Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a tremendous health care problem. Patients with advanced clinical sequelae such as lipodermatosclerosis or ulceration of CVI should be considered the presence of incompetent perforating veins. Venous disease affects a correlation between the superficial, deep, and perforator veins of the lower extremities. In general, the superficial venous deficits are addressed […]
Background/Purpose: Laparoscope-assisted colectomy (LAC) has become popular for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has also rapidly emerged and applied to cholecystectomy, appendectomy, bariatric procedures and so on. We report our early experience of Single Incision Laparoscopic Colectomy (SILC) for right colon cancer.Materials and Methods: Since May 2009, SILC was attempted […]
Introduction: Various coatings have been proposed to avoid adhesion formation to meshes and fixation devices used for intraabdominal peritoneal onlay repair (IPOM). Despite the undeniable progress of product development in the field, related complications such as ileus and pain are still frequent. Avital amniotic membrane (AM) has been used as an effective anti-adhesive coating in […]
Introduction – The Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) is a valid and reliable measure of basic laparoscopic skills in the operating room. GOALS-Incisional Hernia module (GOALS-IH) was developed by expert surgeons to evaluate performance of specific skills required for laparoscopic incisional hernia repair (LIHR). The purpose of this study was to assess the […]
INTRODUCTION: In the modern era of cosmetic awareness, there is increasing demand to perform surgery with minimal scarring. Laparoscopic appendectomy, although first described more than 25 years ago, has still not been accepted as the Gold Standard in most hospitals. The standard technique involves three small incisions. The end result for the patient means three […]