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Video Institution: University At Buffalo--Buffalo NY

Approaching the difficult gallbladder: Preoperative decision-making

Presented by Steven D Schwaitzberg at the PG Course: Preventing Bile Duct Injuries; Creating a Culture of Safety in Cholecystectomy at the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting on 3/17/2016 Keyword(s): ABD, abdomen, abdominal pain, ABX, AC, access, ACS, acute care surgery, acute cholecystitis, air, anatomy, antibiotics, aspiration, bile duct obstruction, biliary tree, cardiac heart failure, cardiac […]

Posted on
05/01/2017
Learning Themes
HPB / Biliary
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

Advances in Simulator Training

Presented by Steven D Schwaitzberg at the Panel: Hot Topics in Japan as Compared with the United States (joint panel with JSES) during the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting.

Posted on
10/09/2016
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational, New Technologies / Skills Acquisitions
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

Hernia

Presented by Steven D Schwaitzberg at the PG Course: Introduction to the SAGES University Masters Program – Assuring Competency From the Get-Go during the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting.

Posted on
10/09/2016
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Masters Level
200
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

Prospective Randomized Trial of NOTES® Cholecystectomy Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF NOTES® CHOLECYSTECTOMY VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD Michael L Kochman, MD disclosures–37 sec 1st NOSCAR white paper–44 sec https://www.noscar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/NOTES_White_Paper_Feb06.pdf Human NOTES CCX–1:31 NOSCAR–1:51 NOVEL trial aims–2:12 NOVEL trial design–2:44 NOVEL trial fund raising–3:13 NOVEL trial protocol approval–4:14 NOVEL trial grants & contracts–4:33 NOVEL trial study administration–5:53 NOVEL trial criteria–6:09 […]

Posted on
09/28/2015
Video Categories
SAGES 2015 Meeting
Learning Themes
HPB / Biliary
Sources
2015 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Kochman M, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY, University of Pennsylvania--Philadelphia PA

SAGES Magical Mystery Tour – SAGES 2015 Presidential Address

SAGES 2014-2015 President, L. Michael Brunt, MD gives the Presidential Address at the SAGES 2015 Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN Points of interest: Dr. Brunt begins his lecture–4:40 Acknowledgements–8:15 1989 SAGES board–9:35 Train the Trainer courses–11:16 sentinel evenT in the life of SAGES–14:11 another sentinel Keyword(s): 10,000 hour rule, 6 step program, aberrant anatomy, abstract, […]

Posted on
06/15/2015
Video Categories
SAGES 2015 Meeting, Solid Organ
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational, Adrenal, Flexible Endoscopy, HPB / Biliary, New Technologies / Skills Acquisitions, Professional / Economic, Solid Organ
Sources
2015 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Keynote Address, Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Asbun H, Awad M, Berci B, Berci G, Birkett D, Brunt L, Crawford C, Cuschieri A, Dunkin B, Fenelli R, Forde K, Greene R, Holzman M, Hunter J, Jones D, Lim R, Marks G, Matthews B, Matthews S, Perissat J, Petelin J, Ponsky J, Pryor A, Robinson T, Schirmer B, Schwaitzberg S, Soper N, Stiegmann G, Swanstrom L, Talamini M
Video Institutions
Barnes-Jewish Hospital--St Louis MO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center--Boston MA, Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--West Hollywood CA, City College of New York--New York NY, Cleveland Clinic--Cleveland OH, CMC Surgery--Charlotte NC, Guthrie General Surgery--Sayre PA, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP)--Boston MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA, Houston Methodist Hospital--Houston TX, Houston Methodist Institute for Technology Innovation and Education (MITIESM)--Houston TX, Johns Hopkins University--Baltimore MD, Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates--Wynnewood PA, Marshfield Clinic--Marshfield Clinic WI, Mayo Clinic--Rochester MN, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine--Chicago IL, Oregon Clinic--Portland OR, Shawnee Mission Medical Center--Shawnee Mission KS, St Louis Childrens Hospital--St Louis MO, Stony Brook University Hospital--Stony Brook NY, Tripler Army Medical Center--Honolulu HI, University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY, University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)--Aurora CO, University of Colorado--Denver CO, University of Dundee--Dundee United Kingdom, University of Mississippi--Oxford MS, University of Virginia Health System--Charlottesville VA, VA Medical Center--St Louis MO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center--Nashville TN, Wahington University--St Louis MO, Weill Cornell Medical College--New York NY

