Luigi Manfredi, PhD, Zhaohong Xu, PhD, Benjie Tang, Dr, Chengli Song, Professor, Alfred Cuschieri, Professor Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee IntroductionMinimal Access Surgery (MAS) is based on advanced visual and manipulative technologies and increasingly includes in complex interventions in anatomically difficult regions, preoperative planning and intraoperative navigation/ guidance for complex surgical […]
Gideon Sroka, MD, MSc, Ori Eyal, MD, Tova Raynes, MD, Dean Keren, MD, Ibrahim Matter, MD Department of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. Introduction: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is becoming the procedure of choice for many bariatric patients. Gastric leak from the staple line is a very challenging complication, and calls […]
Mark R Wendling, MD, James D Vargo, Joseph M Drosdeck, MD, W. Scott Melvin, MD, Vimal K Narula, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center ObjectiveBile duct injury remains the most feared complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Intra-operative Cholangiography (IOC) is currently the gold standard for biliary imaging, but technical challenges and time requirements limit […]
Givan F Paulus, MD, M van Avesaat, MD, J M Conchillo, PhD, MD, A A Masclee, PhD, MD, N D Bouvy, PhD, MD Maastricht University Medical Center Bariatric surgery is the only long-term effective therapy for weight loss in morbidly obese patients and therefore has an increasing role in surgical practice. With the rising number […]
Rodrigo Gonzalez, MD, Edwin Bran, MD, Fernando Montufar, MD Las Americas Private Hospital BACKGROUND: Successful weight following bariatric surgery is defined as losing 50% of the excess body weight at long-term follow-up. All types of bariatric operations have a percentage of failure due to inadequate weight loss or weight regain. Revisional bariatric surgery is an […]