Laparoscopic surgery

Rare Cases of Two Types of Meckel’s Diverticulum

Gastroenterology, OB/GYN Laparoscopy
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Yongnan Li, MD, Shuodong Wu, MD Department of Biliary Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, People’s Republic of China (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Symptomatic Meckel’s diverticulum during pregnancy and inverted Meckel’s (“ windsock ”) divertic- ulum are rare occurrences. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult, and inverted diverticulum can be misdiagnosed as lipoma. Case […]

Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery for Vesicorectal Fistula Repair

Urology
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Piotr Jarzemski, MD, PhD, Marcin Markuszewski, MD, PhD, Sławomir Listopadzki, MD, PhD, Marcin Jarzemski, MD, Marek Roslan, MD, PhD Department of Urology, Jan Biziel Medical University Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland (Drs Jarzemski P, Listopadzki, and Jarzemski M). Department of Urology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland (Drs Markuszewski and Roslan). ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Minimally invasive

Laparoscopic Hepatectomy is Easier in Repeat Hepatectomy

General Surgery
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Naruhiko Ikoma, MD, Osamu Itano, MD, PhD, Go Oshima, MD, Shinil K. Shah, MD, Shinichi Fukuhara, MD, Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA (Drs. Ikoma and Shah); Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Drs. Ikoma, Itano, Oshima, and Kitagawa); Department of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital,

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

Laparoscopic Management of a Canal of Nuck Cyst

General Surgery
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Jacqueline Ho, MD, John Maa, MD, Peter Liou, MD, Jeannette Lager, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, CA (Drs. Ho, Lager). Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and Division of General and Trauma Surgery, Marin General Hospital, Larkspur, CA (Dr. Maa). Department of Surgery,

Transvaginal Adhesiolysis Using Laparoscopic Instruments

OB/GYN Laparoscopy
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Qiuqi Angela Shan, MD, Jon K. Hathaway, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana (both authors). ABSTRACT Intra-abdominal adhesions are a common complication of abdominal surgery and can lead to further complications including bowel obstruction, infertility, and pain. We describe a novel technique of performing transvaginal laparoscopic lysis

Single-Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Dermoid Cyst Enucleation

General Surgery
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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

Management of Bile Leak After Laparoscopic Hydatid Liver Surgery

General Surgery
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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

Curable Resection in Gastric and Lymph Node Metastases From Melanoma

Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy
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Yasunori Otowa, MD, Satoshi Suzuki, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Imanishi, MD, PhD, Tetsu Nakamura, MD, PhD, Kenichi Tanaka, MD, PhD, Masanobu Sakaguchi, MD, PhD, Toshinori Bito, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD, PhDDepartment of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan (Drs. Otowa, Suzuki, Imanishi, Nakamura, Tanaka, and Kakeji).Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate

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

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