Issue 8/2020
Content (55 Articles)
SAGES Video-Based Assessment (VBA) program: a vision for life-long learning for surgeons
Liane S. Feldman, Aurora D. Pryor, Aimee K. Gardner, Brian J. Dunkin, Linda Schultz, Michael M. Awad, E. Matthew Ritter
Commentary on Lineberry et al., The Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) skills test: factors associated with first-attempt scores and pass rate
John D. Mellinger, Liane S. Feldman, Jeffrey M. Marks
ELSA recommendations for minimally invasive surgery during a community spread pandemic: a centered approach in Asia from widespread to recovery phases
Asim Shabbir, Raj K. Menon, Jyoti Somani, Jimmy B. Y. So, Mahir Ozman, Philip W. Y. Chiu, Davide Lomanto
The risk of COVID-19 transmission by laparoscopic smoke may be lower than for laparotomy: a narrative review
Yoav Mintz, Alberto Arezzo, Luigi Boni, Ludovica Baldari, Elisa Cassinotti, Ronit Brodie, Selman Uranues, MinHua Zheng, Abe Fingerhut
Closure versus non-closure of mesenteric defects in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shahab Hajibandeh, Shahin Hajibandeh, Mostafa Abdelkarim, Ahmad Shehadeh, Muhammad Mahid Mohsin, Khursheed Ahmed Khan, Richard Morgan
Efficacy of digital single-operator cholangioscopy in the visual interpretation of indeterminate biliary strictures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pedro Victor Aniz Gomes de Oliveira, Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura, Igor Braga Ribeiro, Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi, Tomazo Antonio Prince Franzini, Marcos Eduardo Lera dos Santos, Wanderley Marques Bernardo, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura
The effect of anticoagulants on delayed bleeding after colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection
Hideaki Harada, Ryotaro Nakahara, Daisuke Murakami, Satoshi Suehiro, Takuya Nagasaka, Tetsuro Ujihara, Ryota Sagami, Yasushi Katsuyama, Kenji Hayasaka, Shigetaka Tounou, Yuji Amano
A direct endoscopic approach for left-sided infrarenal para-aortic lymphadenectomy immediately after hysterectomy for endometrial cancer treatment: left dome formation (LDF)
Yasunari Mizumoto, Junpei Iwadare, Kyohei Nakade, Takeshi Obata, Takeo Matsumoto, Kyosuke Kagami, Takashi Iizuka, Ayumi Matsuoka, Masanori Ono, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Hiroshi Fujiwara
Real-world learning curve analysis of colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection: a large multicenter study
Kazuki Boda, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Shinji Nagata, Masaki Kunihiro, Toshio Kuwai, Yuko Hiraga, Akira Furudoi, Koichi Nakadoi, Hideharu Okanobu, Tomohiro Miwata, Shiro Okamoto, Kazuaki Chayama
Clinical efficacy of gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) in the treatment of refractory gastroparesis and predictors of outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis using surgical pyloroplasty as a comparator group
Babu P. Mohan, Saurabh Chandan, Lokesh K. Jha, Shahab R. Khan, Rajesh Kotagiri, Lena L. Kassab, Naveen P. G. Ravikumar, Neil Bhogal, Ojasvini C. Chandan, Ishfaq Bhat, Alexander T. Hewlett, Jeremie Jacques, Suresh Ponnada, Ravishankar Asokkumar, Douglas G. Adler
The MicroHand S robotic-assisted versus Da Vinci robotic-assisted radical resection for patients with sigmoid colon cancer: a single-center retrospective study
Dong Luo, Yunfei Liu, Hongwei Zhu, Xia Li, Wenzhe Gao, Xinyu Li, Shaihong Zhu, Xiao Yu
Laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy is advantageous over open Kasai portoenterostomy in subsequent liver transplantation
Chiyoe Shirota, Naruhiko Murase, Yujiro Tanaka, Yasuhiro Ogura, Masahiro Nakatochi, Hideya Kamei, Nobuhiko Kurata, Akinari Hinoki, Takahisa Tainaka, Wataru Sumida, Kazuki Yokota, Satoshi Makita, Kazuo Oshima, Hiroo Uchida
Predicting the level of difficulty of the double-stapling technique in laparoscopic total mesorectal excision
Chi Chung Foo, Hing Tsun Hung, Yuen Chi Ho, Wendy Wai Man Lam, Wai Lun Law
Comparison of postoperative cosmesis in transaxillary, postauricular facelift, and conventional transcervical thyroidectomy
Dong Won Lee, Seok Hwa Ko, Chang Myeon Song, Yong Bae Ji, Jeong Kyu Kim, Kyung Tae
Predictors of rectal adenoma recurrence following transanal endoscopic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Tiffany Chan, Ahmer A. Karimuddin, Manoj J. Raval, P. Terry Phang, Vincent Tang, Carl J. Brown
Retroileal anastomosis in hand-assisted laparoscopic left colectomy: experience at a single institution
Jacqueline J. Blank, Emma K. Gibson, Carrie Y. Peterson, Timothy J. Ridolfi, Kirk A. Ludwig
Anatomical study of gasless transoral thyroidectomy and clinical application
