surgical safety
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...
Monopolar Devices and Injury Prevention
This talk was presented at the FUSE session by Kinga Powers, March 19, 2022 during the SAGES 2022 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Don't Encroach Upon the CBD
I open the cystic duct logitudinally to retrieve impacted cystic duct stones. On applying my loop to secure the distal end of the cystic duct, it was distal to the distal end of the longitudinal opening...
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...
Supporting a Call from the Operating Room when...
Supporting a call from the Operating Room when a Bile Duct Injury has occurred. This talk was presented at the Masters HPB: Safety, Quality and Collaboration in HPB session by Adnan Alseidi, March 16,...
Management of a Choledochal Cyst Laparoscopically
Management of a choledochal cyst laparoscopically. This talk was presented at the Masters HPB: Safety, Quality and Collaboration in HPB session by Horacio Asbun, March 16, 2022 during the SAGES 2022 Annual...
Liver Sinusoid LC
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most frequently performed procedures in gastrointestinal surgery worldwide. Bleeding complications due to vascular injuries represent an important cause of morbidity...
Preventative Approach to First Abdominal Entry:...
Current instrumentation and technology for abdominal entry is highly effective and safe. However, despite its rarity, in human hands, accidents during entry are inevitable. Streaming hollow-entry is a...
Step By Step Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains one of the most commonly performed procedures in the United States and across the world. Although the laparoscopic approach is considered safe, complications are still...
Cystic Artery With Bipolar Diathermy
Cystic artery and its big branches are better secured with bipolar even if monopolar dissection looked to be sufficient. Safety and feasibility of cystic artery control with bipolar electrocautery in...
Avoiding Injuries - CVS
Making critical safety view a habbit in every case helps you in a difficult case, to avoid injuries.
Essentials for Safe Thyroidectomy
Awareness of the anomalies of the recurrent laryngeal nerve as here the presence of non-recurrent recurrent laryngeal nerve, preservation of intact blood supply to both parathyroid glands, the careful...
Critical View of Safety Technique
The critical view of safety (CVS) technique is a means of target identification, the targets being the cystic duct and artery. It was introduced more than 20 years ago in an attempt to reduce the rising...