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Men surgeons’ perceptions of women surgeons: is there a bias against women in surgery?
Surgery has long been a man-dominated discipline with gender roles traditionally defined along societal norms. Presumably, as society has evolved, so have men surgeons’ perceptions of women surgeons, though da...
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Doing more with less: our decade of experience with laparo-endoscopic single site Heller myotomy supports its application
Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder that affects 1 in 100,000 individuals. Currently, laparoscopic Heller myotomy with anterior fundoplication is the ‘gold standard’ therapy for achalasia, allevia...
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Does preoperative MELD score affect outcomes following robotic hepatectomy for liver tumors?
The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score is objective, reproducible, and it has shown to predict mortality related to cirrhosis. This study was undertaken to investigate safety of robotic hepatectomy...
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Robotic hepatectomy for benign and malignant liver tumors
Minimally invasive hepatectomy for benign and malignant liver lesions has gained popularity in the past decade due to improved perioperative outcomes when compared to conventional ‘open’ technique. We aim to i...
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The impact of body mass index on perioperative outcomes after robotic liver resection
High body mass index (BMI) is associated with other multiple comorbidities such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, steatohepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and cardiopulmonary diseases, which can impact the periop...
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Robotic choledochoduodenostomy for benign distal common bile duct stricture: how we do it
Benign bile duct stricture poses a significant challenge for gastroenterologists and general surgeons due to the inherent nature of the disease, difficulty in sustaining long-term solutions and fear of pitfall...
