Advances In Surgery Channel

Mar Dalmau, MD General Surgery Resident Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona Concepción Gómez-Gavara, MD PhD Consultant surgeon in HBP and Liver Transplantation Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona Edited by: Anna Curell, MD Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Junior attending Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignant tumour of the biliary tract. It’s also the […]

Romina Pena, MD Gastrointestinal Surgery Junior Attending Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Spain Diversion colitis was first described by Morson et al. in 1974, as a non-specific inflammation of the diverted colon. Glotzer et al. coined the term “diversion colitis” in 1981. Since then, this entity has been described in both retrospective and prospective studies, describing […]

Jordi Farguell General Surgery Hospital Clinic Localization studies Preoperative localization is an important step in this surgery. Historically a bilateral neck exploration was performed. Noninvasive preoperative imaging techniques, such as USG, MIBI (99mTc sestamibi scintigraphy) or CT (computed tomography) are commonly used while diagnosing thyroid pathologies. SURGERY Surgery is performed under general anesthesia and the […]

Arturo Cirera General Surgery Resident Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain Irene Bello Thoracic Surgery Specialist Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain Fernando Ascanio Thoracic Surgery Specialist Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain Pilar Montoya Thoracic Surgery Resident Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain Alberto Jauregui Chief of Thoracic Surgery Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, […]

Roser Termes Serra, MD General Surgery resident Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Background Trauma remains a major health problem worldwide and, in many countries, it continues to increase. Globally, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death between the ages of 18 and 29, while, in the United States, trauma is the leading […]

Dr. Sara Tavares Nogueira, MD General Surgery Specialist Dr. Carolina González-Abós Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery AIS Channel Medical Team Hospital Clinic, Barcelona The World is going through a new Pandemic that is showing the weakness of our Health Systems and challenging our knowledge. Physicians are struggling to treat patients with severe cases of pneumonia, and […]

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 […]

Dr. Carol González Abós MD General Surgery Resident Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain The success of a surgical procedure depends fundamentally on the prior knowledge of the surgeon summarized in the ability to make critical decisions and the technical skills necessary to perform each surgery. The critical decision -making capacity in surgery depends mainly on three […]

Arturo Cirera General Surgery Resident Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain Cristina Dopazo Attending Surgeon Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Trasplant Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain Elizabeth Pando Attending Surgeon Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Trasplant Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain Joaquim Balsells Head of Pancreatic Surgery Unit Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary […]

Dr. Julio Jiménez L. Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgeon AIS Ambassador Chile While the use of robotic surgical technology has experienced exponential growth in many parts of the world and across numerous specialties, including bariatric surgery, standardized training and credentialing of robotic surgeons unfortunately remains in a nascent state. The need for a standardized robotic training […]

Dr. Eduardo Villegas Tovar Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgeon Hospital FARO del Mayab, Mérida Yucatán, México Dr. Alejandro Díaz Girón Gidi Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgeon Hospital Médica Sur, México City, México The mesenteric organ is a single structural entity spanning the gut from duodenojejunal flexure to mesorectum. At the ileocolic level, the […]

Anna Curell, MD José M. Balibrea, MD, PhD Gastrointestinal Surgery Department Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) is currently regarded as one of the main medical complications after sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Pre- and postoperative diagnostic studies in obese patients to diagnose preexisting and de novo GERD are still a matter of controversy. Conversion […]

João Guimarães, MD Bruno Pinto, MD General Surgery Resident Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca Clostridioides difficile, formerly known as clostridium, is an anaerobic gram positive bacterium that colonizes the intestinal tract via the fecal oral route. It’s one of the most common nosocomial infections. The main risk factors are recent antibiotic use and hospitalization. Clostridioides […]

Maria Clara Arroyave Isaza Surgical Oncologist Clinica Somer, Rionegro, Colombia Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesotheliomas are aggressive and rare neoplasms that require extensive treatment in highly specialized centers to achieve maximal survival benefits and an acceptable morbidity and mortality rate. In this SOC we explore the natural history of DMPM, its Clinical presentation and Diagnosis, relevant […]

Silvia Valverde, MD, PhD Gastrointestinal Surgery Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain Laparoscopic minimally invasive colorectal surgery has been established as a gold standard technique for colorectal pathology. However, there is limited data regarding the learning curve in robotic surgery. The criteria for proficiency and credentialing in robotic surgery vary among institutions. To date, there is a […]

Rodrigo O Perez MD Colorectal Surgery Coordinator Surgical Oncology Division Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa Sao Paulo, Brazil Rectal Cancer has always been considered a surgical condition. From the Miles procedure to the new, minimally invasive techniques, like TaTME, the focus was to obtain the best surgical resection possible, which, combined with neoadjuvant treatment (radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy), […]

AIS COVID19 Resources Center collaborators:
 Antonio M. Lacy M.D., Sandra Humbles, José M. Balibrea M.D., Ph.D, Rodrigo Menchaca M.C., Ph.D., Tom Affeld, Rich Merklinger, Jeff Grap, Jim Millward, Mike Cusick, Carolina González M.D. Ph.D., Sara T. Nogueira M.D., Anna Curell M.D., Laia Vidal Truyol, Mireia Gallardo Mir, Andrea Nadal Pellisé, Júlia Bertran Sze, Marc Florido, […]

Sara Tavares Nogueira, MD General Surgery Specialist Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain AIS Channel Medical Team Introduction Anorectal suppurative disease may manifest itself in an acute or a chronic setting. While anal abscess is the acute manifestation of that disease, anal fistula is the chronic form. A fistula and abscess may coexist or be associated with […]

Victor Turrado-Rodriguez Gastrointestinal Surgeon Attending Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain Spontaneous rupture of the esophagus, the so-called Boerhaave’s syndrome, was first described in 1724 by Hermann Boerhaave as direct observation of Baron van Wassenaer, the Grand Admiral of the Dutch fleet. Nowadays, esophageal perforations are most commonly iatrogenic, caused during diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. […]

Romina Pena, MD Junior Attending Gastrointestinal Surgery Department Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain Introduction Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, with both overlapping and distinct features that have a great impact on quality of life. Despite the advances in medical management of this disease, rates of surgical treatment […]