Aliyah Kanji, MD, Luke Funk, MD, MPH, Dean J Mikami, MD, FACS The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Background Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) allows for real time assessment of esophageal and gastric mucosa at the time of initial endoscopy. Developed by Mauna Kea Technology, this confocal miniprobe can be passed into the working […]
Souheil W Adra, MD, Greta A Magerowski, BA, George L Blackburn, MD, PhD, Miguel Alonso-Alonso, MD, MPhil, Benjamin E Schneider, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Introduction and objectives: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is a minimally invasive and reversible procedure in bariatric surgery that has a good safety record but variable […]
Ian Graham, Marisha L Godek, PhD, MS, Michael Stellon, Sally Carter, MS, Andrew Miesse, MS, Dwight G Bronson, MS Covidien Surgical Solutions Objective: To examine the relationship between staple height and tissue reperfusion by measuring blood flow and tissue oxygenation of staple lines with a range of final closed staple heights. Description of Technology: Staple […]
Elisabeth C McLemore, MD, Michael Stamos, MD, Conor Delaney, MD, Anthony Senagore, MD, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, Madhulika Varma, MD, Steven Wexner, MD, Joseph Martz, MD, David Margolin, MD, Larson David, MD, Lee Sang, MD University of California, San Diego; University of California, Irvine; University of California, San Francisco; University of Southern California; Case Medical Center; […]
Kumeran Ravindran, FRCS, Roopesh Khanna J, DNB, Shanmugam R P, Mch Apollo Firstmed Hospitals, Chennai, India Surgeries for splenic hilar and posteriorly placed distal pancreatic lesions are technically challenging. "Spleen first approach" enables this dissection laparoscopically. We present two case reports where the "Spleen first approach" was used successfully. First Case report – 42 year […]