Background: Inguinal hernia is a good indication for laparoscopic surgery. Recently,single-site laparoscopic surgery is widespread, especially for cholecystectomy, oophorectomy and appendectomy. But single-site laparoscopic hernioplasty is not often performed, because highly complex operative skills are involved. We report a case of single-site laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair.Method: A 58-year-old woman with symptomatic left inguinal […]
Median arcuate ligament syndrome is a rare cause of abdominal pain that results from the celiac artery being narrowed by the insertion of the muscle fibers of the diaphragm or fibrous bands of the celiac nerve plexus. Patients typically have symptoms of weight loss, postprandial abdominal pain, and nausea or vomiting. Operative management, laparoscopic or […]
Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery is now well established as the technique of choice for colon cancer surgery. Its application in rectal resections is still under scrutiny/evaluation with increasing evidence in support of a minimally invasive approach. The aim of this study was to examine the short term clinical and oncological outcome after laparoscopic and open approach […]
Introduction: Based on previous demonstrations of effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) laparoscopic skills training, we implemented a proficiency-based program of laparoscopic VR training for residents at Baystate Medical Center (BMC), Springfield, MA. We report our 7-year experience using two VR laparoscopic simulators: the Minimally Invasive Skills Trainer-Virtual Reality (MIST-VR; Mentice AB, Gothenburg, Sweden) starting in […]
Introduction: Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery has gained acceptance but few data are available concerning the long term results. Aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and long term results of the laparoscopic approach for treatment of non-malignant pancreatic lesions. Materials and Methods: From January 1993 to June 2008, 18 patients (pts) underwent laparoscopic enucleation […]