Advances In Surgery Channel

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 […]

Jordi Farguell Piulachs Gastrointestinal Surgery resident Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Introduction The spleen is one of the most commonly injured intra-abdominal organs. Diagnosis and prompt management are key to success and their goal is to avoid potentially life-threatening haemorrhage. The preservation of functional splenic tissue is secondary as usually the attempt to save […]

Dr. Julio Jiménez L. Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Surgeon AIS Ambassador to Chile In this lecture we will briefly review bariatric surgery in Chile. Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus are a public health problem in Chile. Almost 75% of the population in Chile is overweight or obese. Chile is the OECD country with the highest obesity rate, […]

Silvia Valverde, MD Gastrointestinal Surgeon Hospital Clinic, Barcelona (Spain) Expansion of surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is currently a major need. Surgical disease carries a great morbidity and Mortality. The majority of the world’s population does not currrently have access to surgical care, and 5 billion people lack basic surgical assistance. Trauma, […]

Jayson Moloney MD Andrew Stevenson MD PhD Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Brisbane, Australia March 2020 is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and here at AIS, we have decided to acknowledge the date showing different realities of CRC from different countries in different continents. We have engaged our collaborators and Ambassadors all over the World, and […]

Dr. Carolina Gonzalez-Abós Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy demands a tailored approach from the surgical team, especially the anesthesiologist and surgeon. Collaboration is key in the attempt to achieve good outcomes and a low rate of complications. Deep neuromuscular blockade during laparoscopic surgery helps to improve the surgical space conditions; […]

Sara Tavares Nogueira, MD Gastrointestinal Surgeon AIS Ambassador to Angola March 2020 is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and here at AIS, we have decided to acknowledge the date showing different realities of CRC from different countries in different continents. We have engaged our collaborators and Ambassadors all over the World, and we will show the […]