Objective: To evaluate short and long-term results of laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer, we conducted a nationwide survey and prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Japan, supported by Grants for Clinical Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan.A retrospective nationwide survey: The study group comprised 2036 patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery […]
INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard treatment for cholelithiasis, and surgeons are increasingly looking towards day case procedures. However, only 6% of UK LCs are performed as day case (DC) (i.e. same day discharge without overnight stay) or extended day case ( 80 years old. 46% of patients stayed longer than 23 hours. […]
Introduction: Interruptions in surgical workflow has been shown to lead to OR inefficiencies and patient injury; however, we lack knowledge as to what causes these interruptions and to what degree these interruption affect the procedure time (PT). Workflow is a result of teamwork, thus interruptions were analyzed based on their effect on the teamwork rather […]
Introduction: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LGB) is associated with a complication rate of about 10% and early diagnosis and proper treatment leads to full recovery in virtually all patients. Strategies to prevent technique related complications are important and should decrease overall morbidity rate. The aim of this study is to describe a preventable cause of […]
Tension, tissue ischemia and technical error are known factors which can lead to anastomotic complications such as leak, stricture, and ulceration/bleeding. Currently surgeons evaluate tissue ischemia without benefit of any simple routine measurement technique to assess tissue viability. A new tissue surface probe (T-STAT microvascular tissue oximeter, Spectros Corporation, Portola Valley, California) provides continuous measurement […]