Carbon Dioxide as a Method to Prevent Operating Room Fires
Jason M Samuels, MD1, Heather Carmichael, MD1, Krzystof J Wikiel, MD2, Thomas N Robinson, MD, MS2, Teresa S Jones, MD2, Edward L Jones, MD2. 1University of Colorado, 2Denver Veterans Affairs Medical CenterThis video explores the utilization of carbon dioxide delivery via a smoke evacuation pencil as an operating room (OR) fire mitigation strategy. OR fires… Continue Reading
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VIDEO LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL GASTRECTOMY – STEP BY STEP
Bruno Zilberstein, MD, PHD, FACS, Leandro Barchi, MD, PHD, Maurice Youssef, MD, Thiago Manesco, MD, Willy Petrini Souza, MD. GastromedLaparoscopic surgery has been increasingly applied to gastric cancer surgery. Gastrointestinal tract reconstruction totally done by laparoscopy also has been a challenge for those who developed this procedure. After introduction of laparoscopic stapling methods, the reconstruction… Continue Reading
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DUODENAL GIANT GIST RESECTION BY LAPAROSCOPY, USING A HAND ASSIST DEVICE
Yoelimar Guzman, MD, Dulce Momblan, MD, Ainitze Ibarzabal, MD, Victor Turrado, MD, Gerard Frigola, MD, Jaume Balust, MD, Antonio Lacy, MD, PhD. Hospital Clinic of BarcelonaCase summary: 48-year-old female affected by gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), stage IIIA, located in the 3rd/4th duodenal part, diagnosed because a history of microcytic anemia and abdominal discomfort. After receiving… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic total pancreatectomy in a challenging case—-technique and tips
Xin Wang. West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityThis is a 67 years old male, presenting with epigastric pain for over three years. Lab tests indicate significantly elevated oral glucose tolerance and blood glucose. ALT and AST are slightly elevated. CA19-9 is 38.2 U/ml. CT scan shows an enlarged pancreas with dilated duct, indicating chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopic… Continue Reading
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Minimally Invasive Splenectomy For ITP During Pregnancy
David J Berler, MD, Jessica Gonzalez-Hernandez, MD, Sara A Hennessy, MD, FACS. UT Southwestern Medical CenterImmune thrombocytopenic purpura affects up to 2 in 10,000 pregnancies and can lead to devastating, potentially life-threatening peripartum hemorrhage. Treatment with corticosteroids and/or IV immunoglobulin is often effective. For those who fail medical therapy and are found to have significant… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy and left adrenalectomy for large gastric GIST with left adrenal incidentaloma in an obese patient
Hariruk Yodying, MD. Department of surgery, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center (MSMC) Hospital, Srinakharinwirot UniversityBACKGROUND: Laparoscopic resection has become an accepted treatment for small Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the stomach, but its application for large GISTs exceeding 5 cm. remains controversial. Because of the advancements in laparoscopic surgical techniques, the combination of different… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Resection of a Retroduodenal Paraganglioma
Jarvis W Walters, DO1, Jeremy Holzmacher, MD1, Fred Brody, MD, FACS2. 1George Washington University Medical Center, 2Veterans Affairs Medical CenterParagangliomas are chromaffin-cell tumors of extra-adrenal origin that frequently hypersecrete catecholamines. This video depicts a laparoscopic resection of a retroperitoneal periduodenal paragangliomaPresented at the SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.Abstract ID: 95717Program Number: V123Presentation Session:… Continue Reading
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Bilateral Retroperitoneal Endoscopic Adrenalectomy
Jamie Oh, MD, Alberto Vitela, MD, Roger Tatum, MD, FACS, Edgar Figueredo, MD, FACS. University of WashingtonThe patient is a 58 yo male MEN 2A syndrome presenting with bilateral pheochromocytomas. He had previously undergone a parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism, and in undergoing a CT scan for a hip injury, he was found to have adrenal masses.… Continue Reading
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Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: The Dawn of New Era ?
Ajay H Bhandarwar, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, Amarjeet E Tandur, MS, Girish D Bakhshi, MS, MRCS, DNB, FCPS, MNAMS, FMAS, FIAGES, Amol Wagh, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, FLCS, Eham L Arora, MS, DNB, Shekhar Jadhav, MS, Jalbaji P More, MS, Jai Rathore, MBBS, Priyanka Saha, MBBS, Soumya Chatnalkar, MBBS. Grant Government… Continue Reading
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Robotic enblock Right Hepatectomy + Right Nephrectomy + Right Adrenalectomy + Diaphragm Resection with mesh reconstruction for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
Ali Ahmad, MD, FACS. University of Kansas School of Medicine-WichitaWe present a case of a 57 year old male with a right retroperitoneal myxofibrosarcoma involving the right liver, right kidney and the diaphragm. Post neoadjuvant chemoradiation, the patient was deemed an appropriate surgical candidate after a multidisciplinary tumor board discussion. Due to the complex nature… Continue Reading
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Robotic Repair of Posteromedial Incarcerated Bochdalek Hernia with Transabdominal Approach
Jillian Angelo, MD, Kelsey Gray, MD, Ashkan Moazzez, MD, Ahmad Abbass, MD, Eric Simms, MD. Harbor UCLA Medical CenterThis video abstract highlights a robotic repair of a Bochdalek hernia via the intra-abdominal approach in a 52 year old patient with ten years of chronic abdominal pain and CT scan showing left sided fat-containing posterior diaphragmatic… Continue Reading
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Initial Single Port Robot Experience in Colorectal Surgery
John Marks, MD, Jean Salem, MD, Jonathan Josse, MD, Brigitte Anderson, BS, Henry Schoonyoung, MD. Lankenau Medical CenterThis video demonstrates the first North American use of the Single Port (SP) DaVinci Robot, in the performance of a colonic resection. The patient is a 53 year old male presenting for elective anterior resection for diverticulitis. The patient… Continue Reading
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Robotic Living Donor Hepatectomy
Jaekeun Kim, MD, PhD, Yee Lee Cheah, MD, Caroline J Simon, MD, Mohamed E Akoad, MD. Lahey Hospital & Medical CenterRobotic living donor right hepatectomy is a technically challenging operation. Accepted benefits of minimally invasive surgery include less postoperative pain, enhanced postoperative recovery with faster return to pre-donation status, and reduced morbidity. Our tertiary academic transplant center performed… Continue Reading
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NATURAL ORIFICE INTRACORPOREAL ANASTOMOSIS WITH EXTRACTION. THE NICE PROCEDURE
Bertha A Dimas, MD1,2, Ramon O Minjares-Granillo, MD1,2, Jillian Fleisher, DO1,3, Jean-Paul J Lefave, MD1,2,3, Eric M Haas, MD1,2,3. 1Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2Southeast Clinical Research Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas, 3Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TexasWe present video vignettes illustrating a… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Robotic-Assisted Resection of Gastric Fistula and Conversion to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Gastro-Bronchial Fistula
Sarah Pearlstein, MD, Dimitar Ranev, MD, Julio Teixeira, MD, Andrew Godwin, MD. Lenox HillThis is the case of a 35 year old female with history of morbid obesity who underwent vertical sleeve gastrectomy four years ago, followed by inadequate weight loss and subsequent repeat sleeve gastrectomy one year ago. Four months post-operatively she presented with… Continue Reading
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