Advances In Surgery Channel

Dr. Jorge Bravo López President COLCIR (Latin American Collaboration for Robotic Surgery) Chief of the Robotic Surgery Unit of the Santa María Clinic, Santiago, Chile. Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chile Dr. Julio Jiménez L. Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgeon Chile AIS Ambassador Gastric Bypass is one of the best known and most commonly performed […]

Dr. Eduardo Villegas Tovar General and Gastrointestinal Surgeon Mexico AIS Ambassador Hospital FARO del Mayab Mérida, Yucatán. México Dr. Miguel Ángel Rosado Martínez Colorectal Surgeon Hospital FARO del Mayab Mérida, Yucatán. México Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, which represents a major public health issue. About 20% of CRCs are diagnosed with […]

Jordi Farguell, MD General Surgery Resident Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain Ulcerative colitis is a long-term condition that is characterized by recurring episodes of inflammation and ulcers that are limited to the mucosal layer of the colon and rectum. The pattern of disease activity is characterized by periods of active inflammation alternating with periods of remission. […]

Berta Parés Bofill, MD General and Digestive Surgery Resident Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona, Spain) Concepción Gómez-Gavara, MD PhD Consultant surgeon in HBP and Liver Transplantation Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona, Spain) Anna Curell, MD Junior attending, Gastrointestinal Surgery Department Hospital Clínic (Barcelona, Spain) Introduction Indocyanine green (ICG) is a fluorescent traceable dye that has […]

Silvia Valverde, PhD Gastrointestinal Surgery Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain Appropriate treatment strategies for lateral lymph node (LN) involvement in rectal cancer are unclear and surgery remains controversial. Differences between Eastern and Western countries and the lack of strong oncologic data have led to scarce evidence regarding lateral LN dissection indications, which are not included in […]

María Clara Arroyave Isaza Surgical Oncologist Clínica Somer – Colombia Colombia AIS Ambassador In high-volume cases like the one presented in this video, a sound surgical technique is mandatory for the entire team, including mastery of multiple organ resections, reconstructions and peritonectomies. Our program has had a strong impact as regards several diseases. including pseudomyxoma […]

Romina Pena, MD Junior Attending Gastrointestinal Surgery Department Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Safety First The EASY trial, published in Annals of Surgery in 2017, compared early (at 8-13 days after resection, with a mean of 11 days) versus late ileostomy closure (more than 12 weeks, mean of 148 days) in a group of 112 patients […]

Sara Tavares Nogueira, MD Gastrointestinal Surgeon Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain AIS Channel Medical Team In this lecture we will go through 5 important things we should know about molecular diagnosis or diagnostics in colorectal cancer. 1· First, we will talk about the concept of molecular diagnostics. 2· Second, we will remember the 3 main genetic […]

Ana Otero, MD, PhD Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain Antonio M. Lacy, MD, PhD Director of Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain Clinical Case 68-year-old patient with no known drug allergies and a history of dyslipidemia. The patient underwent surgery for rectal cancer 5 cm from the anal verge in June […]

Victor Turrado-Rodriguez Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Hospital Clinic (Barcelona) Dulce Momblan Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Hospital Clinic (Barcelona) The stomach is located in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen. Its anterior aspect is related to the left hepatic lobe, diaphragm, transverse colon and greater omentum. Its posterior face is related to the pancreas, spleen and splenic artery, adrenal […]

Matías Vicente, MD PhD Pablo S. Corona, MD PhD Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Septic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Prosthetic knee joint replacement improves the quality of life of thousands of patients with joint degeneration each year. Due to higher life expectancy, lifestyle changes and more expectations in elderly patients, […]

Anna Curell, MD Silvia Valverde, MD, PhD Ainitze Ibarzabal, MD Gastrointestinal Surgery Department Hospital Clínic (Barcelona, Spain) Surgical Treatment of Type-2 Diabetes: what’s the current evidence? Diabetes affects about 387 million people worldwide. In the next 20 years, its prevalence is predicted to double, and more than half a billion people will be affected. Etiopathogenesis […]

Arturo Cirera, MD General and Digestive Surgery Resident Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona, Spain) Anna Curell, MD General Surgery, Junior Attending Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Elizabeth Pando, MD HPB Surgery Specialist Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona, Spain) Joaquim Balsells, MD PhD Head of Pancreatic Surgery Unit Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (Barcelona, Spain) According […]

F. Borja de Lacy Gastrointestinal Surgery Specialist Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain Surgery based on the total mesorectal excision is considered as the gold standard for the curative treatment of rectal cancer. The dissection of the tumor, the rectum, and the mesorectal envelope along embryological-specific planes has decreased the locoregional recurrence risk to less than 10% […]

Mario Trejo Huamán General Surgeon National University of San Marcos Lima, Perú Yeray Trujillo Loli General Surgeon National University of San Marcos Lima, Perú Perú AIS Ambassador What you were afraid to ask about splanchnic innervation: – How is splanchnic innervation structured? – How is the solar plexus structured ? – How are the hypogastric […]

Jacqueline van Laarhoven Resident colorectal surgery Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands Netherlands AIS Ambassador Primary signet ring cell carcinoma is a tumor most commonly located in the stomach, and less frequently in the breast, gallbladder, bladder, and pancreas. Primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum is a rare form of adenocarcinoma of […]

Shariqa Rizwan MBBS, Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery (MS) Pakistan AIS Ambassador . Types of inflammatory bowel diseases . Symptoms . Types of procedures . How the procedures are done . Advantages of these surgeries

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 […]