Near Real-Time Diagnosis of Omental Metastases in Patients with Primary Colorectal Cancer Using Rapid Evaporative Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (REIMS)
Eftychios Manoli1, Afeez Adebesin1, Sam Mason1, Zsolt Bodai1, Julia Balog2, Hiromi Kudo1, Steven Pringle2, Robert Goldin1, Ara Darzi1, Jamie Murphy1, Zoltan Takats1, James Kinross1. 1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Waters Research Center, Budapest, HungaryIntroduction: The presence of peritoneal and omental metastatic disease from primary colorectal cancer alters a patient’s optimal treatment strategy. Indeterminate lesions… Continue Reading
Negative Pressure Inflatable Balloon Stent
Michael C Morris, MD. Lone Star Surgical, P.A.The most difficult aspect of surgery is undoubtedly complications. Of all complications the gastro-intestinal leak is one of the most feared by patients and surgeons alike. Sleeve gastrectomy represents a simple and effective bariatric operation with few long term consequences and multiple potential conversional options although its leak has… Continue Reading
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy is Beneficial in the Treatment of Pilonidal Disease
Elisa Bianchi, MD, Titi Adegboyega, MD, Shirley Shih, MD, Cici Zhang, MD, David E Rivadeneira, MD, MBA. Huntington Hospital-Northwell HealthThere are multiple surgical approaches to the treatment of Pilonidal Sinus Disease (PSD). All are associated with wound complications including surgical site infections (SSI), dehiscence, and recurrence. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) has been reported to… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Neural Mechanisms of Taste Preference Changes following Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Kimberly Smith, PhD1, Afroditi Papantoni, BS1, Marga Veldhuizen, PhD2, Timothy Moran, PhD1, Susan Carnell, PhD1, Kimberley E Steele, MD, PhD1. 1The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2Yale University, The John B Pierce Laboratory, IncBackground: Changes in taste preferences have been reported following bariatric surgery. To investigate neural mechanisms for such changes and differentiation by… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Neurectomy with Hybrid Laparoscopic-Robotic Device for Chronic Groin Pain After Open Inguinal Hernia Repair
Kelly Haisley, MD, Michael Antiporda, MD, Richard Jamison, MD, Christy Dunst, MD, Lee Swanstrom, MD. Providence Portland Medical CenterIntroduction: In this video, we review a case of a minimally invasive neurectomy using a hybrid laparoscopic/robotic device for the treatment of chronic groin pain after open inguinal hernia repair. Background: The patient is a 38 year old… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
New Endosuture Instrument System for flexible endoscopic suturing in the GI-tract
Karl-Hermann Fuchs, MD, Kai Neki, MD, A Lee, MD, R Dominguez Profeta, MD, R Broderick, MD, B Sandler, MD, Santiago Horgan, Prof. UC San DiegoObjective: Therapeutic endoscopy such as endoscopic tumor resections in the GI tract may be facilitated by more advanced instruments for dissecting and suturing. In the past, several complex multitasking platforms to… Continue Reading
New Surgical Stapler Designed to Decrease Cost Without Impacting Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery: An Analysis of 120 patients
Pablo Omelanczuk, MD1, Ryan C Broderick, MD2, Ezequiel Fernandez, MD3, Patricio Cal, MD3, Luciano Deluca, MD3, Santiago Horgan, MD2. 1Hospital Italiano de Mendoza, Argentina, 2University of California San Diego, 3Complejo Medico Policial Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaObjective: Evaluate safety and efficacy of a newly introduced stapler in bariatric surgery as compared to established surgical staplers. Introduction:… Continue Reading
Newly reported complication after gastric bypass: vertical band through the gastrojejunostomy
Hossam S Alslaim, MD, Renee Hilton, MD. Augusta UniversityRoux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the most common procedures currently performed for surgical treatment of morbid obesity in the United States. Dysphagia and chronic abdominal pain after RYGB for morbid obesity are common and often these complications have multiple etiologies. Determining the exact etiology can be challenging but… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
NEXT FRONTIER IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY: MAGNETIC-ROBOTIC SURGERY (MAGNETOBOTICS) INITIAL CLINICAL RESULTS
Felipe Huidobro1, J Jensen1, D Guerron2, D Portenier2, R Luengas3, J Rodriguez4, M Kroh4. 1Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile, 2Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 3Clinica Bicentenario, Santiago, Chile, 4Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAObjective: Surgery is constantly searching for ways to improve procedural outcomes, while also increasing OR efficiency. Magnetic Surgery has been developed to increase… Continue Reading
Nissen fundoplication is technically feasible with the Senhance® Surgical System
Robin Schmitz, MD1, Dietmar Stephan, MD2, Justin Barr, MD, PhD1, Heike Saelzer, MD2, Michael Scheidt2, Joachim Labenz, MD2, Sabino Zani, MD1, Frank Willeke, MD2. 1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2St. Marienkrankenhaus, Siegen, GermanyPurpose: Potential advantages of robotic assisted surgery are expected for intracorporal suturing, given its long learning curve in conventional laparoscopy. The success of… Continue Reading
Non-Elective Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: A Comparison of Surgical Approach and 30-day Outcomes using NSQIP
William C Sherrill, MD, Brent D Matthews, MD, Caroline E Reinke, MD, MSHP. Carolina Medical CenterBackground: Over the past decade with the continuing increase of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques, complex MIS procedures such as laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia (PEH) repair are on the rise. The majority of these hernia repairs are being performed in the… Continue Reading
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- Acute Care Surgery
Non-Internal Hernia Bowel Obstructions after Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass
Brandon W Vanderwel, MD, Kevin M Reavis, MD, Jan C Jay, MD, Valerie J Halpin, MD. Legacy Good Samaritan Medical CenterBackground: Roux-en-y gastric bypass is a proven therapeutic treatment for metabolic diseases and morbid obesity. Internal hernias as a cause of bowel obstruction after roux-en-y have been extensively studied and surgical techniques have been developed… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Non-invasive Ingestible Sensing System for Gastrointestinal Secretion Analysis
Luke A Beardslee, PhD, MD, George E Banis, Justin M Stine, Rajendra Mayavan Sathyam, Reza Ghodssi, PhD. University of Maryland Objective of the technology or device: We report an ingestible capsule for pH-targeted sampling and sensing within the human gut. Current methods for evaluating gastrointestinal (GI) health entail imaging or endoscopic sampling. Repeated procedures can… Continue Reading
Normal Johnson-DeMeester Scores should not preclude patients from Anti-Reflux Surgery
Alex Addo, MD, Zachary Sanford, MD, Adam S Weltz, MD, James Clemmens, Reza Zahiri, DO, Adrian Park, MD, FACS. Anne Arundel Medical CenterIntroduction: The Johnson-DeMeester (JD) score is one of the main parameters derived from pH testing as a means to determine a patient’s acid exposure and is often used as an objective data point to… Continue Reading
Novel augmented reality needle guidance for laparoscopic liver ablation
Lung W Lau, MD1, Xinyang Liu, PhD1, William Plishker, PhD1, David A Geller, MD2, Timothy D Kane1, MD, Raj Shekhar, PhD1. 1Children's National Health System, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterObjective: Ablation needle placement is the critical step in laparoscopic ablation of unresectable liver tumors. Even to skilled surgeons, it can be difficult to correspond the… Continue Reading