Hun-Mu Yang, Kang-Jae Shin, Junwon Min, Seung Hoon Woo
A comparison of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery versus conventional procedures for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a Japanese multi-institutional retrospective study
Takamitsu Inoue, Masayoshi Miura, Masaaki Yanishi, Junya Furukawa, Fuminori Sato, Masahiro Nitta, Koji Yoshimura, Jun Hagiuda, Kazunobu Shinoda, Takashi Kobayashi, Akira Miyajima, Ken Nakagawa, Mototsugu Oya, Osamu Ogawa, Hiromitsu Mimata, Hiro-omi Kanayama, Masato Fujisawa, Toshiro Terachi, Tadashi Matsuda, Tomonori Habuchi
Superior pathologic and clinical outcomes after minimally invasive rectal cancer resection, compared to open resection
Grace C. Lee, Liliana G. Bordeianou, Todd D. Francone, Lawrence S. Blaszkowsky, Robert N. Goldstone, Rocco Ricciardi, Hiroko Kunitake, Motaz Qadan
Real-time navigation for laparoscopic hepatectomy using image fusion of preoperative 3D surgical plan and intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence imaging
Peng Zhang, Huoling Luo, Wen Zhu, Jian Yang, Ning Zeng, Yingfang Fan, Sai Wen, Nan Xiang, Fucang Jia, Chihua Fang
Early prediction of complex benign anastomotic stricture after esophagectomy using early postoperative endoscopic findings
Katsunori Nishikawa, Tetsuji Fujita, Masami Yuda, Yujiro Tanaka, Akira Matsumoto, Yuichiro Tanishima, Katsuhiko Yanaga
Conversion to open surgery during minimally invasive esophagectomy portends worse short-term outcomes: an analysis of the National Cancer Database
Alison L. Halpern, Chloe Friedman, Robert J. Torphy, Mohammed H. Al-Musawi, John D. Mitchell, Christopher D. Scott, Robert A. Meguid, Martin D. McCarter, Michael J. Weyant, Ana L. Gleisner
Utility of thoracic cage width in assessing surgical difficulty of minimally invasive esophagectomy in left lateral decubitus position
Shinsuke Takeno, Yukinori Tanoue, Rouko Hamada, Fumiaki Kawano, Kousei Tashiro, Takashi Wada, Makoto Ikenoue, Atsushi Nanashima, Kunihide Nakamura
Transanal hybrid colon resection: techniques and outcomes for benign colorectal diseases
Karl-Hermann Fuchs, Thomas Schulz, Ryan Broderick, Wolfram Breithaupt, Benjamin Babic, Gabor Varga, Santiago Horgan
Perioperative outcomes and cost of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
Jad Khoraki, Pedro P. Gomez, Guilherme S. Mazzini, Bernardo M. Pessoa, Matthew G. Browning, Gretchen R. Aquilina, Jennifer L. Salluzzo, Luke G. Wolfe, Guilherme M. Campos
Prevalence of anatomic landmarks for orientation during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies
Jennifer Schendel, Chad Ball, Elijah Dixon, Francis Sutherland
Learning curve of robot-assisted middle pancreatectomy (RMP): experience of the first 100 cases from a high-volume pancreatic center in China
Yusheng Shi, Yue Wang, Jian Wang, Yang Ma, Zhen Huo, Jiabin Jin, Yuanchi Weng, Shulin Zhao, Xiaxing Deng, Baiyong Shen, Chenghong Peng
Venous thromboembolism risk for the contemporary bariatric surgeon
Sahil Gambhir, Colette S. Inaba, Reza F. Alizadeh, Jeffry Nahmias, Marcelo Hinojosa, Brian R. Smith, Ninh T. Nguyen, Shaun Daly
Epidural anesthesia for post-operative pain is associated with a higher incidence of complications following open ventral hernia repair
Steven L. Zhou, Melissa C. Helm, Matthew I. Goldblatt
Virtual pointer for gaze guidance in laparoscopic surgery
Yuanyuan Feng, Hannah McGowan, Azin Semsar, Hamid R. Zahiri, Ivan M. George, Adrian Park, Andrea Kleinsmith, Helena Mentis
Robotic ventral hernia repair in morbidly obese patients: perioperative and mid-term outcomes
Fahri Gokcal, Sara Morrison, Omar Yusef Kudsi
Transabdominal (TA) versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) robotic retromuscular ventral hernia repair: a propensity score matching analysis
Omar Yusef Kudsi, Karen Chang, Naseem Bou-Ayash, Fahri Gokcal
Comparison of general anesthesia and conscious sedation in procedure-related complications during esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection
Seung Hyun Kim, Yong Seon Choi, Sang Kil Lee, Hanseul Oh, Seung Ho Choi
Male sex and anterior wall tumor location as risk factors for urinary dysfunction after laparoscopic rectal surgery
Hiroki Hamamoto, Masashi Yamamoto, Shinsuke Masubuchi, Masatsugu Ishii, Wataru Osumi, Keitaro Tanaka, Junji Okuda, Kazuhisa Uchiyama
Male gender is an independent risk factor for patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: an MBSAQIP® database analysis
Nicholas Dugan, Kyle J. Thompson, Selwan Barbat, Tanushree Prasad, Iain H. McKillop, Sean R. Maloney, Amanda Roberts, Keith S. Gersin, Timothy S. Kuwada, Abdelrahman Nimeri
