Maen Aboul Hosn, MD, Faek R. Jamali, MD, FSSO, Ramzi Alami, MD Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has gained popularity in recent years with an increasing number of complicated procedures being performed using this approach. Single-port total colectomy has been […]
Ali Akdemir, MD, Sevtap Seyfettinoglu, MD, Levent Akman, MD, Fatih Sendag, MD, Mehmet Kemal Oztekin, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey (all authors). ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Fascial closure of the 10-mm and 12-mm port sites is mostly recommended to avoid port site incisional herniation. However, it is
Youzhu Hu, MD, Junjie Liang, MD, Qiang Li, MD, Qiong Zhao, MD Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Drs. Hu and Liang). Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (Drs. Li and Zhao). ABSTRACT With the advancement of minimally invasive technique, laparoscopic
Erin M. Mellano, MD, Christy M. Anthony, BS, Tamara Grisales, MD, Christopher M. Tarnay, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Instances of iatrogenic endometriosis after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy are uncommon
S. Wolk, MD, V. Plodeck, MD, J. Weitz, MD, M. Distler, MD, Department of General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Drs. Wolk, Weitz, and Distler). Institute for Diagnostic Radiology, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Dr. Plodeck). ABSTRACT Portomesenteric venous thrombosis is a
Sameer Chopra, MD, Patrick Ramos, MD, Andre Luis de Castro Abreu, MD, Scott Leslie, MD, Monish Aron, MD USC Institute of Urology, Center for Advanced Robotic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Pelvic lymphoceles are a known complication of pelvic lymph node dissection after
Daniela Angerame Yela, MD, PhD, PatrÃcia Kajikawa, MD, Cassia Raquel Juliato, MD, PhD, Cristina Laguma Benetti-Pinto, MD, PhD Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (all authors). ABSTRACT Hysteroscopic myomectomy is the surgical procedure of choice for the treatment of submucous or intramural myomas that protrude
Olivier Pruszkowski, MD, Jérôme Petit, MD, Sylvie Schlumberger, MD, Marc Fischler, MD Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Foch and University Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, 92150 Suresnes, France (Drs. Pruszkowski, Schlumberger, and Fischler). Department of Cardio-Vascular Radiology, Hôpital Marie-Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France (Dr. Petit). ABSTRACT Introduction: Robotic prostatectomy is considered by many urologists as the new
Xiaoming Guan, MD, PhD, Anze Urh, MD, Teresa M. Walsh, MD, Vicki Ng, MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (Drs. Guan, Walsh). Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (Dr. Urh). Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, St. Luke’s Women’s Center, San Francisco, CA, USA (Dr.
Stephanie Manning, MB ChB, BSc, Simon Bann, MB, BS, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCS FRCS (Gen Surg) FRACS Department of Surgery, Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand (all authors). ABSTRACT We report the laparoscopic resection of an extraesophageal leiomyoma and an epiphrenic traction diverticulum; in addition, myotomy and fundoplication were performed. This has not been reported
