November 2014

Gastric Bleeding After Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy

Gastroenterology, Surgical Endoscopy
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Sven-Petter Haugvik, MD, BÃ¥rd Ingvald Røsok, MD, PhD, Rune Andersen, MD, PhD, Bjørn Edwin, MD, PhD Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Drs. Haugvik, Røsok, Edwin). Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Drs. Haugvik, Edwin). Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Dr. […]

Acute Ulcerative Colitis, Thrombocytopenia, and Venous Thromboembolism Treated With Combined Laparoscopic Splenectomy and Colectomy

Gastroenterology, General Surgery
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Ahmed Dehal, MD, MPH, Sunal Patel, MD, Samir Johna, MD, Patrick Nguyen, MDDepartment of General Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, CA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Immune thrombocytopenic purpura and venous thromboembolism are rare but known complications of ulcerative colitis. Although several case studies have examined the treatment options available for ulcerative colitis patients presenting with immune

Powered Stapler Malfunction During Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Surgical Endoscopy, Urology
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Shieh Ling Bang, MBChB, MRCS, MMed, YuYi Yeow, MBBS, MRCS, Keng Siang Png, MBBS, MRCS, MMed, FRCSDepartment of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (all authors). ABSTRACT Powered laparoscopic staplers have entered the market in the last few years. We report the first case of a malfunction of a powered laparoscopic stapler during a laparoscopic

Staging Endometrial Cancer

OB/GYN Laparoscopy, Surgical Endoscopy
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Jean-Marie Stephan, MD, Megan McDonald, MD, Jean Hansen, DO, Michael J. Goodheart, MDDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA (all authors).ABSTRACT Introduction: We report a novel technique for the vaginal placement of a single-incision laparoscopic device to aid in the removal of pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes

Retained Vaginal Foreign Body in Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgeries

OB/GYN Laparoscopy, Robotic Assisted Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy
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Tarek Toubia, MD, Roopina Sangha, MD, MPHDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA (all authors). ABSTRACTBackground: Retention of a surgical object in a patient’s body is a preventable human error that is rare but can cause serious clinical complications, lead to malpractice lawsuits, and be a devastating event both for the

Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Excision of a Giant Sigmoid Cystic Duplication

Gastroenterology, Pediatric & Adolescent Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy
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Mirko Bertozzi, MD, and Antonino Appignani, MD, PhDS.C. di Clinica Chirurgica Pediatrica, Universita` degli Studi di Perugia, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy (all authors). ABSTRACTThe authors report a very rare case of giant duplication of sigmoid colon in a 4-year-old girl successfully diagnosed and treated with a laparoscopy-assisted technique. This case shows that

Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer After Liver Transplantation

General Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy, Transplantation
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Gustavo Rossi, MD, Ricardo Mentz, MD, Carlos A. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, Fernando A. Alvarez, MD, Guillermo Ojea Quintana, MDSection of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Juan D. Peron 4190, C1181ACH, Buenos Aires, Argentina (all authors). ABSTRACTIntroduction: Colon cancer in liver transplant patients is an uncommon clinical situation.

Gastric Banding Causing Adnexal Entrapment During Pregnancy

General Surgery, OB/GYN Laparoscopy, Surgical Endoscopy
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Zvi Vaknin, MD, Hasan Kais, MD, Noga Fuchs, MD, Sharon Berger, MD, Moty Pansky, MD, Noam Smorgick, MD, Msc Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Beer Yaakov, Israel (Drs. Vaknin, Fuchs, Berger, Pansky; Smorgick). Department of General Surgery B, Assaf Harofe Medical

Gastric Duplication Treated by Laparoscopy in a Child

Gastroenterology, Surgical Endoscopy
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Yoo Shin Choi, MD, Beom Gyu Kim, MD, Hyun Kang, MD Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (Drs. Choi and Kim). Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (Dr. Kang). ABSTRACT Duplication of the alimentary tract is an uncommon occurrence (1 of 4500 births) in

Early Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Resection of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Transplantation
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Brian K. P. Goh, MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCS, Pierce K. H. Chow, MBBS, MMed, PhD, FRCS Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore (all authors). Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (all authors). ABSTRACT Laparoscopic liver resection has increasingly been used as a therapeutic modality in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its use in

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