Laparoscopic resection for Crohn’s disease has had a slow adoption rate in gastrointestinal surgery. This is not unexpected considering the inflammatory nature of the disease process and the need for reoperative surgery. This study is a retrospective analysis of a prospective database from one surgeon at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Since 1993, […]
Introduction: Bariatric surgery remains the only therapy that produces significant and sustained weight loss in morbidly obese patients. Bariatric patients have been traditionally viewed as a high risk population for thomboembolic complications, which are major cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Materials and Methods: Four hundred sixty-one consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass […]
Introduction: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is surgically challenging. Current endoscopic tools provide an insufficient platform for visualization and manipulation. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using a miniature in vivo robot to enhance visualization and provide off-axis dexterous manipulation capabilities for NOTES. Methods: We developed a dexterous, miniature robot with six degrees-of-freedom capable […]
Objective: Current evidence suggests that the neurotransmitter Nitric Oxide (NO) plays a crucial role in the genesis of aboral propagative of esophageal peristalses during swallowing. However, direct evidence in this regard is lacking at present. The objective of this study was to measure changes in the level of NO within the intermuscular interstices of esophagus […]
INTRODUCTION: The concept that advanced surgical training can reduce or eliminate the “learning curve” for complex procedures makes logical sense but is difficult to verify and has not been tested for LRYGB. We sought to determine if minimally invasive / bariatric surgery fellowship graduates would demonstrate complication-related outcomes (CRO) equivalent to the outcomes achieved during […]