This is an 80 year old male who presented with acute incarceration of a known paraesophageal hernia. He was reduced by emergency endoscopy. The past history is significant for hypothyroidism and GERD, long standing. The video demostrates the amount of stomach that can necrose if this emergent condition is not operated quickly. The edema in […]
Introduction: Multiple surgical options are available for patients undergoing treatment for obesity. One of the most popular, due to short surgical times and low morbidity, is laparoscopic gastric band placement. Complications necessitating reoperation include prolapse and gastric band erosion. In our video we present a totally endoscopic removal of an eroded gastric band.Methods: A 61 […]
This is a 52 year old male, 9/11 responder who developed GERD and respiratory related issues from 9/11. He had a NDO plicator in 2006 with no effect, and an Esophex in November, 2008. This was complicated by abdominal pain, free air, and mediastinal air. He was treated conservatively and eventually responded over one week […]
Introduction: Multiple studies have shown a patient’s risk of disease including cardiovascular risk and diabetes can be associated with waist:hip ratio. The metabolic syndrome in particular has been associated with an "apple" shape (waist:hip ratio > 0.80 for females, waist:hip ratio > 0.90 for males). Our project was to evaluate body shape change after bariatric […]
Background : Laparoscopic cholecystectomy ( LC ) has clearly become the procedure of choice for routine gallbladder removal. The advantages of this approach include decreased scarring, decreased incisional pain, shorter hospitalization and faster functional recovery.The recent years, many investigators have attempted to further improve on the established technique of LC. Generally, the goal has been […]