Federico Moser, MD, Pablo Maldonado, MD, Veronica Gorodner, A. Alcaraz, MD, Lucio Obeide, MD Hospital Privado Centro Medico de Cordoba Background: Situs inversus is a rare genetic condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. The incidence is 1 in 10000 people. We present our experience performing a […]
Joslin Cheverie, MD, FRCSC, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, FACS, Bryan J Sandler, MD, FACS, Juan S Barajas-Gamboa, MD, Manuel Valero, MD, Alisa M Coker, MD, C. Aitor Macias, MD, MPH, Mark A Talamini, MD, FACS, Eduardo Grunvald, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD, FACS UCSD Center for the Future of Surgery Introduction The objective of this study […]
A Y Zemlyak, MD, V B Tsirline, MD, S El Djouzi, MD, A L Walters, MS, A E Lincourt, PhD, MBA, R F Sing, DO, B T Heniford, MD Carolinas Medical Center IntroductionDue to the impact of LeapFrog and other outcomes measurement organizations and studies, a strong push toward regionalization for many solid organ operations […]
Gina N Farinholt, MD, Aaron D Carr, MD, Mohamed R Ali, MD University of California, Davis Introduction Despite similar rates of obesity among American men and women, population-based studies suggest that bariatric surgery patients are disproportionately female. The UC Davis experience suggests that when the obese male does present for bariatric surgery, his obesity is […]
C Palanivelu, MS, FACS, P Praveen Raj, MS, P Senthilnathan, MS, R Parthasarathi, MS, M K Ganesh GEM Hospital & Research Centre Since the first report of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in 1992, this procedure has gained popularity with benefits of shorter hospital stay, improved patient outcome and fewer complications than the traditional open procedures. […]