BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common condition in communities in the United States, but treatment options are limited for patients with inadequately controlled symptoms despite high doses of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and who are afraid of surgery. AIM: To determine the outcomes of transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) using the EsophyX device in a […]
Introduction: Study was to verify the efficacy of laparoscopy combined with a clinical pathway as the standard of care in acute appendicitis. Methods: Prospective data was collected from 2000-2006 for patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis. A diagnostic pentad was used consisting of central abdominal pain, migrating pain, nausea/anorexia/vomiting, Right Iliac fossa tenderness […]
Introduction: One of the most frustrating, difficult, time-consuming, and sometimes unreliable parts of laparoscopic surgery is closing the trocar sites, especially in obese patients. If these sites are closed improperly or not closed, the patients are at increased risk of port hernias (0.23% – 3.1%) and/or bowel incarceration possibly placing the patients’ life at risk. […]
Background: Bariatric surgery has often been known as a cure for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), especially if a patient has received a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Yet with the increasing popularity of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG), the prevalence of symptomatic GERD postoperatively seems to increase. Very little data is available on this topic. We hypothesize that […]
The video shows a single incision laparoscopic right colectomy for a patient with a big sessile polyp at the ascending colon, which could not be removed endoscopically. The patient was a 49-year-old lady with good past health. She underwent colonoscopy because of change in bowel habit. A 3-cm sessile polyp was found at the ascending […]