November 2014

Laparoscopic Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy

General Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy
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Juan Pekolj, MD, PhD, Fernando A. Alvarez, MD, Victoria Ardiles, MD, Pablo Huespe, MD, Virginia Cano Busnelli, MD, Eduardo de Santibañes, MD, PhD Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Section and Liver Transplant Unit, General Surgery Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Juan D. Perón 4190, C1181ACH, Buenos Aires, Argentina (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Associating liver partition and portal […]

Laparoscopic Transvesical Mesh Removal and Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair

Urogynecology
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John R. Miklos, MD, Robert D. Moore, DO, Orawee Chinthakanan, MD, MPHInternational Urogynecology Associates, Alpharetta, GA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACTBackground: Complications associated with anterior vaginal wall mesh used during transvaginal surgery for prolapse occur more frequently than in other areas of the vagina. A vesicovaginal fistula is one of the rare complications of anterior vaginal

Endoscopic Closure of a Postoperative Duodenal Fistula

General Surgery
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Tammy L. Kindel, MD, PhD, Caitlin A. MacGregor, BA, Rajesh N. Keswani, MD, David M. Mahvi, MDDepartment of Surgery (Drs. Kindel, MacGregor, Mahvi) and Department of Medicine (Dr. Keswani), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Bouveret syndrome is a rare presentation of gallstone ileus characterized by passage of a gallstone through

Polymer Surgical Clip Migration Into the Trachea of an Infant

Pediatric & Adolescent Surgery
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Thomas M. Hagopian, BA, Paula J. Harmon, MD, Matthew S. Clifton, MD Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA (Hagopian). Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA (Dr. Harmon). Division of Pediatric Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA (Dr. Clifton). ABSTRACT Introduction: Newborns with congenital esophageal

Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy for Metastatic Ovarian Cancer

General Surgery, OB/GYN Laparoscopy
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Annabelle Teng, MD, Barbara Wexelman, MD, Gary S. Schwartz, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD, Gabriel Sara, MD, Scott Belsley, MD, Faiz Bhora, MD, Cliff Connery, MD Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA (Drs. Teng, Wexelman, Schwartz, Belsley). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA (Dr.

Gloved Appendectomy Performed With a Gloved Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Technique Versus Conventional Multiport Laparoscopic Technique

General Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy
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Bin Chet Toh, MBChB, MRCS, Quor Meng Leong, MBBS, MRCS, MMed, FRCSEdDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Using a commercially available multichannel port for single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) can be cost prohibitive to the development of this novel surgical technique. The use of

Curable Resection in Gastric and Lymph Node Metastases From Melanoma

Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy
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Yasunori Otowa, MD, Satoshi Suzuki, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Imanishi, MD, PhD, Tetsu Nakamura, MD, PhD, Kenichi Tanaka, MD, PhD, Masanobu Sakaguchi, MD, PhD, Toshinori Bito, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD, PhDDepartment of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan (Drs. Otowa, Suzuki, Imanishi, Nakamura, Tanaka, and Kakeji).Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate

Biliary Stricture After a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Remnant Gastrectomy

Gastroenterology, General Surgery
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Salvador Navarrete Llopis, MD, Igor Bello, MD, José Luis Leyba, MD, Gabriel Escalona, MD, Cono Gumina Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Venezuela (Drs. Llopis, Escalona). Department of General Surgery, Universidad de Carabobo, Naguanagua, Venezuela (Dr. Bello). Department of General Surgery, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (Dr. Leyba). Department of Gastroenterology, Clínica Santa Sofía, Caracas,

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