Updated outcomes of laparoscopic versus open umbilical hernia repair in patients with obesity based on a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program review
Kristen N. Williams, Lala Hussain, Angela N. Fellner, Katherine M. Meister
Prediction of thirty-day morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: data from an artificial neural network
Eric S. Wise, Stuart K. Amateau, Sayeed Ikramuddin, Daniel B. Leslie
Comparative review of outcomes: laparoscopic and robotic enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal (eTEP) access retrorectus repairs
Richard Lu, Alex Addo, Zachary Ewart, Andrew Broda, Stephanie Parlacoski, H. Reza Zahiri, Igor Belyansky
Reduction of invasive interventions in severely obese with osteoarthritis after bariatric surgery
Maria C. Fonseca Mora, Cristian A. Milla Matute, Francisco Ferri, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szmostein, Raúl J. Rosenthal
Same-day discharge on laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients: an outcomes review
Maykong C. Leepalao, Daniela Arredondo, Fredne Speights, Titus D. Duncan
Mass spectrometry transanal minimally invasive surgery (MS-TAMIS) to promote organ preservation in rectal cancer
Sam Mason, Eftychios Manoli, Liam Poynter, James Alexander, Petra Paizs, Afeez Adebesin, Robert Goldin, Ara Darzi, Zoltan Takats, James Kinross
Short-term outcomes of endoscopic gastro-jejunal revisions for treatment of dumping syndrome after Roux-En-Y gastric bypass
Catherine Tsai, Rudolf Steffen, Ulf Kessler, Hans Merki, Joerg Zehetner
The Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES) skills test: factors associated with first-attempt scores and pass rate
Matthew Lineberry, Yoon Soo Park, Sara A. Hennessy, E. Matthew Ritter
Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy may offer improved oncologic outcomes over open surgery: a propensity-matched single-institution study
Maria Baimas-George, Michael Watson, Keith J. Murphy, David Iannitti, Erin Baker, Lee Ocuin, Dionisios Vrochides, John B. Martinie
Educational value of telementoring for a simulation-based fundamental use of surgical energy™ (FUSE) curriculum: a randomized controlled trial in surgical trainees
Maria S. Altieri, Heather Carmichael, Edward Jones, Thomas Robinson, Aurora Pryor, Amin Madani
A randomized controlled trial comparing right and left lateral decubitus starting position on outcomes in colonoscopy
Alison Greene, Mark Borgoankar, Kathy Hodgkinson, Chantae Garland, Lisa Bacque, David Pace
The role of preoperative workup in predicting dysphagia, dilation, or explantation after magnetic sphincter augmentation
Steven G. Leeds, Ahmed Ebrahim, Eric M. Potter, Jessica S. Clothier, Purvi Prajapati, Gerald O. Ogola, Marc A. Ward
Real-time ureteral identification with novel, versatile, and inexpensive catheter
Yuki Ushimaru, Atsushi Ohigawa, Kotaro Yamashita, Takuro Saito, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Makoto Yamasaki, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki, Kiyokazu Nakajima
Robot assisted versus laparoscopic suturing learning curve in a simulated setting
Erik Leijte, Ivo de Blaauw, Frans Van Workum, Camiel Rosman, Sanne Botden
Risk factors for open conversion of lateral transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy: retrospective cohort study of the Spanish Adrenal Surgery Group (SASG)
Oscar Vidal, David Saavedra-Perez, Juan Manuel Martos, Aitor de la Quintana, Jose Ignacio Rodriguez, Jesus Villar, Joaquin Ortega, Antonio Moral, Manuel Duran, Mauro Valentini, Laureano Fernandez-Cruz
Does endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty stand the test of time? Objective assessment of endoscopic ESG appearance and its relation to weight loss in a large group of consecutive patients
Margherita Pizzicannella, Alfonso Lapergola, Claudio Fiorillo, Andrea Spota, Pietro Mascagni, Michel Vix, Didier Mutter, Guido Costamagna, Jacques Marescaux, Lee Swanström, Silvana Perretta
A snare-assisted pure NOTES retrograde cholecystectomy using a single channel flexible endoscope: a pilot experiment in a porcine model
Bing-Rong Liu, Saif Ullah, De-Liang Li, Dan Liu, Li-Xia Zhao, Wenyi Yang, Ling-Jian Kong, Ji-Yu Zhang
Strategies for superior thyroid pole dissection in transoral thyroidectomy: a video operative guide
Daqi Zhang, Tie Wang, Hoon Yub Kim, Ping Wang, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Antonella Pino, Hui Sun
Internal traction method using a spring-and-loop with clip (S–O clip) allows countertraction in gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection
Mitsuru Nagata
Endoscopic totally extraperitoneal approach (TEA) technique for primary ventral hernia repair
Binggen Li, Changfu Qin, Reinhard Bittner