Swallowable Intragastric Balloon: First Consecutive Experience in Argentina.

Swallowable balloons are innovative devices for the treatment of obesity. Endoscopy or anesthesia for implantation is not required. They are generally well tolerated and experience reports satisfactory results in relation to weight loss.

Online Education, Was It Here but We Did Not Know?

Online education is not new. Their main options are talks, videos, and virtual courses. The quality and quantity of talks, together with the level of the speakers, is variable and heterogeneous.

Ultrasound guided microwave ablation of thyroid nodular goiter and cystadenoma: A single center, large cohort study.

Thyroid nodules are one of the most common entities that affect the thyroid gland. Traditionally, their treatment was surgery. Currently, ablation combination with percutaneous procedure became a good option.

Laparoscopic-Percutaneous Combined Gastrostomy: Initial Experience and Description of a Technique.

Gastrostomy is a widely used procedure that aims to obtain access to the stomach. Its purpose may be feeding or gastric decompression. Currently, the most common techniques are endoscopic and radiologic.

Reflux After Sleeve Gastrectomy: An Update.

Modifications of gastric anatomy, function, and of the esophagogastric junction secondary to sleeve gastrectomy (SG) can worsen the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Its late diagnosis and poor treatment can lead to serious complications. In recent years, attempts have been made to optimize preoperative studies and improve surgical techniques to prevent this problem.

Image-Guided Surgery for Common Bile Duct Stones After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

The relationship between obesity with common bile duct stone (CBDS) is close and increases after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Due to the anatomical modification, direct endoscopic access is not always possible. For this reason, image-guided surgery (IGS) by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) of the common bile duct (CBD) could be a first-line approach for the treatment of post-RYGB choledocholithiasis.

Image-Guided Surgical Training in Percutaneous Hepatobiliary Procedures: Development of a Realistic and Meaningful Bile Duct Dilatation Porcine Model.

Malignant or benign biliary obstructions can be successfully managed with minimally invasive percutaneous interventions. Since percutaneous approaches are challenging, extensive training using relevant models is fundamental to improve the proficiency of percutaneous physicians. The aim of this experimental study was to develop an training model in pigs to simulate bile duct dilatation to be used during percutaneous biliary interventions.

Acute Gastric Dilation of the Post-Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Remnant Stomach: Image-Guided Surgery Approach.

Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity and its associated morbidities. They are safe surgeries, their general complication rate is 0%-10%. However, acute gastric dilation is an unusual complication.

What is the Role of Image-Guided Endovascular Surgery in Postbariatric Surgery Bleeding Complications?

Obesity treatment requires surgical procedures included in bariatric surgery. Bleeding complications are reported in 1%-4%. Image-guided surgery (IGS) includes minimally invasive procedures that have the advantage of less aggression to the patient, fewer complications, and a quick recovery.

Applications of Elastography in Ablation Therapies: An Animal Model Study.

Ablation therapies are one of the main local treatments for solid organ tumors. After applying any ablation therapy, few days should be waited to perform an imaging study and analyze the result. In this work, we analyzed the correlation between elastography monitoring after procedure and the result of ablation.

Conventional Laparoscopic Appendectomy Versus Single-Port Laparoscopic Appendectomy, a Multicenter Randomized Control Trial: A Feasible and Safe Alternative to Standard Laparoscopy.

Acute appendicitis represents one of the main causes of surgical emergencies. It can be approached as open appendectomy or laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). LA uses different modalities, such as conventional laparoscopic appendectomy (CLA) or single-port laparoscopic appendectomy (SPLA).

Application of a novel material in the inguinal region using a totally percutaneous approach in an animal model: a new potential technique?

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a new percutaneous image-guided surgery technique to simulate a hernia repair using hydrogel.

Materials And Methods: A comparative prospective study was conducted in animals, with survival. Five pigs without any hernias were used.

Percutaneous Image-Guided Abdominal Interventions for Leaks and Fistulas Following Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

Background: Bariatric surgery offers the only effective long-term weight loss therapy for morbidly obese patients. Numerous studies have demonstrated a mortality and morbidity reduction associated with weight loss surgery, but these interventions also have significant rates of complications. It is important for the bariatric surgeons to recognize these complications and acknowledge which of them can be solved in a minimally invasive manner in order to offer to patients the best treatment.

Mixed reality navigation system for ultrasound-guided percutaneous punctures: a pre-clinical evaluation.

Image-guided surgery is growing in importance with each year. Various imaging technologies are used. The objective of this study was to test whether a new mixed reality navigation system (MRNS) improved percutaneous punctures.

STAGES AND FACTORS OF THE "PERIOPERATIVE PROCESS": POINTS IN COMMON WITH THE AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY.

Background: The aeronautical industry is one of the disciplines that most use control systems. Its purpose is to avoid accidents and return safer flights. The flight of an airplane, from its takeoff to its landing is a process divided into stages under strict control.

PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY ASSISTED LIVER PARTITION WITH PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION FOR STAGED HEPATECTOMY (PRALPPS).

Background: When a major hepatic resection is necessary, sometimes the future liver remnant is not enough to maintain sufficient liver function and patients are more likely to develop liver failure after surgery.

Aim: To test the hypothesis that performing a percutaneous radiofrecuency liver partition plus percutaneous portal vein embolization (PRALPPS) for stage hepatectomy in pigs is feasible.

Methods: Four pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) both sexes with weights between 25 to 35 kg underwent percutaneous portal vein embolization with coils of the left portal vein.

Percutaneous Image-guided Surgery Training: Model IHU-DAICIM.

The evolution of guided imaging surgery is well known in recent years. As the field of action becomes more specific, learning and teaching are also more specific. State-of-the-art medical training should be mandatory in the field of general medicine and surgery in particular.