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Video Institution: Cambridge Health Alliance--Somerville MA

Fundamentals for the Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE): Overview

Steven Schwaitzberg, M.D. disclosures–2:52 surgical energy–3:04 SAGES fundamentals–8:40 FUSE didactics–9:13 FUSE taskforce–9:57 Keyword(s): electrosurgery, energy devices, FES, FLS, FUSE, surgical energy

Posted on
10/25/2011
Video Categories
Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy PG Course, SAGES 2011 Meeting, Techniques and Research
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Somerville MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA

SAGES Pearls Session: Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Introduction – Technique Video

Steven Schwaitzberg, M.D. port placement–2:27 keyhole–10:13 Keyword(s): Bovie, cautery, CO2, Coopers ligament, countertraction, direct hernia, female, GFN, indirect hernia, keyhole, laparoscopy, LIHR, mesh, Motrin, Percocet, rectusal vessel, round ligament, TAPP, triangle of doom, umbilicus

Posted on
06/30/2011
Video Categories
Hernia and Abdomen, Pearls Session, SAGES 2011 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
How-To, Procedure
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Somerville MA

S083: Ryan A Chandhoke, BS MS

SS16 COLORECTAL Keyword(s): cost savings, cost-effectiveness, disposable costs, endostapler, hospital reimbursement, LA, Medicare, pricing invoice lists, surgeon behavior

Posted on
10/13/2010
Video Categories
Meeting Content, SAGES 2010 Meeting, SS16 Colorectal
Learning Themes
Colorectal
Video Authors
Chandhoke R, Chu T, Schwaitzberg S, Smith P
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Somerville MA, Tufts University School of Medicine--Boston MA

V042: Antonio D Lassaletta, MD

BEST OF VIDEO 3 Keyword(s): foreign body, nonabsorbable tacker, Occams razor TAPP repair, plug & patch repair, polyester mesh, polypropylene plug, recurrent inguinal hernia, transabdominal approach

Posted on
09/22/2010
Video Categories
BEST of VIDEO 3, Meeting Content, SAGES 2010 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Video Authors
Fellinger E, Lassaletta A, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center--Boston MA, Cambridge Health Alliance--Somerville MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA

Adrenal Incidentaloma: Steven Schwaitzberg, M.D.

MIS and Cancer Endocrine/Solid Organ Postgraduate Course Keyword(s): adrenal incidentaloma, dexamethasone supression test, differential dx, plasma-free metanephrines

Posted on
06/08/2010
Video Categories
Meeting Content, MIS and Cancer Endocrine/Solid Organ Postgrad, SAGES 2010 Meeting, Solid Organ
Learning Themes
Adrenal, Solid Organ
Sources
2010 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Somerville MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA

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