Issue 7/2015
Content (53 Articles)
Non-vascular experimental and clinical applications of advanced bipolar radiofrequency thermofusion technology in the thorax and abdomen: a systematic review
Shobhit Arya, Hugh Mackenzie, George B. Hanna
Learning curve for robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer: use of the cumulative sum method
Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yusuke Kinugasa, Akio Shiomi, Sumito Sato, Yushi Yamakawa, Hiroyasu Kagawa, Hiroyuki Tomioka, Keita Mori
Tacks, staples, or suture: method of peritoneal closure in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair effects early quality of life
Samuel W. Ross, Bindhu Oommen, Mimi Kim, Amanda L. Walters, Vedra A. Augenstein, B. Todd Heniford
Erratum to: Tacks, staples, or suture: method of peritoneal closure in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair effects early quality of life
Samuel W. Ross, Bindhu Oommen, Mimi Kim, Amanda L. Walters, Vedra A. Augenstein, B. Todd Heniford
Groin defects seen at extra-peritoneal laparoscopic dissection during surgical treatment of athletic pubalgia
Krzysztof J. Wikiel, George M. Eid
24-h multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH monitoring may be an inadequate test for detecting gastroesophageal reflux in patients with mixed typical and atypical symptoms
Michelle S. Han, Michal J. Lada, Dylan R. Nieman, Andreas Tschoner, Christian G. Peyre, Carolyn E. Jones, Thomas J. Watson, Jeffrey H. Peters
Intraoperative use of fluorescent imaging with indocyanine green changes management of abdominal wall flaps during open ventral hernia repair
Jonathan Cho, Audriene May, Heidi Ryan, Shawn Tsuda
Bariatric postoperative fistula: a life-saving endoscopic procedure
Giorgio Baretta, Josemberg Campos, Sércio Correia, Helga Alhinho, João Batista Marchesini, João Henrique Lima, Manoel Galvão Neto
A prospective video-controlled study of genito-urinary disorders in 35 consecutive laparoscopic TMEs for rectal cancer
Andrea Costanzi, Luca Rigamonti, Giulio Maria Mari, Angelo Miranda, Jacopo Crippa, Valter Berardi, Dario Maggioni
Utilization and outcome of laparoscopic versus robotic general and bariatric surgical procedures at Academic Medical Centers
James Villamere, Alana Gebhart, Stephen Vu, Ninh T. Nguyen
Comparison of stricture rates using three different gastrojejunostomy anastomotic techniques in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Azam Qureshi, Dina Podolsky, Lindsay Cumella, Mujahid Abbas, Jenny Choi, Pratibha Vemulapalli, Diego Camacho
Factors affecting the surgical approach and timing of bilateral adrenalectomy
Billy Y. Lan, Halit E. Taskin, Erol Aksoy, Onur Birsen, Cem Dural, Jamie Mitchell, Allan Siperstein, Eren Berber
Laparoscopic anti-reflux revision surgery after transoral incisionless fundoplication is safe and effective
Reginald C. W. Bell, Ashwin A. Kurian, Katherine D. Freeman
Complications of laparoscopic transgastric ERCP in patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Kevin L. Grimes, Victor H. Maciel, Wilmer Mata, Gabriel Arevalo, Kirpal Singh, Maurice E. Arregui
Does laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy have any influence on gastroesophageal reflux disease? Preliminary results
Verónica Gorodner, Rudolf Buxhoeveden, Gastón Clemente, Laura Solé, Luis Caro, Alejandro Grigaites
Laparoscopic repair reduces incidence of surgical site infections for all ventral hernias
Nestor A. Arita, Mylan T. Nguyen, Duyen H. Nguyen, Rachel L. Berger, Debbie F. Lew, James T. Suliburk, Erik P. Askenasy, Lillian S. Kao, Mike K. Liang
Immediate technical and delayed clinical outcome of fistula closure using an over-the-scope clip device
Ryan Law, Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Shayan Irani, Todd H. Baron
Early gastric cancer with mixed histology predominantly of differentiated type is a distinct subtype with different therapeutic outcomes of endoscopic resection
