Background: Chronic abdominal pain after gastric bypass can be elusive to most diagnosis modalities, requiring in many cases diagnostic laparoscopy. In this video, we present the surgical management of a patient with chronic abdominal pain two years after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB). Case report: A 20 year old female underwent a LRYGB three years […]
Over the last years, minimizing minimally invasive surgery via Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) has become the new frontier among surgeons. Although the feasibility of hybrid NOTES has been shown with good success, reports of human total or pure NOTES procedures are very limited to date. This new minimally invasive approach is believed to […]
Introduction: Laparoscopic resection of tumors on upper portion of the stomach, especially when they are located at the posterior wall or greater curvature, is both difficult and time consuming. In order to overcome these difficulties, we introduce a new technique through right lateral decubitus position for laparoscopic resection of submucoal tumor (SMT) on upper portion […]
Laparoscopic splenectomy is widely accepted as a preferred surgical technique. Single port laparoscopic surgery further improves cosmesis, pain control and recovery compared to standard multi-port laparoscopy. We report on a single port accessory splenectomy in patient with symptomatic recurrence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia after prior splenectomy more that 30 years ago. Patient was maintained on […]
Background: We present a case of a laparoscopic conversion of a LAGB to a LSG. Case Report: A 54-year-old female with a history of prior LAGB for morbid obesity presented with failure of weight loss, recurrent nausea, vomiting and weight regain. Upper GI series revealed posterior slippage of the stomach and a small hiatal hernia […]