SAGES Webinar : Optimizing Outcomes for Inguinal Hernia Repair-September 2012

Matthew Goldblatt, MD – Course Moderator/Speaker Andrew Kastenmeier, MD – Faculty Speaker David Chen, MD – Faculty Speaker Brian Jacob, MD – Faculty Speaker Open inguinal hernia repair by Dr. Matthew Goldblatt–2:03 disclosures–2:54 inguinal hernia overview–3:03 indications for hernia repair–4:49 citation–7:01 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16 Keyword(s): 10 lb lifting restriction, 10 mm camera, 10 mm trocar, 12th rib, […]

Posted on
05/23/2014
Video Categories
Hernia
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational, Hernia
Sources
Hernia Project, Resident Webinar
Presentation Types
Webinar
Video Authors
Amid P, Bittner J, Chen D, Ferzli G, Goldblatt M, Jacob B, Kastenmeier A, Lichtenstein I, Netter F, Reinpold W, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Baricenter Laparoscopic Surgical Center--New York NY, Creighton University--Omaha NE, Erasmus University--Rotterdam Netherlands, Juliane Marie Centre--Denmark, Laparoscopic Surgical Center--New York NY, Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA--Los Angeles CA, Medical College of Wisconsin--Milwaukee WI, Mount Sinai Medical Center--New York NY, NYU Lutheran Medical Center--Brooklyn NY, University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY, University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University--Cleveland OH, VCU--Richmond VA, Wilhemsburger Krankenhaus Gross-Sand Hospital--Hamburg Germany

Presidential Address: You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World

Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering, Tufts University, Chief of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance. Keyword(s): ABS, ACS, AHS, AORN, APSF, ASCRS, ASGE, ASMBS, BSC management, collaboration, colon cx, competency, digital age, endoscopy, esophageal cx, Facebook, fellowships, FES, FLS, FUSE, general surgery, grand rounds, hernia task […]

Posted on
03/30/2012
Video Categories
Meeting Content, SAGES 2012 Meeting
Learning Themes
Professional / Economic
Sources
2012 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Keynote Address, Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA, University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

SAGES Pearls Session: Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Introduction – Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones, M.D.; Discussion Keyword(s): absorbable tacks, ABX, ART, balloon, chronic pain, coated mesh, congenital hernia, fibrin glue fixation, fibrin sealant, Foley, GA, gangrenous bowel obstruction, Heparin, ileoinguinal nerve, internal hernias, keyhole, laparoscopy, LAR, LIHR, local anesthesia, looped PDS, LW mesh, neuroma, Neurontin, overlay, Physio mesh, polyester mesh, polypropyelene, prostatectomy, PTFE, re-do, re-op, robotic, scrotal […]

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, Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Brunt L, Jones D, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center--Boston MA, University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

How do Videoscopes, Fiberscopes and Laparoscopes work?

Surgeon in the Digital Age Understanding Your Video System light source–2:36 light cable–4:35 fiber optic light cable–6:44 laparoscopes–8:20 three chip camera–11:57 creation of the video CCD–12:52 monitors–16:53 resolution–18:27 imaging chain–21:14 videoscopes–22:45 flexible endoscopes–24:49 image processor–26:05 summary–26:52 Keyword(s): 0 degree lens, 30 degree lens, adapter, auto focus, brightness, broadcast, bulb hours, camera, camera head, CCD, channel, […]

Posted on
05/06/2011
Video Categories
Other, PG Courses and Grand Rounds, Surgeon in the Digital Age: Video System
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Video Authors
Hopkins H, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

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Critical View of Safety (CVS) Challenge QR Code

The SAGES Critical View of Safety Challenge – Donate Your Lap Chole Videos!

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is hosting the first Artificial Intelligence Data Challenge conducted by surgeons. The aim of this challenge is to generate a large and diverse dataset of laparoscopic cholecystectomy videos, annotated with respect to the subcomponents of the Critical View of Safety (CVS). Computer scientists from all over the […]

Respuesta de SAGES al Estudio NordICC sobre el beneficio de las colonoscopias de detección

SAGES desea aclarar los resultados del estudio NordICC y colocarlos en contexto de los esfuerzos de varias agencias nacionales para reducir el riesgo de cáncer colorrectal – la segunda causa de muerte por cáncer más frecuente en los Estados Unidos-, mediante la promoción de la detección y tratamiento oportuno de las lesiones.

SAGES Response to NordICC Study Regarding Benefit of Screening Colonoscopies

The NordICC Study recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine and widely reported on by media outlets has raised questions regarding the benefit of screening colonoscopy in lowering the risk of colorectal cancer and cancer-related deaths among otherwise healthy and symptom-free men and women aged 55 to 64. Provocative headlines and commentaries have […]

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