Fig. 13.1 Patient positioning A bean bag and an overlying gel pad are prepositioned on the operating table. The patient is positioned on the operating table so that the anterior…
Fig. 20.1 Privette’s anatomic classification of gastric lesions and the distinct surgical approach to them Fig. 20.2 Therapeutic strategy for suspected gastric GISTs (From Sasaki et al. [9], with permission)…
(1) Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA (2) Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA …
Fig. 21.1 Ports placement. Three 12-mm trocars are used for ports Detailed Procedure: Intracorporeal Delta-Shaped Anastomosis (Video 21.1) Due to advances in technology and surgical techniques, the use of extracorporeal…
Year Authors Journal Number of cases Particularities 1995 Ohashi [1] Surgical Endoscopy 8 cases 6 early gastric cancer, 1 submucosal leiomyoma, 1 giant polyp 2000 Hiki et al. [2] Der…
Fig. 11.1 Laparoscopic port placement. The 10 mm port in the right paramedian position is placed first via a direct cutdown technique. The left paramedian port may be converted from…
Surgeon(s) Year of procedure or publication Operative accomplishment Pean 1879 Unsuccessful pyloric resection Rydygier 1880 Unsuccessful pyloric resection Billroth 1881 First successful pyloric resection (Billroth I) Kocher 1893 Posterior gastroduodenostomy…
Fig. 18.1 OR setup. The patient is in left lateral position. The robot is docked from the dorsocranial side Fig. 18.2 Port position. Robotic arms 1 (yellow), 2 (green) and…
Fig. 10.1 Port placement for a laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy To start, the left lobe of the liver is retracted and the lesser omentum is incised and entered. The fascia covering…
Fig. 14.1 Surgical plan for resection and reconstruction using the right colon to restore esophageal continuity (From Nguyen et al. [7] with permission) Abdominal Phase The patient is positioned supine…
