INTRODUCTION: In 2006, the American Cancer Society and the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer issued a consensus statement on the use of surveillance colonoscopy after colectomy for colorectal cancer. It was recommended that patients undergo surveillance colonoscopy one year after curative resection. The aim of this study was to assess the compliance with […]
Background: LX offers enhanced recovery and better cosmesis. Reduction in postoperative adhesions and incisional hernia rates are potential long term benefits. Previous studies have shown that laparoscopic management of SBO is feasible and associated with acceptable morbidity. However, rates of conversion to OP are higher than in other laparoscopic procedures. Data comparing short and long […]
Introduction: Throughout the history of medicine, physicians have sought less invasive approaches to the diagnosis and therapy of diseases. Since the advent of interventional endoscopic therapy, the fields of gastrointestinal surgery and interventional endoscopy have been on converging paths. Therapeutic endoscopists are becoming increasingly invasive, performing interventions such as transgastric pseudocyst drainage and pancreatic necrosectomy. […]
BACKGROUND: Infection in the setting of hernia repair poses a difficult challenge, and biologic mesh might perform favorably in this setting. The specific response of different biologic mesh constructs to infection is unclear. Using fluorescent-labeled bacteria and innovative in vivo imaging quantitative bacterial analysis, we evaluated the response of two biologic mesh prosthetics to staphylococcus […]
Introduction: Our primary aim is to determine whether there are differences in the opinions of users of two distinct NOTES® simulators in aspects of performance, realism, utility and ease of use. We have directed the NOTES® hands-on station at the Learning Center of SAGES 2008 and 2009 Annual Meetings. The simulators used were the ELITE […]