Ashanti L. Franklin, MD, Carmen D. Coles, MD, Navin Changoor, MD, Tanya Gonzalez, MPH, Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, Rhonda Burch-Smith, MD, Terrence M. Fullum, MD Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (Drs. Franklin, Changoor, Gonzalez, Cornwell, Fullum). Department of Pathology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (Drs. […]
Ismail A. Al-Badawi, MD, Hanan Alshankiti, MD, Sarfraz Ahmad, PhD King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Drs Al-Badawi and Alshankiti). Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Orlando, FL, USA (Dr Ahmad). ABSTRACT Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery, also known as single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), is
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
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
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
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
Joon Han Jeon, MD, Dae Young Cheung, MD, Kwang Yeol Paik, MD, Seong Jin Lee, MD, Hyun Jin Kim, MD, Hye Kang Kim, MD, Hyung Jun Cho, MD, Wook Kim, MD Department of Gastroenterology, the Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (Drs. Jeon, Cheung, Lee, H. J. Kim, H. K. Kim,
Michael G. Santomauro, MD, Sean P. Stroup, MD, Audry H. L’Esperance, BS, James H. Masterson, MD, Ithaar H. Derweesh, MD, Brian K. Auge, MD, Donald S. Crain, MD, and James O. L’Esperance, M.D Department of Urology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA (Drs Santomauro, Stroup, Masterson, Auge, Crain, J. L’Esperance, and Ms
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.
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
