Background:BAARX is one of several techniques used to ablate Barrett’s mucosa. Twenty four pH monitoring was used to assess the effect of acid control on the ablation technique in patients who had medical or surgical therapy for GERD.Methods:Seventeen consecutive patients with Barrett’s esophagus who underwent BAARX ablation between 2005 and 2007 were entered into a […]
Introduction: Currently only one-third of children with acute appendicitis undergo laparoscopic appendectomy. The reasons for this are unclear, but may include the perception that laparoscopic surgery may not be as safe or effective at all hospital types. Therefore, we retrospectively reviewed all children treated by one pediatric surgeon at two full-service institutions to determine if […]
Background: When not in use, instruments are sometimes placed on top of the patient’s body during laparoscopic procedures. Such instrument “hoarding” has been previously mentioned as a non-optimal practice. Ergonomic design of surgical workplaces may improve efficiency while maintaining safety. However, no studies have been carried out to describe where instruments are placed during surgery. […]
Purpose: Minimally invasive surgical techniques have become the preferred method for live donor nephrectomy (DN) in many centers. We compare the experience with laparoscopic and open DN within a single institution.Methods: Data on 276 consecutive live DN were entered prospectively (lap) or retrospectively (open) into a surgical outcomes database between 1998 and 2007. Demographic, intraoperative, […]
Introduction: We previously reported a proficiency-based Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) skils curriculum. We hypothesized that pre-training on virtual reality trainers would decrease the number of trials needed to attain the proficiency levels in this FLS curriculum.Methods: All subject groups followed this general algorithm, FLS pre-testing, proficiency-based training using a virtual reality (VR) trainer, FLS […]