Morris E Franklin Jr, MD, FACS, Song Liang, MD, PhD, Jeffrey L Glass, MD, FACS Texas Endosurgery Institute Background: This prospective comparison study focused on the patients with colonoscopic nonresectable polyps in right colon who underwent either laparoscopic right hemicolectomy (LRH) or laparoscopic monitored colonoscopic polypectomy (LMCP) and was specifically aimed at investigating if LMCP […]
Bhavna Gami, BScHonsMScMBBS, Kumran Qurashi, MD Ealing Hospital, London UK Introduction Laparoscopic surgery is known to be advantageous over open surgery; however, the effectiveness of the approach depends on the conversion rate. The aim of our audit was to find out whether the rate of conversion is based on the level of training by the […]
Sanjay M Patolia, Dr Asian Bariatric Introduction: Acceptance for Bariatric Surgery as most effective treatment for morbid obesity is increasing. Prolonged food intolerance may lead to nutritional deficiencies and neurological complications. Anatomical and physiological abnormality of Gastro esophageal junction in the form of Lax cardia, Hiatus Hernia and GERD are important factors which are responsible […]
Chi Hsiang Wu, MD, Hurng-Sheng Wu, MD, Eugene Lin, MD Changbin Show Chwan Memorial Hospital Purpose: A new image-guided surgical system, with a computer-aided imaging-overlay system between the real-time laparoscopic view and a reconstructed 3D surgical model of the targeted anatomy, named augmented reality (AR), We compare imaging-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy (IALA) and conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy […]
Ikedilo Ojinika, MD, Agaba A Emmanuel, MD, Edward Chao, MD, Peter Shamamian, MD, Prathiba Vemulapalli, MD Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx-New York 10467. The discovery of Helicobacter pylori as the culprit in peptic ulcer disease (PUD) has revolutionized its management. Despite the presence of effective drug treatments and an increased […]