Use of inducible and limiting fluorescence in laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery

Post written by Masaya Uesato, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Kurata, MD, PhD, Yasunori Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Shunsuke Kainuma, MD, Takuya Hirosuna, MD, Ryota Otsuka, MD, PhD, Koichi Hayano, MD, PhD, and Hisahiro Matsubara, MD, PhD, from the Department of Frontier Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. We show you a case with a 6-mm-diameter …

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Modified gastric-peroral endoscopic myotomy with sleeve release in a case of severe gastric sleeve stenosis

Post written by Syed Hamaad Rahman, DO, from Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. We describe the case of a 26-year-old woman who had undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and presented with severe intolerance of oral intake, reflux, and weight loss. She was found to have stenosis of the gastric sleeve with presence of a …

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Endoscopic submucosal dissection with reinforcement using a laparoscopic approach for a duodenal cavernous hemangioma

Post written by Yoriaki Komeda, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. We performed endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) with reinforcement using a laparoscopic approach (duodenal-laparoscopic and endoscopic coordinated surgery [D-LECS] with ESD) for a duodenal cavernous hemangioma. Cavernous hemangiomas including duodenum are derived from the submucosa. Even …

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Endoscopic transcecal appendectomy under laparoscopic single-port assistance

Post written by Takashi Muramoto, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. We presented endoscopic transcecal appendectomy under laparoscopic single-port assistance for a flat-elevated tumor completely covering the appendiceal orifice in the video. The lesion was a flat-elevated tumor completely covering the appendiceal orifice, measuring 15 mm in …

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