James G Bittner Iv, MD, Victoria M Gershuni, MS, Jeffrey F Moley, MD, Brent D Matthews, MD, Mary Quasebarth, RN, L Michael Brunt, MD. Sections of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) is preferred for removal of most adrenal pathology, […]
Calvin D Lyons, MD, Richard Link, MD, Osama Gaber, MD FACS, Vid Fikfak, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD FACS, Brian J Dunkin, MD FACS. The Methodist Institute for Technology Innovation and Education Introduction: Kidney transplantation from a living donor is the treatment of choice for patients with end stage renal disease. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy […]
Drew Reynolds, MD, Jim Hoskins, BS, J. Scott Roth, MD. University of Kentucky We present a case of laparoscopic resection of an intramural gastric spleen in a 58 year old male with a remote history of splenectomy for trauma. This lesion masqueraded as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor. To our knowledge, this represents the only […]
C Gonczy, MD, V Advani, MD, S Markwell, MA, S Ahad, MD, I Hassan, MD. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Introduction: By virtue of the benefits associated with minimally invasive approaches, laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is believed to have better patient-related outcomes compared to open splenectomy (OS). However there is limited data directly comparing […]
Bernadette U Laxa, MD, Barnard J Palmer, MD, William B Inabnet, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Insulinomas are rare but vascular tumors that require surgical removal as a therapeutic measure. Laparoscopic enucleation has become the standard treatment when feasible with excellent results. We present a laparoscopic insulinoma enucleation, during which intraoperative bleeding was […]