Laparoscopic preperitoneal hernia repair is a viable option for the repair of initial and recurrent inguinal hernias. It is particularly appealing for the treatment of recurrent or bilateral inguinal hernias. Since the technique of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair was first described in 1989 by Schultz, Graber and Pietrafitta, it has undergone a number of modifications. […]
BackgroundWorldwide, the incidence rates for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) vary from 0.5 to 24.5 per 100,000 people (0.012%). It has been estimated that the risk of CRC in IBD patients increases by 0.5% per year after eight years of the disease. Many recent studies proposed aminosalicylates as chemopreventive agents for colorectal cancer (CRC) development in […]
BACKGROUND Nonagenariansare a growing population often viewed as high-risk surgical candidates. This study aims to review mortality and predictors of adverse outcome in nonagenarians undergoing colon resection.The National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) database was used for the analysis. METHODSThe 2005-2008 NSQIP databases were reviewed for all patients over ninety years old who underwent colon […]
Introduction: The use of self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) is effective in the palliative treatment of malignant biliary or duodenal strictures. However, few reports document the concurrent use of biliary and enteric SEMSs, mostly likely secondary to its technical difficulty. Methods and Procedures: We report a case of concurrent use of biliary and enteric SEMSs in […]
Introduction: Currently, minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is being performed using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for mediastinal esophageal dissection. The VATS approach is still associated with pulmonary and cardiovascular morbidity, as well as incisional pain. This study investigates the feasibility of MIE using a single-incision transcervical videoscopic esophageal dissection (TVED). A simultaneous laparoscopic and transcervical videoscopic […]