Variants of Sickle Cell Anemia
(1) Department of Surgery, Dar A lAlafia Medical Company, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 3.1 Introduction The normal hemoglobin is made up of two parts (Fig. 3.1): Fig. 3.1 Diagrammatic representation…
ONCOLOGY
Laparoscopy-Assisted Total Gastrectomy
Fig. 24.1 Patient positioning Fig. 24.2 Operating room setup (From Tanigawa [1] with permission) Port Placement Entry into the abdomen is gained through a 2 cm vertical skin incision that…
Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy with Double Tract Anastomosis
Fig. 23.1 Trocar placement and a mini-laparotomy site for laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy. Five trocars are placed in the abdominal wall. The trocar site on the left rectus muscle is extended…
Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy with Side-Side Thoracic Anastomosis
Fig. 12.1 Abdominal trocar placement Abdominal Dissection The gastrohepatic ligament is divided. The dissection is continued to the right crus up toward the phrenoesophageal ligament and across the diaphragm to…
Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy in the Prone Position for Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Fig. 15.1 Operating table side support is fixed to the table side rails. (A) Center knob to adjust the arm. (B) Side knob to pull out the inner rod and…
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Its Indication, Technique, and Our Experience
Fig. 8.1 This is a case of a 93-year-old female who was referred to our hospital for the treatment of a gastric tumor that by biopsy was group 3. Conventional…
Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy with Cervical Anastomosis
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…
Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy
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)…
Robotic Utilization in Gastric Cancer Surgery
(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 …
Principles and Practice of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy with Gastroduodenostomy (Billroth I)
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…
