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Video Author: Towfigh S

Step by step guide to performing a safe retroperitoneal inguinal mesh removal

Presented by Adam Truong at the SS01: Hernia Session during the SAGES 2018 Annual Meeting.

Posted on
09/18/2018
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2018 Annual Meeting
Masters Level
300
Video Authors
Towfigh S, Truong A
Video Institutions
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

Presented by Shirin Towfigh, MD at the SS23: Hernia Video Session held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Friday, March 24, 2017 Keyword(s): abdomen, collagen disorder, colon, cosmesis, diastasis recti, exploratory laparoscopy, hernia repair, incisional hernia, male, mesh, outcomes, pain, pelvis, peritoneum, plastic surgeons, plication, recurrence rate, robotic rectus diastasis closure, […]

Posted on
03/24/2017
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Dbeis R, Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Beverly Hills Hernia Center--Beverly Hills CA

Presented by Shirin Towfigh at the Video Face-Off Panel: Minimally Invasive Inguinal Hernia Repair held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Thursday, March 23, 2017 Keyword(s): abdominal, abdominal wall, absorbable tack, air, anatomy, anterior repair, anterior superior iliac spine, ASIS, assistant, assistant port, baleout, balloon, barbed suture, BioGlue, bladder, bladder injury, […]

Posted on
03/23/2017
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Chen D, Dais J, Felix E, Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA--Los Angeles CA

Presented by Shirin Towfigh at the PG Course: Robotic Hernia Surgery – What can Robotics add to my Hernia Armamentarium? held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Keyword(s): 2-0 Prolene CT-2, abdomen, access, anterior superior iliac spine, barbed suture, bariatric trocar, bilateral inguinal hernia repair, bowel, burping, […]

Posted on
03/22/2017
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Masters Level
200
Video Authors
Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Beverly Hills Hernia Center--Beverly Hills CA

Preventing mesh infections: What materials and techniques are available?

Presented by Shirin Towfigh at the Panel: Oy, What a Mesh! during the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting.

Posted on
10/09/2016
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Beverly Hills Hernia Center--Beverly Hills CA

V016 Robotic Spermatic Cord Lysis for Treatment of Post-operative Chronic Testicular Pain after Laparoscopic TEP Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh

V016 ROBOTIC SPERMATIC CORD LYSIS FOR TREATMENT OF POST-OPERATIVE CHRONIC TESTICULAR PAIN AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC TEP INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH MESH Erfan Zarrinkhoo, BA Shirin Towfigh, MD, David Josephson, MD; Beverly Hills Hernia Center, Tower Urology pt story–11 sec Keyword(s): IHR, mesh, spermatic cord denervation, spermatic cord lysis, TEP, testicular pain

Posted on
10/01/2015
Video Categories
SAGES 2015 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia, Robotics / Advanced Technologies
Sources
Surgeon Submitted
Presentation Types
Procedure
Video Authors
Josephson D, Towfigh S, Zarrinkhoo E
Video Institutions
Beverly Hills Hernia Center--Beverly Hills CA, Tower Urology--Los Angeles CA

V016 Robotic Spermatic Cord Lysis for Treatment of Post-operative Chronic Testicular Pain after Lapa

V016 ROBOTIC SPERMATIC CORD LYSIS FOR TREATMENT OF POST-OPERATIVE CHRONIC TESTICULAR PAIN AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC TEP INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH MESH Erfan Zarrinkhoo, BA Shirin Towfigh, MD, David Josephson, MD; Beverly Hills Hernia Center, Tower Urology pt hx–11 sec testicular US–53 sec pelvic MRI–1:03 procedural video–1:45 f/u–4:03 significance of findings–4:15 Keyword(s): adhesiolysis, lap TEP IHR, pelvic […]

Posted on
09/29/2015
Video Categories
SAGES 2015 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia, Robotics / Advanced Technologies
Sources
Surgeon Submitted
Presentation Types
Procedure
Video Authors
Josephson D, Towfigh S, Zarrinkhoo E
Video Institutions
Beverly Hills Hernia Center--Beverly Hills CA, Tower Urology--Los Angeles CA

Laparoscopic Revision of Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication in Three Patients with Unrecognized H

SAGES 2012 Bonus Video – Elliott R Brill, MD, Michael J Lee, MD, Scott A Cunneen, MD, Shirin Towfigh, MD, Edward H Phillips, MD, Miguel A Burch, MD case#1–50 sec Keyword(s): EsophyX, GERD, HH, lap revision, laparoscopy, partial fundoplication, plication, TIF, Toupet fundoplication

Posted on
04/09/2012
Video Categories
Bonus Videos, Foregut, SAGES 2012 Meeting
Learning Themes
Foregut, Hernia
Sources
2012 Annual Meeting, Surgeon Submitted
Presentation Types
Procedure
Video Authors
Brill E, Burch M, Cunneen S, Lee M, Phillips E, Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

Inguinal Hernia – Laparoscopic vs. Open Debate: What is the BEST Practice? – laparoscopic

Shirin Towfigh, M.D. disclosures–22 sec citation–1:18 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15107485 major benefits of lap surgery–3:49 lap surgery myths–6:10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16463074 Keyword(s): abdominal surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, balloon dissector, C-section, chronic pain, fibrin glue, foreign body, GA, hernia fixation, laparoscopy, laparotomy, LIHR, LND, lymphadenectomy, mesh, prostatectomy, robotic surgery, staples, TAPP, TEP, wound complications

Posted on
10/10/2011
Video Categories
Debate: Inguinal Hernias Laparoscopic vs Open, Hernia and Abdomen, SAGES 2011 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

Biologic Mesh Should NOT Be Widely Applied: Shirin Towfigh, M.D.

Hernia Debates Panel: What Has Happened and What Do We Have to Do? Keyword(s): Alloderm, bioactive prosthetic material, biologic grafts, biologic mesh, contaminated fields, FDA, gangrenous, hernia repair, infected field, Lichtenstein repair, mesh reaction, pus, recurrence rate, seroma, short-term outcomes, small intestinal submucosa, SSI, Surgisis, ventral abdominal hernias, xenograft

Posted on
11/17/2010
Video Categories
Meeting Content
Learning Themes
Hernia
Video Authors
Towfigh S
Video Institutions
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

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