The video entitled "Fully laparoscopic segmental rectosigmoid resection with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction (NOSE) for bowel endometriosis", authored by A. Wattiez, J. Leroy, S. Maia, A, Vazquez, P. Trompoukis, J. Alcocer, is analyzed by Dr. Resad Pasic, MD, PhD, sharing in this way his own ...
In this video, we show the case of an 82-year-old man referred to our department with a T2N0M0 cancer of the right colon with four additional concomitant polyps, two pedunculated and two not pedunculated (between 1 and 2cm in size), localized to the left colon.
The decision was made first to ...
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) patients have been shown to experience significant weight loss and improvements in their health. This video shows a live procedure in which all steps are well discussed.
Laparoscopy is a type of minimally invasive surgery with known advantages over laparotomy: reduced risk of any adverse effect of surgery, reduced pain and fewer days in hospital. Access to the abdominal cavity is the first challenge, as at least 50% of gastrointestinal and major blood vessel ...
We present the case of a 29-year-old nulligest woman. Four years ago, she had a previous surgery with a rectovaginal nodule removed both by laparoscopy and vaginal approach. She has complained of dyspareunia (8/10), dysmenorrhea (8/10), dyschezia (8/10) and infertility over the last 2 years, but ...
Large symptomatic colonic lipomas require treatment, but resection of lipomas by means of endoscopic cautery snare carries some risk of colonic perforation. The loop-and-let-go technique described here is technically simple; anyone who is well acquainted with the snare cautery technique can do it. ...
The value and efficacy of laparoscopic colorectal surgery has been validated by large multicenter, randomized, controlled trials. This video shows a laparoscopic sigmoidectomy in a 74-year-old woman who underwent an incomplete endoscopic resection of a T1 adenocarcinoma tumor. Four trocars are used: two of 10mm and two of 5mm.
Keywords: Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy following inadequate endoscopic resection margins of pedunculated polyp
With advancing surgical technology and technique, truly minimally invasive surgical procedures are feasible. Three port laparoscopic colectomy should offer minimal scarring without compromising the surgical outcome. This video demonstrates the technical details in performing the three port colectomy in a 40-year-old man with a BMI of 29, with several episodes of diverticulitis of the left colon.
Keywords: Three port technique, laparoscopic left colectomy
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) was initially introduced for super-obese patients in a two-step concept in order to reduce the perioperative risk. Presently, it is proposed as one of the effective standard procedures for surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
This video shows a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in a female patient with a BMI of 42.
Keywords: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, female patient, BMI of 42
Background: Single-incision laparoscopy (SIL) recently gained interest mainly to improve the cosmetic outcomes. This video shows a patient submitted to left hepatic lobectomy by transumbilical SIL.
Video: A 24 year-old woman with a BMI of 24.4 kg/m2 consulted for a hydatid cyst of the II-III ...
This video demonstrates the single port laparoscopic treatment of a right indirect inguinal hernia in a 21-year-old male patient using the E.K. Glove port. This video will show the polypropylene mesh fixation and the repair of the peritoneal flaps performed exclusively by hand suturing.
Esophageal leiomyomas represent a benign pathology that usually affects the distal third and the esophagogastric junction, and that is perfectly suitable for a laparoscopic enucleation. A correct preoperative diagnosis is mandatory, as the most common differential diagnosis in this localization is ...
The authors show an edited video of a total laparoscopic modified Whipple procedure for an ampullary adenocarcinoma. The patient was obese wth a BMI of 35.6 kg/m2. Surgery was performed at the Hospital Federal de Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hand-sewn pancreatico-jejunostomy, ...
Introduction: Wilkie’s Syndrome, also called the Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMA) is a clinical entity characterized by compression of the 3rd portion of the duodenum between the aorta and the emergence of the SMA. It is a rare cause of duodenal obstruction with around 400 cases reported ...
This video presents the surgical management of a suspicious peripheral pulmonary tumor, classified cT1bN0M0 after preoperative staging (positive PET-scan with positive cytology). This case has been presented in a thoracic oncology multidisciplinary meetin