Intraoperative Prevention of Stenosis for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Gastroenterology
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Ramon Vilallonga, MD, PhD, Jacques Himpens, MD Division of Bariatric Surgery, AZ St. Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Many different medical and surgical modalities have been described for the treatment of late strictures after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), including observation, endoscopic dilatations, seromyotomy (SM), and wedge resection of the sleeve stomach including the stricture. Strictures […]

Parasitic Myomas Due to Laparoscopic Intra-abdominal Morcellation

OB/GYN Laparoscopy
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Giulia Giovanardi, MD, Stephane Oden, MD, Haitham Khalil, MD, Loic Marpeau, MD, PhD, Renato Seracchioli, MD, Horace Roman, MD, PhD Minimally Invasive Gynaecological Surgery Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (Drs. Giovanardi, Seracchioli). Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France (Drs. Oden, Khalil, Marpeau, Roman). ABSTRACT Introduction: The use of electric tissue morcellators

Laparoscopic Repair of Incarcerated Intersigmoid Hernia

General Surgery
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Aideen Campbell, MBBS, and Gary K. Atkin, MD Department of Surgery, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Barnet, UK (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: An intersigmoid hernia is a type of internal hernia and is a rare cause of small-bowel obstruction. It occurs because of a congenital peritoneal defect at the root of the sigmoid mesocolon

Laparoscopic-assisted Resection for Jejunal Stenosis Following Extensive Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis

General Surgery
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Satoshi Yokoyama, MD, Daisuke Ito, Akinori Sekioka, Nao Kawaguchi, Harumi Yamada, Michio Kuwahara, Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shiro Uyama Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Portomesenteric venous thrombosis (PMVT) is a rare and often fatal disease that is difficult to diagnose. The symptoms are nonspecific, and diagnosis and initial

Robotic Colonic Resection and Reanastomosis in Gynecologic Surgery: Report of 4 Cases

OB/GYN Laparoscopy, Robotic Assisted Surgery
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Haider Mahdi, MD, Jessica Woessner, MD, Samantha Gonzalez-Ramos, MD, Maral Malekzadeh, DO, Mehdi Moslemi-Kebria, MD Gynecologic Oncology Division, Ob/Gyn and Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA (Drs. Mahdi, Woessner, Gonzalez-Ramos, Moslemi-Kebria). Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, NY, USA (Dr. Malekzadeh). ABSTRACT Introduction: Colonic resection in gynecologic surgery, most commonly in the field of gynecologic

Laparoscopic Management of Gastric Torsion After Sleeve Gastrectomy

General Surgery
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Christian Hernandez Murcia, MD, Pedro Garcia Quintero, MD, Jorge Rabaza, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Anthony Gonzalez, MD, FACS, FASMBS Department of General and Bariatric Surgery, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Gastric volvulus occurs primarily when the stomach suffers torsion on itself due to laxity, elongation, or agenesis of the stomach ligamentous attachments

Laparoscopic Drainage of Retroperitoneal Hematoma

General Surgery
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Anuradha R. Bhama, MD, Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, Hui Sen Chong, MD Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Operative intervention for retroperitoneal hematomas is rarely indicated, and treatment is usually conservative, including observation, transfusion, correction of coagulopathy, and coil embolization. Case and Technique Description: A 75-year-old man

Torsion of a Normal Ovary During the Early Postpartum Period

OB/GYN Laparoscopy
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Yusuke Tanaka, MD, Shinsuke Koyama, MD, PhD, Yasuhiko Shiki, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Ovarian cyst torsion is a well-known cause of acute abdominal pain in female patients. However, torsion of a normal ovary is extremely rare and predominantly occurs in premenarchal female patients. The objective of

Acute Presentation of Laparoscopic Gastric Band Erosion

General Surgery
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Mohammed A. Bawahab, MD, FRCS (Canada), FASMBS Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid, University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. ABSTRACT Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) is a well-established bariatric surgical procedure. LAGB surgery is associated long term with a significant chance for reoperation within 10 years of band placement; 2 causes of reoperation are band migration and

Early Laparoscopic Resection of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma

General Surgery
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Brian K. P. Goh, MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCS, Lip-Seng Lee, MBBS, MRCS, Pierce K. H. Chow, MBBS, MMed, PhD, FRCS Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore (Drs. Goh, Lee, Chow). Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore (Drs. Goh, Chow). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic liver resection has increasingly been used as a therapeutic modality in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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