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Dennis Wigle
This article and accompanying video present a case of a robotic assisted Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy after gastric band placement. The patient was a sixty-seven-year-old man who had previously undergone placement of laparoscopic gastric band for weight...
The patient was a 71-year-old woman with a bronchiectatic left upper lobe lesion that was under surveillance. She had a biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma in the left lower lobe, normal pulmonary function...
A 29-year-old man with massive bilateral pulmonary embolisms sustained a cardiac arrest. He was transferred to the operating room with ongoing chest compressions. Emergent sternotomy was performed, and central cannulation...
While the standard of care for patients with achalasia remains laparoscopic modified Heller myotomy with partial fundoplication, there are many options available for patients to consider. Neither balloon dilatation nor...
J. Matthew Reinersman presents a new technique that combines peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and laparoscopic dor fundoplication. This presentation was originally given at the 27th Annual Meeting of the General...