Background
Methods and techniques of intraoperative cholangiogram and critical view of safety have been implemented to reduce biliary injuries. However, the incidence of biliary injuries has remained at 0.4% in the last two decades. Recently, a novel method is gaining appreciation in minimizing this adverse event. Fluorescence image guided surgery in laparoscopic cholecystectomy represents an incisionless technique that can be applied multiple times during surgery. However, tissue thickness may
Introduction: Hypersplenism and enriched collateral circulation due to liver cirrhosis increase the risk of hemorrhage,which is the leading cause of conversion to laparotomy. Recently, a novel vessel sealing system, Ligasure, has been widely used in laparoscopic surgeries. The purpose of this study is to compare two different instruments for laparoscopic splenectomy in liver cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension.
Methods: From 2004 to 2014, a total of 64 liver cirrhotic patients with port
INTRODUCTION – To assess whether staging laparoscopy changes the surgical decision making in resectable esophageal cancer patients who were staged as T3 M0 after EUS and PET/CT scanning.
METHODS AND PROCEDURES – The notes of 109 patients who were considered for curative esophageal cancer resections were reviewed retrospectively. All patients had maximum of T3 M0 disease staging on EUS and PET CT. Staging laparoscopy was carried out in a separate session even if the esophageal resection was perf
GIST ( gastrointestinal stromal tumor ) of the lesser omentum is rare. Furthermore, in many cases, the size were more 5cm in diameter on finding of tumor. So the report of laparoscopic surgery for lesser omentum GIST is extremely rare . We resected the GIST of the lesser omentum by laparoscopic surgery. We report the rare case together reviews of the literatures including the indication and the procedure.
A 71 – year – old woman visited to our hospital with a chief complain of abdominal disten
Introduction: Laparoscopic approach is increasingly being applied to colorectal cancer surgery following results from large, multi-centre trials proving its non-inferiority to open approach. While immediate post-operative advantages are apparent, oncological clearance and long-term outcome is still under debate and whether comparable results can be attained at smaller centres. Our objective was to study the short-term outcomes and oncological clearance in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.