Choong Nam Shim, Hyunsoo Chung, Jun Chul Park, Hyuk Lee, Sung Kwan Shin, Sang Kil Lee, Yong Chan Lee
Relaparoscopy for management of postoperative complications following colorectal surgery: ten years experience in a single center
Diego Cuccurullo, Felice Pirozzi, Antonio Sciuto, Umberto Bracale, Camillo La Barbera, Francesco Galante, Francesco Corcione
An evaluation of the endoscopic surgical skills assessment using a video analysis software program
Takahisa Suzuki, Hiroyuki Egi, Minoru Hattori, Masakazu Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Sawada, Hideki Ohdan
Novel concave–convex electrode for colonic anastomoses by radiofrequency thermo-fusion
Lingxi Zhao, Chengli Song, Zhigang Wang, Yu Zhou, Xinxiang Li, Wei Zhu, Alfred Cuschieri
Technical feasibility of laparoscopic total gastrectomy with splenectomy for gastric cancer: clinical short-term and long-term outcomes
Kohei Nakata, Eishi Nagai, Kenoki Ohuchida, Shuji Shimizu, Masao Tanaka
Prospective study of acute complication rates and associated risk factors in endoscopic therapy for duodenal adenomas
Insa Aschmoneit-Messer, Johannes Richl, Jürgen Pohl, Christian Ell, Andrea May
Safety and efficacy of one-stage total laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct stones in children
C. O. Muller, M. B. Boimond, A. Rega, D. Michelet, A. El Ghoneimi, A. Bonnard
Transvaginal cholecystectomy learning curve
Stephanie G. Wood, Feng Dai, Susan Dabu-Bondoc, Hosni Mikhael, Nalini Vadivelu, Andrew Duffy, Kurt E. Roberts
Non-curative endoscopic resection does not always lead to grave outcomes in submucosal invasive early gastric cancer
Jun Young Choi, Seong Woo Jeon, Kwang Bum Cho, Kyung Sik Park, Eun Soo Kim, Chang Keun Park, Yun Jin Chung, Joong Goo Kwon, Jin Tae Jung, Eun Young Kim, Kyeong Ok Kim, Byung Ik Jang, Si Hyung Lee, Jeong Bae Park, Chang Hun Yang
Quality of life after single-port laparoscopic surgery versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for benign gynecologic disease
Jeong Min Eom, Kye Hyun Kim, Jin-Sung Yuk, Sung Il Roh, Jung Hun Lee
Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia with anterior gastropexy: a multicenter study
Christopher R. Daigle, Peter Funch-Jensen, Dan Calatayud, Peter Rask, Bo Jacobsen, Teodor P. Grantcharov
Bismuth classification is associated with the requirement for multiple biliary drainage in preoperative patients with malignant perihilar biliary stricture
Shin Miura, Atsushi Kanno, Atsushi Masamune, Shin Hamada, Tetsuya Takikawa, Eriko Nakano, Naoki Yoshida, Seiji Hongo, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Kiyoshi Kume, Morihisa Hirota, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yu Katayose, Michiaki Uuno, Tooru Shimosegawa
Results of 100 consecutive laparoscopic distal pancreatectomies: postoperative outcome, cost-benefit analysis, and quality of life assessment
Marco Braga, Nicolò Pecorelli, Denise Ferrari, Gianpaolo Balzano, Walter Zuliani, Renato Castoldi
Long-term symptoms, quality of life, and fertility after colorectal resection for endometriosis: extended analysis of a randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopically assisted to open surgery
Cyril Touboul, Marcos Ballester, Gil Dubernard, Sonia Zilberman, Anne Thomin, Emile Daraï
The frequency of lymph node metastasis in early-stage adenocarcinoma of the esophagus with incipient submucosal invasion (pT1b sm1) depending on histological risk patterns
Hendrik Manner, Oliver Pech, Yvonne Heldmann, Andrea May, Michael Pauthner, Dietmar Lorenz, Annette Fisseler-Eckhoff, Manfred Stolte, Michael Vieth, Christian Ell
Appendicitis in the modern era: universal problem and variable treatment
Lindsay A. Bliss, Catherine J. Yang, Tara S. Kent, Sing Chau Ng, Jonathan F. Critchlow, Jennifer F. Tseng
Risk of recurrent or refractory strictures and outcome of endoscopic dilation for radiation-induced esophageal strictures
Anant Agarwalla, Aaron J. Small, Aaron H. Mendelson, Frank I. Scott, Michael L. Kochman
