Background and Purpose: We began to perform distal gastrectomy via minilaparotomy with laparoscopic assistance in non-overweight patients with T1N0 gastric cancer as an alternative to the standard laparoscopic approach. This retrospective study was performed to evaluate our initial experiences treating cases by this procedure. Patients and Methods: The subjects were 16 patients with T1N0 gastric […]
BACKGROUND: Gastrectomy with extraperigastric (D2) lymphnode dissection for advanced gastric cancer have been performed and recommended as the standard operation in Korea and Japan. Although laparoscopy gastrectomy is considered one of the minimally invasive surgeries, widespread use of this technique is limited because of the some technical difficulties. Robotic surgery was adopted to improve some […]
Background and Purpose: A minilaparotomy approach to curative resection of colon cancer has been reported to be an alternative to laparoscopic surgery in terms of minimal invasiveness, although there is little is documentation of the oncological effect of this type of surgery. This retrospective study was performed to clarify the oncological outcome of stage II/III […]
Introduction: Determination of bowel perfusion in cases of strangulating hernias, SMA occlusion, and other ischemic states is currently a subjective decision of surgeons. 3-CCD image enhancement allows objective and quantitative criteria to be included in a surgeon’s decision as to whether bowel resection is warranted secondary to ischemia. 3-CCD technology separates visible light into its […]
Introduction:The cost of medications in the treatment of hypertension and diabetes in the morbidly obese is a significant healthcare burden. In this study we assessed the impact of gastric bypass surgery on medication costs over the course of a lifetime. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of patients who had gastric bypass at the […]