CVS
Bloodless Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Surgical video case: bloodless lap chole & least time-consuming with a nice Critical View of Safety procedure. The Bloodless and least time-consuming laparoscopic cholecystectomy of my career. It's...
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Impacted Infundibular...
During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, impacted stones in the infundibulum or cystic duct neck can significantly increase intraoperative difficulty by distorting normal anatomy, causing grafting of adhesions,...
Cystic Duct Draining Into the Right Hepatic Duct
Cystic duct draining into the right hepatic duct is a very important anatomical variation to understand, especially for safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Normally, the cystic duct joins the common...
SAGES Critical View of Safety Challenge
Surgical presentation: SAGES Critical View of Safety Challenge. This talk was presented at the AI in Surgery (non CME) session by Pietro Mascagni on March 16, 2022 during the SAGES 2022 Annual Meeting...
When Should I Bail? Identifying When Attaining...
This talk was presented at the Masters HPB: Difficult Gallbladders – things just went from bad to worse session by Shanley Deal MD on March 30, 2023 during the SAGES 2023 Annual Meeting in Montréal,...
Safe Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Major biliary or vasculobiliary injury is associated with significant morbidity. As prevention is the best strategy, the concept of a culture of safe cholecystectomy has been recently introduced...
Right Direct Inguinal Hernia Repair
This video case presents our surgical technique for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, detailing a step-by-step approach with surgical nuances and the novel "inverted Y" concept to achieve...
Two and Only Two Structures Should be Seen Entering...
Bile duct injury rates have increased since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, occurring in about 3 per 1,000 procedures performed. Critical View of Safety (CVS) method of identification...
Critical View of Safety in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
To avoid vasculobiliary injuries, the Critical View of Safety (CVS) technique is strongly recommended during dissection of the hepatocystic triangle. It entails three basic steps as follows: (1) complete...
Calot's Dissection in Impacted Stone Close...
Inflamed gallbladder was dissected to attain critical view of safety.
Caterpillar (Moynihan’s) Hump Anomaly Encountered...
While performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a obese male of BMI 40, after obtaining critical view of safety, a large pulsating vessel presumed to be cystic arteries with overlying node was found....
The “Critical View of Safety” in Laparoscopic...
Surgical technique video: to avoid vasculobiliary injuries, the Critical View of Safety (CVS) technique is strongly recommended during dissection of the hepatocystic triangle. However, in such cases of...
Triple Arterial Blood Supply to the Gallbladder...
In the classic textbook description of hepatic artery anatomy, the common hepatic artery (CHA) arises from the celiac axis. The CHA then branches into the gastroduodenal artery and proper hepatic artery....
Avoiding Injuries - CVS
Making critical safety view a habbit in every case helps you in a difficult case, to avoid injuries.
Critical View of Safety in Acute Gangrenous Cholecystitis
Surgical video: laparoscopic cholecystectomy has a 0.3% to 0.5% morbidity rate due to major biliary injuries. The majority of surgeons have routinely performed the so-called “infundibular”...