Current status of endoscopic simulation in gastroenterology fellowship training programs
Pichamol Jirapinyo, Christopher C. Thompson
Learning curve for endoscope holder in endoscopic thyroidectomy via complete areola approach: a prospective study
Junjie Liang, Youzhu Hu, Qiong Zhao, Qiang Li
Effects of laparoscopic instrument and finger on force perception: a first step towards laparoscopic force-skills training
M. S. Raghu Prasad, M. Manivannan, S. M. Chandramohan
ERCP using a short double-balloon enteroscope in patients with prior pancreatoduodenectomy: higher maneuverability supplied by the efferent-limb route
Koichiro Tsutsumi, Hironari Kato, Shinichiro Muro, Naoki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Noma, Shigeru Horiguchi, Ryo Harada, Hiroyuki Okada, Kazuhide Yamamoto
Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: analysis of trends in surgical techniques, patient selection, and outcomes
Giuseppe Malleo, Isacco Damoli, Giovanni Marchegiani, Alessandro Esposito, Tiziana Marchese, Roberto Salvia, Claudio Bassi, Giovanni Butturini
Safety of carbon dioxide insufflation during gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients with pulmonary dysfunction under conscious sedation
Jun Takada, Hiroshi Araki, Fumito Onogi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Masaya Kubota, Takashi Ibuka, Masahito Shimizu, Hisataka Moriwaki
Laparoscopic hepaticojejunostomy and gastrojejunostomy for palliative treatment of pancreatic head cancer in 48 patients
Gustavo Kohan, Carlos G. Ocampo, Hugo I. Zandalazini, Roberto Klappenbach, Federico Yazyi, Ornella Ditulio, Adelina Coturel, Carlos Canullán, Luis T. Chiappetta Porras, Juan Alvarez Rodriguez
Single-Incision Robotic Colectomy (SIRC) case series: initial experience at a single center
Yen-Yi Juo, Samir Agarwal, Samuel Luka, Sean Satey, Vincent Obias
Tying different knots: what forces do we use?
S. P. Rodrigues, T. Horeman, J. Dankelman, J. J. van den Dobbelsteen, F. W. Jansen
Psychophysical workload in the operating room: primary surgeon versus assistant
Annika Rieger, Sebastian Fenger, Sebastian Neubert, Matthias Weippert, Steffi Kreuzfeld, Regina Stoll
Tissue storage ex vivo significantly increases vascular fusion bursting pressure
James D. Cezo, Eric A. Kramer, Jonathan A. Schoen, Virginia L. Ferguson, Kenneth D. Taylor, Mark E. Rentschler
Double-type metallic stents efficacy for the management of post-operative fistulas, leakages, and perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract
Jean-Michel Gonzalez, R. Garces Duran, G. Vanbiervliet, V. Lestelle, C. Gomercic, M. Gasmi, A. Desjeux, J. C. Grimaud, M. Barthet
Groin hernia subtypes are associated in patients with bilateral hernias: a 14-year nationwide epidemiologic study
Jakob Burcharth, Kristoffer Andresen, Hans-Christian Pommergaard, Jacob Rosenberg
Laparoscopic versus open surgery for complicated appendicitis: a randomized controlled trial to prove safety
John-Edwin Thomson, Deirdré Kruger, Christine Jann-Kruger, Akos Kiss, J. A. O. Omoshoro-Jones, Thifheli Luvhengo, Martin Brand
Timing and nature of presentation of unsuspected retained common bile duct stones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a retrospective study
Michael R. Cox, Joel P. O. Budge, Guy D. Eslick
Transthoracic approach is associated with increased incidence of atrial fibrillation after esophageal resection
Kush R. Lohani, Kalyana C. Nandipati, Sarah E. Rollins, Katharina Fetten, Tommy H. Lee, Pradeep K. Pallati, Se Ryung Yamamoto, Sumeet K. Mittal
Clinical applications of indocyanine green (ICG) enhanced fluorescence in laparoscopic surgery
Luigi Boni, Giulia David, Alberto Mangano, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Stefano Rausei, Sebastiano Spampatti, Elisa Cassinotti, Abe Fingerhut
Flexible videoscope for thoracoscopic lobectomy: evolution of uniportal technique
Mohsen Ibrahim, Cecilia Menna, Claudio Andreetti, Antonio D’Andrilli, Anna Maria Ciccone, Giulio Maurizi, Francesco Cassiano, Erino Angelo Rendina