Robotic Cholecystectomy Is a Safe Educational Alternative to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy During General Surgical Training: A Pilot Study.

Objective: The role of robotic surgery in general surgery (GS) continues to expand. Several programs have integrated robotic-based simulators and models into surgical education; however, residents' robotic experience in the operating room is currently limited. We sought to assess the safety and feasibility of robotic cholecystectomy (RC) when independently performed by GS chief residents.

Outcomes of Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair in Nine Bariatric Patients with Prior Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) may exacerbate gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with a hiatal hernia (HH). Surgical repair may be needed, however prior LSG precludes standard HH repair with fundoplication.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our experience with bariatric patients with prior LSG undergoing laparoscopic HH repair from August 2010 to July 2016.

Gastric remnant twist in the immediate post-operative period following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Twist of stomach remnant post sleeve gastrectomy is a rare entity and difficult to diagnose pre-operatively. We are reporting a case of gastric volvulus post laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which was managed conservatively. A 38-year-old lady with a body mass index of 54 underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Correlation between clinical and histological findings in parathyroid tumors suspicious for carcinoma.

Carcinoma of the parathyroid is a rare malignancy that can be cured surgically if the proper diagnosis and treatment is given initially. Arriving to the clinical suspicion of a malignancy preoperatively is by far the most important step for a good prognosis. Our goal is to review the correlation between clinical and final histopathological findings that can arouse the suspicion of such malignancy and their true predictive value in the diagnosis.

Advantages of focused helical computed tomographic scanning with rectal contrast only vs triple contrast in the diagnosis of clinically uncertain acute appendicitis: a prospective randomized study.

Hypothesis: Focused helical computed tomographic (CT) scanning with rectal contrast only is a superior diagnostic modality compared with the traditional triple-contrast CT scan for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Design: Prospective randomized analysis of both CT scan modalities.

Interventions: Only patients with uncertain diagnosis of acute appendicitis were entered in the study.

Scholarly activities--essential to surgical education.

Research and scholarship are an integral part of a surgical residency program. A concerted effort by a Director of Surgical Research and a Residency Program Director at the community hospital were successful in addressing this very important part of medical education. A questionnaire was designed and data gathered on the attitudes and involvement toward research activities of graduates over the past 6 years.