This video presents the case of a female patient with an ethylic cirrhosis, diagnosed with a hepatocellular carcinoma located in segment IVa of the liver. The laparoscopic approach helps preserve liver function in ...

Augmented reality deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data. Its application in humans allows to visualize hidden structures; for this, the information is based on a prior computed tomography ...

Conn's disease is a condition in which the adrenal glands produce too much aldosterone. Prevalence estimates for Conn's syndrome is about 0.03-1.2% of the population with hypertension. Many patients with Conn's disease ...

In recent years, the advances in preoperative localization studies, the availability of intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) assay and the introduction of cervicoscopy revolutionized the surgical treatment of ...

Soper et al. in 1994 were able to establish the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in an animal model, with no evidence of pancreatic leaks or fistulas. Later, in 1996, Cuschieri et al. described ...

Simple liver cysts are always benign. The only patients who require treatment for one or multiple liver cysts are those who develop symptoms. Simply removing the fluid from the cyst with a needle is not effective ...

Laparoscopy for liver resection is a highly specialized surgical field because liver surgery presents severe technical difficulties, such as control of bleeding and risk of gas embolism. This video presents the case of ...

Laparoscopic liver resection in selected patients in highly specialized centers provides comparable oncological results to treatment with open liver resection for patients with colorectal liver metastases. In this ...

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is now accepted as the procedure of choice for the resection of benign adrenocortical tumors. This video shows the laparoscopic approach for a 12cm right pheochromocytoma, demonstrating that ...

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy is suitable for benign and premalignant neoplasms located in the body and tail of the pancreas. Spleen preservation following distal pancreatectomy is known to be safe. There are two ...

This is the case of a patient presenting with a hepatocellular carcinoma, referred to the emergency department because of a hemorrhage. The first step consisted in an arterial embolization. The patient recovers from the ...

The aim of this video is to show the benefit of imaging when faced with anatomical abnormalities to avoid incidents during the surgical procedure. In this case, it is the left ureter that is abnormal, passing behind a ...

This is the case of a female patient presenting with a 12mm endocrine tumor located at the pancreatic isthmus. To manage this case, a distal pancreatectomy is decided upon. This tumor measures 16mm in its transverse ...