Archived Video Tips

2008

August Video Tips

• Anvil insertion into the proximal colon
• Patient preparation and trocar placement
• Lateral mobilization of the colon and anvil insertion

July Video Tips

• Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Division of the omentum
• Laparoscopic floppy Nissen: Circumferential exposure of the distal esophagus
• Sigmoidectomy for diverticulosis: Preparing the colorectal junction

June Video Tips

• Dissection of Calot¹s triangle
• Repair of ‘Upside down’ stomach
• Ileocecal resection for appendiceal cystadenoma

May Video Tips

• Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy converted to gastric bypass
• Laparoscopic reduction of intussusception
• Meckel's diverticulitis: Laparoscopic resection

April Video Tips

• Laparoscopic total colectomy with partial proctectomy: Right colon mobilization
• Completion laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer of the gastric stump: Mobilization and transection of the esophagus
• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Performing the myomectomy

March Video Tips

• Right parathyroidectomy: A variation of Miccoli’s technique: Incision and exposure of operative field
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Dealing with vascular variation: Dissection of Calot’s triangle
• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Use of ultrasonic shears for Conn’s adenoma; Control of arterial inflow

February Video Tips

• Laparoscopic treatment of SBO: Case of acute small bowel obstruction treated with laparoscopic adhesiolysis
• Laparoscopic gastric bypass: Skeletonization of gastrogastric fistula after failed Mason procedure
• Laparoscopic Collis-Nissen: Assessing the length of the esophagus after failed fundoplication

January Video Tips

• Microinstrumentation for MIS cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic resection of the duodenum for GIST
• Laparoscopic Heller procedure for achalasia

2007

December Video Tips

• Right inguinal hernia repair: Anatomical landmarks in the TAPP approach: Peritoneal incision
• Appendectomy: Laparoscopic approach in a young pregnant woman: Division of the appendix
• Appendectomy: Benefit of a laparoscopic approach to appendicular purulent peritonitis: Exploration and lavage

November Video Tips

• Nissen fundoplication: Trocar placement for the laparoscopic collis approach in the short esophagus
• Herniorrhaphy: Anatomical landmarks in the TAPP approach for right inguinal hernia repair
• Appendectomy: Laparoscopic approach in a pregnant woman—dissection of the mesoappendix

October Video Tips

• Colectomy: Mesocolon dissection in laparoscopic segmental transverse colon resection
• Right herniorrhaphy: Preperitoneal dissection in right TEP repair
• Bariatric surgery: Creating the jejunojejunostomy in laparoscopic gastric bypass

September Video Tips

• Removal of mesh plug and TEP repair of a recurrent left inguinal hernia in a 72-year-old man
• Heller's myotomy: Laparoscopic Heller-Dor procedure for pediatric esophageal achalasia
• Sigmoidectomy: Division of vessels in the laparoscopic approach for sigmoid diverticulitis in an obese woman

August Video Tips

• Sigmoidectomy: Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis in an obese male: lateral mobilization
• Adrenalectomy: Laparoscopic left adrenalectomy for Conn’s disease: anterior rotation of the spleno-pancreatic axis
• Splenectomy: Laparoscopic approach for splenomegaly: ligation of the splenic artery in the posterior approach

July Video Tips

• Bariatric surgery: Placement of laparoscopic gastric band
• Nissen fundoplication: Dissection of the right crus in the laparoscopic approach
• Adrenalectomy: Division of the right adrenal vein in the laparoscopic approach for a large bilateral pheochromocytoma

June Video Tips

• Colectomy (left): Freeing the lateral attachments when mobilizing the splenic flexure via the medial route
• NOTES: The First totally NOTES cholecystectomy
• Appendectomy: Identifying the appendix in the laparoscopic approach for abscessed and necrotic appendix

May Video Tips

• Laparoscopic right hepatectomy: intra-hepatic Glissonian approach
• Inguinal hernia repair: Identifying the spermatic cord and indirect hernia sac in the total extraperitoneal (TEP) approach
• Thyroidectomy: Identifying the RLN in the minimally invasive, video-assisted approach

April Video Tips

• Splenectomy: Trocar placement in the posterior laparoscopic approach
• Spleno-pancreatectomy: Positioning, placement, and exploration
• Nephrectomy: Creating the retroperitoneal space in children

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