Issue 5/2007
Content (30 Articles)
Endoluminal GERD treatments: critical appraisal of current literature with evidence-based medicine instruments
Alfonso Torquati, William O. Richards
The Role of Endoscopic Extraperitoneal Herniorrhaphy: Where Do We Stand in 2005?
W. B. Bowne, C. B. Morgenthal, A. E. Castro, P. Shah, G. S. Ferzli
Long-term outcomes confirm the superior efficacy of extended Heller myotomy with Toupet fundoplication for achalasia
A. S. Wright, C. W. Williams, C. A. Pellegrini, B. K. Oelschlager
Unusual upper gastrointestinal diseases associated with achalasia: laparoscopic approach
R. Berindoague, E. Targarona, X. Pala, C. Balagué, C. Martinez, P. Hernandez, A. Agusti, E. Sallent, J. Mones, M. Trias
Complications after a 5-year experience with laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: the Indiana University Experience
C. P. Sundaram, G. L. Martin, A. Guise, J. Bernie, V. Bargman, M. Milgrom, A. Shalhav, M. Govani, W. Goggins
Robotically assisted biliary pancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch: a new technique
R. Sudan, V. Puri, D. Sudan
Bilateral laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in patients with occult contralateral inguinal defects
V. Bochkarev, C. Ringley, M. Vitamvas, D. Oleynikov
Prosthetic mesh repair of large and recurrent diaphragmatic hernias
Nir Lubezky, Boaz Sagie, Andrei Keidar, Amir Szold
Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for acute adhesive small-bowel obstruction: patients’ outcome and cost-effectiveness
M. Khaikin, N. Schneidereit, S. Cera, D. Sands, J. Efron, E. G. Weiss, J. J. Nogueras, A. M. Vernava 3rd, S. D. Wexner
Randomized trial of health-related quality of life after open and laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer
Martin Janson, Elisabet Lindholm, Bo Anderberg, Eva Haglind
A pilot study of botulinum toxin injection for the treatment of delayed gastric emptying following esophagectomy
M. S. Kent, A. Pennathur, T. Fabian, A. McKelvey, M. J. Schuchert, J. D. Luketich, R. J. Landreneau
Transnasal small-caliber esophagogastroduodenoscopy for preoperative evaluation of the high-risk morbidly obese patient
R. S. Alami, R. Schuster, S. Friedland, M. J. Curet, S. M. Wren, R. Soetikno, J. M. Morton, B. Y. Safadi
Esophageal motility disorders in the morbidly obese population
J. S. Koppman, L. Poggi, S. Szomstein, A. Ukleja, A. Botoman, R. Rosenthal
Gastrojejunal anastomotic stricture after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: ambulatory management with the Savary–Gilliard dilator
A. Escalona, N. Devaud, C. Boza, G. Pérez, J. Fernández, L. Ibáñez, S. Guzmán
The clinical significance of bile duct sludge: is it different from bile duct stones?
D. Keizman, M. Ish-Shalom, F. M. Konikoff
Obesity as a factor in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
R. S. Sidhu, P. K. Raj, R. C. Treat, M. A. Scarcipino, S. M. Tarr
Appendicitis in the elderly: a change in the laparoscopic era
C. Paranjape, S. Dalia, J. Pan, M. Horattas
A vertical scanning Doppler probe identifies blood vessels during laparoscopic surgery
T. Ohdaira, Hideo Nagai
Cellular, hemostatic, and inflammatory parameters of the surgical stress response in pigs undergoing partial pericardectomy via open thoracotomy or thoracoscopy
A. Palsgaard-Van Lue, H. Strøm, M. H. Lee, A. L. Jensen, M. M. Birck, B. Wiinberg, M. Kjelgaard-Hansen, T. Martinussen, A. T. Kristensen
Laparoscopic Witzel gastrostomy—a reappraised technique
J.-S. Hsieh, C.-F. Wu, F.-M. Chen, J.-Y. Wang, T.-J. Huang
Trocar site hernia after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
E. Boldó, G. Perez de Lucia, J. P. Aracil, F. Martin, J. Escrig, D. Martinez, J. M. Miralles, A. Armelles
Establishing a laparoscopic bariatric program in a safety net hospital
A. K. Madan, D. S. Tichansky, C. A. Ternovits, K. E. Speck, B. W. Steinhauer, M. A. Croce, T. C. Fabian
Is there an optimal time for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis?
D. Soffer, L. H. Blackbourne, C. I. Schulman, M. Goldman, F. Habib, R. Benjamin, M. Lynn, P. P. Lopez, S. M. Cohn, M. G. McKenney
PEG “Rescue”: a practical NOTES technique
Jeffrey M. Marks, Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Jonathan P. Pearl, Michael F. McGee
Circumferential endoscopic resection of Barrett’s esophagus with high-grade dysplasia or early adenocarcinoma
C. V. Lopes, M. Hela, C. Pesenti, E. Bories, F. Caillol, G. Monges, M. Giovannini
Laparoscopic-assisted peritoneal dialysis catheter placement: a microinvasive technique
Sergio A. Carrillo, Marcelo M. Ghersi, Stephen Wise Unger
Adverse effects of porcine small intestine submucosa implants in experimental ventral hernia repair
A. Petter-Puchner