Objective: This video illustrates the use of a standardized and reproducible laparoscopic technique to repair paraesophageal hernias. Description of Procedure: The patient is placed on the operating table in the supine position. The abdominal cavity is accessed through a 1 cm supraumbilical incision. Optiview® nonbladed trocar and accessory trocars are placed under view in the […]
TOTALLYEXTRAPERITONEALREPAIROFASPIGELIANHERNIA Allocco, Frances MD; Reardon, Patrick MD; Saad, Mohamed MD; Dunkin, Brian MD Spigelian hernias are rare and account for up to 2% of abdominal wall hernias. In the past these were repaired using an open technique, but over the past two decades, there have been a growing number of reports of laparoscopic repairs. Over […]
Introduction: A recent Canadian study reviewed the effectiveness of colonoscopy. Colonoscopy reduced the death rate for left colon cancers, but not the right. Were right colon missed? Since the majority of colonoscopies were performed by non-gastroenterologists (69%), questions were raised as to who is qualified to perform colonoscopies. Method: A standard colonoscopy recording form was […]
Purpose: The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) started Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification system (ESSQS) in 2003 in order to improve the safety of procedure, and carried out five examinations since 2004 up to 2008. We reported these 5 years’ results of cholecystectomy field in ESSQS. Methods: Assessment was performed by reviewing documents, laparoscopic surgery […]
LAPAROSCOPICRESECTIONOF AN OCCLUDEDROUXLIMB Allocco, Frances MD; Reardon, Patrick MD; Dunkin, Brian MD; Saad, Mohamed MD The purpose of of our video is to present a patient who had a laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass, who years later developed occlusion of her roux limb. This is demonstrated endoscopically and was repaired laparoscopically. The patient is a 38 […]