Advances In Surgery Channel

JC. Trujillo-Reyes, E. Martinez-Tellez, A. Belda, M. Guarino, E. Cladellas, G. Planas, J. Belda-Sanchis Consultants of Thoracic Surgery Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau Laura Romero Vielva, F. Ascanio Gossling Consultants of Thoracic Surgery Hospital de la Vall d’Hebron In the last ten years, thoracic surgery has evolved into a less invasive approach […]

Jordi Farguell Piulachs General Surgery resident. Hospital Clinic (Barcelona, Spain) Introduction Breast carcinoma in situ is a heterogeneous group of neoplastic lesions confined to the breast ducts (ductal carcinoma in situ [DCIS]). The diagnosis of DCIS increased dramatically following the introduction of screening. It represents 25% of all new diagnosed breast cancers. The goal of […]

Dr. Juan Eduardo Contreras Chief of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Unit Santa María Clinic, Chile Dr. Julio Jiménez L. Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgeon AIS Ambassador to Chile Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has become increasingly popular as a primary bariatric procedure and, according to recent data, is the most common bariatric surgery worldwide. However, this primary […]

Sara Tavares Nogueira, MD General Surgery Specialist Hospital Clínic Barcelona Antonio M Lacy, MD, PhD Head of Gastrointestinal Surgery Hospital Clínic Barcelona CME consists in the removal of an intact package of the tumor and its main lymphatic drainage. It was described by Werner Hohenberger in 2009 and derived from the concept of TME, developed […]

Yoelimar Guzmán, MD General Surgery Resident Hospital Clínic de Barcelona 5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WATCH&WAIT STRATEGY FOR RECTAL CANCER 1.- What is the watch & wait strategy? 2.- Who are the adequate candidates to be enrolled in this strategy? 3.- Advantages and Disadvantages of the watch and wait strategy. 4.- Which is the […]

Dr. Miguel Ángel Rosado Martínez, MD Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Eduardo Villegas Tovar, MD Gastrointestinal Surgeon Hospital FARO del Mayab, Christus Muguerza Mérida, Yucatán. México The term “anal cancer” usually refers to a squamous cell cancer (SCC) of the anal canal, which represents the majority of cancers arising in the anal region. However, SCCs can also […]

Dr. Oscar Ares Dr. Borja Campuzano Orthopedic and Trauma surgeon Specialists Hospital Clinic Barcelona In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of periprosthetic fractures. Life expectancy increases and with it fractures in patients with hip and knee prostheses, who continue to enjoy a good quality of life and for whom […]

Silvia Valverde, MD, PhD Emergency Surgery General Surgery Abdominal Wall Surgery There is a high rate of IH, specially in high-risk groups such as obese patients, immunosuppressed patients, and colorectal surgery patients. There is an increasing evidence of augmented mesh placement benefits in reducing IH rates. Abdominal wall closure should be standardized and education in […]

María Clara Arroyave Isaza Surgical Oncologist Clínica Somer – Colombia Colombia AIS Ambassador Our program had succeeded to impact several diseases including pseudomyxoma peritonei and other secondary peritoneal carcinomatosis, achieving an important improvement in overall survival, disease free survival and quality of life in patients previously treated with only palliative intent. Our institution protocol includes […]

Roser Termes Serra General Surgery Resident Hospital Clinic (Barcelona, Spain) Hernias are among the oldest recorded illnesses of humankind. About 75% of all hernias appear in the inguinal area. Worldwide, groin hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries, performed on more than 20 million people annually. Inguinal hernias may be classified, in general […]

Jacqueline van Laarhoven, MD PhD Senior resident colorectal surgery Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands AIS Ambassador The impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a specific year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating […]

Victor Turrado-Rodriguez Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Corrosive ingestion is a potentially lethal event that affects 60,000 people in the USA and 15,000 people in the UK every year. Accidental ingestion by children accounts for 80% of the cases worldwide whereas in adults most ingestions are intentional. CT scan is considered a reliable […]

Natiya Gabuniya BMBS, BMedSci, MSc United Arab Emirates AIS Ambassador Cleft lip with or without palate involvement occurs in 1 in 700 births and accounts for 1100 births a year. It is a defect of the lip and/or palate that has multiple impacts on a child’s development physically, functionally and psychologically. Incidence, prevalence, anatomy and […]

Ana Otero MD, PhD (Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist) Raquel Bravo MD (Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist, MD) AM Lacy MD, PhD (Head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Service) Hospital Clinic, Barcelona In this video, we present the case of a 66-year-old man with cecum adenocarcinoma and BMI of 29.42 kgs/m2, ASA II. No metastatic disease was identified in the […]

Muhammad Alshaar MBChB, MS General Surgery AIS Ambassador Syria Five things you should know about the Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland – The thyroid gland is located in front of the neck below the thyroid cartilage. – The average weight of the thyroid gland, in healthy adults, is 15–30 g. – It consists of […]

F. Borja de Lacy Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a significant problem in gastric cancer, with an incidence rate that ranges between 5 and 20%. What is consistent among studies and registries is the poor prognosis of these patients: 5-year overall survival lower than 3%, median survival of 3-4 months […]

JC. Trujillo-Reyes E. Martinez-Tellez A. Belda M. Guarino E. Cladellas G. Planas J. Belda-Sanchis Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain Anatomical knowledge of the organs we will be operating on is crucial to have good results and to avoid accidents during surgery. Inter-individual differences make this knowledge even more important in […]

Daniah Khalid Alsaadi MD, MBA, MSc AIS Ambassador Saudi Arabia The Pringle maneuver, first described by J. Hogarth Pringle in 1908, is used to reduce bleeding during liver surgery and in some other abdominal surgeries. It leads to occlusion of inflow to the liver from the hepatic artery and portal vein, either by manual compression […]

Romina Pena, MD Specialist, Gastrointestinal Surgery Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain Introduction The triple threat, for a surgeon, is defined by these key points:     1. Basic science: conducting bench-level, well-funded research.     2. Clinical productiveness and surgical skills: maintaining a busy practice and mastering surgical techniques in their field.     3. Academic achievements: authoring and co-authoring a significant […]

Yeray Trujillo Loli Llenner Alberto Castañeda Puicon General Surgeons Daniel Alcides Carrión Nacional Hospital National University of San Marcos (Lima, Perú) What you are too afraid to ask about surgical anatomy of the stomach     – What is the criminal nerve of Grassi?     – What are the Lymph node stations of the stomach?     – How is […]