INTRODUCTION: The high recurrence rate of conventional open repair in the treatment of ventral hernias has caused a paradigm shift in its treatment to the laparoscopic approach. MATERIALS & METHODS: Our single centre series involves a retrospective review of 80 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) from 2001 to 2006. RESULTS: The […]
Objective: Assessment of the accuracy and the role of surgeon-performed ultrasound in comparison to expert radiology-performed ultrasound, sestamibi scanning and histologic findings.Patients and Methods: From January 2006 to December 2007 we prospectively evaluated forty two consecutive patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. One surgeon who was unaware of the preoperative imaging studies did all ultrasound […]
(BACKGROUND) Recently, development of an endoscopic surgery in Japan is remarkable, but surgical complications by lack of technique and recognition for an endoscopic surgery has become a social problem. Since a professional education / training for the purpose of medical safe standard improvement is very important, we regularly perform the seminar that is specialized in […]
Background: Gastric bezoars result from the accumulation of foreign ingested material in the form of masses or concretions. Bezoars are rare, being found in less than 1 percent of patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.A large Trichobezoar has been traditionally removed by open surgery, which has entailed an upper abdominal incision. With the advent of laparoscopic […]
Introduction:In the 2005 White Paper, prevention of infection was named as one of the ten potential barriers to performing NOTES surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two different sterilization protocols on the bacterial counts in the swine colon while preparing for NOTES surgery.Methods:After placing a proximal colon balloon, 16 […]