Rene A Palomo, MD, Mario Rodarte, MD, Alejandro Rodriguez, MD, Zanndro J Del Real, MD Hospital San Jose Tecnologico de Monterrey Background Intussusception is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen in infancy. It occurs when a portion of the digestive tract becomes telescoped into the adjacent bowel segment. Intussusception is the most […]
Ashwin Pimpalwar, MD, FRCS, Pediatric, Surgery, Sheena A Pimpalwar, MD 1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, 2Department of Radiology Baylor College of Medicine and Texas children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas Purpose: Denver shunts are used for palliation of refractory ascites /chylothorax in children. We report our technique using laparoscopic/ thoracoscopic guidance for […]
Donald R Peterson, PhD, MS, Drew Seils, MS, Tarek Tantawy, MS, Angela S Kueck, MD University of Connecticut Health Center The poor ergonomic design characteristics of the typical manual laparoscopic stapler pose a significant risk for operator errors. For example, the speed at which a user operates the instrument during staple firing may influence tip […]
Carlos Augusto Cutini, MD, H. Rodolfo Scaravonati, MD, Silvina Lucia Milletari, MD, Patricio E. Donnelly, MD, Nicolas Ortiz, MD, Rodrigo Moran Azzi, MD, FACS, Victor Hugo Serafini, MD, FACS, Gintaras Antanavicius, MD, FACS Sanatorio Guemes Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been established as the treatment of choice for the management of acute cholecystitis. Several prospective randomized […]
Kyo Young Song, Dr Catholic University of Korea A 25 year old female patient was diagnosed as submucosal tumor mass (SMT) located at just near the esophagogastric junction. We performed the “intragastric” resection technique which was consisted of 4 steps. Step I; endoscopic insufflations of the stomach, Step II; insertion 3 trocars into the stomach […]