Shen-Lin Wang, MD, Kung-Chen Ho, MD, Chuan-Yen Wei, MD, Shih-Ping Cheng, MD, PhD, Tsang-Pai Liu, MD Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan (Drs Wang, Ho, Wei, Cheng, and Liu); Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan (Drs Cheng and Liu). ABSTRACT Obturator hernias are rare, and […]
Yasoo Sugiura, MD, Keisuke Kubota, MD, PhD, Masayuki Kojima, MD, PhD, Nobuhiro Nitori, MD, PhD, Etsuo Nemoto, MD, PhD, Toshinori Hashizume, MD, PhD, Shizuka Kaseda, MD, PhD, Yoshiaki Sugiura, MD, PhD Department of Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kanagawa National Hospital, Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan. (Drs Yasoo Sugiura, Nemoto, Hashizume, and Kaseda); Department of
John T. English III, MD, Kurt R. Stahlfeld, MD, Cheryl Six, MD Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic retrieval of orthopedic hardware is rarely documented. We report a case of a diagnostic laparoscopy and successful laparoscopic removal of a migrated retroperitoneal pelvic screw with subsequent
Agustin Dietrich, Martin de Santibañes, Fanny Rodriguez Santos, Juan Santino, Agustin Cristiano, Rodrigo Sanchez Clariá Department of General Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Drs. Dietrich, Santos). Department of HPB Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Drs. de Santibañes, Cristiano, Sanchez Clariá). Department of Pathology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Dr. Santino).
Emad Geddoa, MRCS, Nafees A. Qureshi, MRCS, Darren K. Patten, MRCS, Meher Lad, MBBS, Sarah Duncan, MBBS, Neil Foden, MRCP, David L. Stoker, FRCS Department of General Surgery, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, England (Mr. Geddoa, Dr. Qureshi, Mr. Patten, Dr. Lad, Dr. Duncan, Mr. Stoker). Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Oncology, St Mary’s Hospital,
Michael Champney, MD, Tyrone Malloy, MD, JD, Bandish Chudusama, MS, Andrew Chung, BS Dekalb Surgical Associates, P.C., Decatur, GA, USA (Dr. Champney). Metropolitan Atlanta OB/GYN, Decatur, GA, USA (Dr. Malloy). ABSTRACT We present a case report describing the outcome of an appendectomy and subsequent ovarian cyst enucleation using a single-incision laparoscopic approach in a 19-year-old
Margaret E. Clark, MD, Benjamin D. Tabak, MD, Andrew T. Schlussel, DO, Jeffery M. Meadows, MD, John D. Andersen, BS, MA, Mary J. Edwards, MD, Stanley M. Zagorski, MD Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA (Drs. Clark, Tabak, Schlussel, Zagorski, Edwards). Department of Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
Walid Faraj, MD, Eliane Malek, MD, Najla Itani, MD, Abdallah Abou El Naaj, MA, Ghina El Nounou, MS, Fadi El Merhi, MD, Ali Haidar, MD, Mohamad Khalife, MD Department of Surgery, (Drs. Faraj, Malek, Itani, Mr. El Naaj, Ms. El Nouno, Dr. Khalife), Department of Radiology, (Drs. El Merhi, Haidar), American University of Beirut Medical
Leopoldo M. Baccaro, MD, Kalyan Vunnamadala, MD, Uchechukwu Stanley Ogu, MD, George Ibrahim, MD, Harjeet Kohli, MD, MRCP, FRCS Department of General Surgery, Easton Hospital, Easton, PA, USA (Drs. Baccaro, Ogu, Ibrahim, and Kohli). Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (Dr. Vunnamadala). ABSTRACT Introduction: Morbid obesity is an growing problem
Julio Lopez, MD, Karime Rodriguez, MD, Eduardo Targarona, MD, PhD, Ivan Corral, MD, Fernando Padilla, MD, Rene Gameros, MD, Arturo Reyes, MD Department of Surgery, Mexican Institute of Social Security. Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico (Drs. Lopez, Rodriguez). Department of Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain (Dr. Targarona). Department of Surgery, Mexican
