“Big Operations Using Mini Instruments” The Evolution of Mini Laparoscopy in the Surgical Realm

Jay A. Redan, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, Florida, Professor of Surgery, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida, , Ashley-Rose Humphries, BA, Medical Student, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida, , Brianne Farmer, MS, Medical Student, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida, , Eduardo Moreno Paquentin, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Centro Medico ABC Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico, , Charles H. Koh, MD, FRCOG, FACOG, Attending Staff, Columbia Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, Attending Staff, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore, , Dr. Maurice K. Chung, RPh, MD, FACOG, FPMRS, FACS, ACGE., Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of Toledo School of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, Ohio, Gustavo Stringel, MD, MBA, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Surgeon in Chief, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Valhalla, New York, , Steven D. McCarus, MD, FACOG, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Central Florida, Chief Division of Gynecologic Surgery, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Orlando, Florida, , Gustavo Carvalho, MD, PhD, MSc, MBA, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pernambuco, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Brazil, , Roberto Gallardo Diaz, MD, Staff Surgeon, Sanatorio El Pilar in Guatemala City, Head , Mini Invasive Surgical Group of Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala, , Phillip P. Shadduck, MD, FACS, Assistant Consulting Professor of Surgery, Duke University, Vice Chair of Surgery, Duke Regional Hospital, Chief of General Surgery, TOA Surgical Specialists, Vice Chief of Staff, North Carolina Specialty Hospital, Durham, North Carolina

 

Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Manual Compression to Vascular Closure Devices for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Arterial Procedures
Tiffany Cox, MD, Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery , Laurel Blair, MD, Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ciara Huntington, MD, Resident, General Surgery , Amy Lincourt, PhD, Research Group Director, Ronald Sing, DO , Attending, Surgical Critical Care, B. Todd Heniford, MD, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program, Charlotte, North Carolina

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An In Vivo Comparison of Hemostatic Gelatin Matrix Products in a Porcine Spleen Biopsy-punch Model

Richard W. Hutchinson, DVM, PhD, Research Fellow, Stephanie Werrlein, SRA, RLATG, CVT, Associate Scientist, Douglas B. Johns, PhD, Director Research & Development, Gary Zhang, PhD, Engineering Fellow, Jeffrey W. Clymer, PhD, Biostatistician, Richard Kocharian, MD, PhD, Franchise Medical Director, Ethicon Inc., Somerville, New Jersey

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Prospective Clinical Study to Evaluate Clinical Performance of a Powered Surgical Stapler in Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resections

Peter B Licht, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Goran Ribaric, MD, Medical, Regional Safety Officer, Johnson & Johnson, Hamburg, Germany, Traves Crabtree, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, Michael Lanuti, MD, Director, Thoracic Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Laureano Molins, MD, PhD, FETCS, Head of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Susan Knippenberg, MBA, Senior Project Manager, Ethicon, Cincinnati, Ohio, Michael Schwiers, MS, Principal Statistician, Ethicon, Cincinnati, Ohio, Andrew Yoo, MD, Director of Epidemiology, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey

 

 

The Use of Haemostatic Agents and Sealants for the Prevention of Lymphocele After Urological Surgery: A Review of the Literature
Michele Marchioni, MD, Urology Resident, Manuela Ingrosso, MD, Urology Resident, Piergustavo De Francesco, MD, Urology Resident, Giulia Primiceri, MD, Urology Resident, Rossella Manco, MD, Urology Resident, Raffaele Lanfranco Tenaglia, MD, Urology Professor, Biomedical Science, Università degli Studi “G.D’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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Mini-Laparoscopy: Instruments & Economics

Phillip P. Shadduck, MD FACS, Assistant Consulting Professor of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC

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