Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation, Video Reported.

Introduction: The immunosuppressive therapy for life after liver transplantation (LT) is considered as a risk factor for obesity. Seven percent of the transplanted patients develop severe or morbid obesity. The obesity induces non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is a major risk factor for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, without forgetting the cardiovascular risk and the devastating impact of obesity on quality of life of the transplanted patients.

Total Gastrectomy with Roux-En-Y esophagojejunostomy for Chronic Complicated Post-Sleeve Gastric Fistula-Video Report.

Introduction: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has become one of the most popular bariatric surgeries worldwide. However, complications related to the stapler line can be very serious. Among several challenging post-LSG complications, fistula is the most feared.

Concomitant Ventral Hernia Repair and Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review.

This study is a review on the management of ventral hernia during bariatric surgery. The main outcomes are the recurrence rate after ventral hernia repair and the incidence of prosthetic infection. Eleven studies were included.

Single-incision robotic cholecystectomy is associated with a high rate of trocar-site infection.

Background: Single-incision robotic cholecystectomy has been developed to decrease post-operative pain and improve cosmetic results.

Methods: Thirty-seven patients underwent single-site robotic cholecystectomy between 2014 and 2015. Postoperative outcomes and costs were compared to reported outcomes for laparoscopic cholecystectomy using the configuration of suprapubic trocars.

"Hand-Over-Hand Grasping Technique": A Fast and Safe Procedure for Specimen Extraction in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has become one of the most popular bariatric surgeries worldwide, given good result concerning weight loss and long-term morbidity. While surgical technique is well standardized, specimen extraction is still a matter of controversy between surgeons. In this video, we present a simple, fast, safe, and reproducible technique of specimen extraction after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata: case report and review of the literature.

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is typically a benign and rare disorder found in female patients, prior to menopause. It can be found in the subperitoneal or peritoneal spaces and is represented by multiple different sized myomatous nodules (smooth muscle tumors). Additionally, it has also been found in women after menopause as well as in men.

Prebiliary right hepatic artery resulting in common hepatic duct compression and subsequent intrahepatic stone formation: myth or reality?

The vascular anatomy of the liver is subjected to many variations. Aberrant hepatic artery is not an uncommon finding during visceral surgery; however, topographic variations are less reported in the literature. Prebiliary artery crossing anteriorly to the common hepatic duct was firstly reported in 1984.