Amandeep Singh Nar, MBBS, MS, FMAS, Ashvind Bawa, MBBS, MS, FMAS, Atul Mishra, MBBS, MS, FRCS Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis is a highly effective technique to manage recurrent pneumothorax or pleural effusion.Surgical treatment using thoracoscopy may hasten postoperative recovery and reduce hospital stay. Methods Patients with recurrent pneumothorax […]
Wiebke Solass, MD, Urs Pabst-Giger, MD, Thomas Murdter, PhD, Reinhold Kerb, MD, Matthias Schwab, MD, Jurgen Zieren, MD, Marc A Reymond, MD, MBA Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany With authorization of the IRB, we applied a pressurized aerosol of doxorubicin 1.5 mg/m2 and cisplatin 7.5 mg/m2 during 17 laparoscopies in 8 end-stage patients with therapy-resistant peritoneal carcinomatosis […]
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, William Hope, MD, Bill Richardson, MD, Robert Fanelli, MD Multiple Institutions, SAGES Guidelines Committee Background: SAGES has been in the forefront of guideline development since the advent of laparoscopy. The development of practice guidelines should take into consideration the opinions of end users. The objective of this study was to obtain […]
Tadafumi Asaoka, MD, PhD, Atsushi Miyamoto, MD, PhD, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Kazumasa Ikenaga, MD, PhD, Michihiko Miyazaki, MD, Hideyasu Omiya, MD, PhD, Motohiro Hirao, MD, PhD, Masataka Ikeda, MD, PhD, Koji Takami, MD, PhD, Kazumasa Fujitani, MD, PhD, Shoji Nakamori, MD, PhD, Mitsugu Sekimoto, MD, PhD Osaka International Hospital Introduction: Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy […]
Wayne S.W. Huang, MD, Dev-Aur Chou, MD, Hurng-Sheng Wu, MD Department of General Surgery1, Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital,Changhua,Taiwan Department of General Surgery2, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital,Changhua,Taiwan Purpose: Urachal remnant is an uncommon congenital anomaly. Surgical treatment consists of the resection of the urachus throughout its entire length from the umbilicus to the bladder. […]