recent years. We hypothesized that the use of laparoscopy for trauma […]