Roberta Gelmini, MD, PhD, *Fabrizio Romano, MD, Francesco Serrra, MD, *Fabio Uggeri, MD, Chiara Franzoni, MD, *Arianna L. Ciravegna, MD, *Franco Uggeri, MD Department of Surgery, Policlinico di Modena University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – *Department of Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital II University of Milan – Bicocca INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, Laparoscopic Splenectomy (LS) is considered […]
Jonathan G Bailey, MD, Dennis Klassen, MD, FRCSC Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University Introduction: In the United States, the proportion of people over the age of 60 is projected to increase from 18% in 2009 to 27% by 2050. In the setting of massive splenomegaly authors initially raised concerns about laparoscopic […]
Meena Said, MD, Andrew S Wu, MD, William B Inabnet, MD, Subhash Kini, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine There are a variety of approaches to adrenalectomies. The laparoscopic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy is a feasible operation with the distinct advantage of obviating the need to enter the abdominal cavity. It is a safe approach that can […]
Alisa M Coker, MD, Kristin L Mekeel, MD, Joslin Cheverie, MD, Juan S Barajas-Gamboa, MD, Bryan J Sandler, MD, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, Ajai Khanna, MBBS, PhD, Mark A Talamini, MD, Alan W Hemming, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD University Of California San Diego With exceptional operative times, minimal blood loss, and excellent graft survival, a […]
Shuodong Wu, Ying Fan, Jing Kong, Yang Su, Yu Tian Department of the Second General Surgery, Sheng Jing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China INTRODUCTION Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery(LESS) has been proposed for several intra-abdominal surgical interventions. Here, we share our ten cases to demonstrate the feasibility of LESS […]