Advances In Surgery Channel

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 […]

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 […]