Incidental Laparoscopic Discovery of an Intraperitoneal Plastic Catheter 16 Years after an Unsafe Abortion: A Case Report from the Gynecologic, Obstetric, and Pediatric Hospital of... by Ngandji Andre, Ngo Um Meka Esther Juliette, Fokom Joel, Wandji Brigitte, Foumane Pascal

“…The discovery was made during a diagnostic laparoscopy indicated for secondary infertility of tubal origin 16 years after the abortion procedure. …”
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Is It the pH That Matters? Challenging the Pathophysiology of Acidemia in a Case of Severe Hypercapnia Secondary to Intraoperative CO2 Insufflation by Evan Merle, Saad Zaatari, Rory Spiegel

“…To our knowledge, this is the most severe case of hypercapnia and acidosis due to carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation during laparoscopy reported in the literature. Remarkably, this patient remained hemodynamically normal despite having a blood pH below 6.81. …”
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A Rare Association of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia with Gastric Adenocarcinoma by Kavita Agrawal, Flores Alfonso

“…The mass was confirmed as adenocarcinoma on biopsy. Diagnostic laparoscopy was positive for malignant cells and he was diagnosed with stage IV adenocarcinoma of the stomach. …”
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Difficulties of Bariatric Surgery after Abdominoplasty by Bora Karip, Hasan Altun, Yalın İşcan, Martin Bazan, Kafkas Çelik, Yetkin Özcabı, Birol Ağca, Kemal Memişoğlu

“…During laparoscopy, the main problems of patients who have undergone previous abdominoplasty are inadequate pneumoperitoneum secondary to fibrosis and reconstructed anatomic landmarks for trocar placement. …”
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A Rare Case of Light Chain Amyloidosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract by Kathrin Dvir, Gliceida M. Galarza-Fortuna, Anna Willet, Christopher Febres-Aldana, Nathaly Cortez, Samuel Rapaka, Andre Coombs, Robert Goldberg, Michael Schwartz, Kfir Ben-David

“…Upper endoscopy revealed large, fungating, infiltrative mass at the lesser gastric curvature incisura, highly suspicious of gastric tumor; however, initial biopsy of the gastric mass was equivocal and an exploratory laparoscopy was performed. Repeated intraoperative biopsies of the gastric mass and of liver parenchyma demonstrated diffuse hyalinized stroma consistent with amyloid deposition, and a bone marrow biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of primary light chain (AL) amyloidosis.…”
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Primary Peritonitis: An Index Case of Mycoplasma hominis Infection in a Healthy Female by Sabrina Drexel, Daniel Tseng

“…Increasing abdominal pain and peritoneal fluid prompted diagnostic laparoscopy which revealed a dense fibrinous exudate covering the entire peritoneal cavity. …”
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Adnexal Torsion in Pediatric Age: Does Bolli’s Score Work? Report of Two Cases by L. Giambanco, V. Iannone, M. Borriello, G. Scibilia, G. Sozzi, V. Chiantera, P. Scollo

“…In those patients an exploratory laparoscopy should be performed without any doubt and/or delay. …”
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Medial Pelvic Migration of the Lag Screw after Intramedullary Nailing for Trochanteric Femoral Fracture by Kohei Kuroshima, Koichi Kasahara, Shinsuke Kihara, Yoshifumi Harada, Masatoshi Sumi

“…The patient was subsequently treated by lag screw removal via laparoscopy. This case suggests that optimal fracture reduction, adequate position of the lag screw, and careful attention to set screw insertion are important to prevent complications. …”
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Safety of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in a Low-Volume Setting: Review of Early and Late Outcome by Robert C. Gandy, Christophe R. Berney

“…The purpose of the study was to assess whether general surgeons, with particular skills in advanced laparoscopy, can adequately provide safe laparoscopic colorectal resections in a low-volume setting. …”
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Retrocaval ureter. Two cases report by Bryan Antonio Iza Jiménez, Karla Lizeth Gavilanes Encalada, Israel Darío Carrillo Quisnia

“…Currently, it is recommended that the symptomatic retrocaval ureter be approached in a laparoscopy way, but we must not forget the open approach, since it provides us with technical support for the complexities of the procedure.…”
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Small Bowel Obstruction due to Intestinal Xanthomatosis by L. E. Barrera-Herrera, F. Arias, P. A. Rodríguez-Urrego, M. A. Palau-Lázaro

“…Radiologic images revealed jejunal loop thickening and inflammatory changes suggestive of foreign body obstruction, diagnostic laparoscopy found two strictures at the jejunum, and a pathologic examination confirmed a segmental small bowel xanthomatosis. …”
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Technical Aspects of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Benign and Malignant Disease: Review of the Literature by T. de Rooij, R. Sitarz, O. R. Busch, M. G. Besselink, M. Abu Hilal

“…Several studies have suggested a higher rate of spleen preservation with laparoscopy. The radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy has become mainstay for treating pancreatic cancer and can be performed laparoscopically as well. …”
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Robotic surgery in gastrointestinal surgery: History, current status, and challenges by Yu Liu, Qingyang Feng, Jianmin Xu

“…Especially in the field of colorectal cancer, the publication of research such as REAL has confirmed that robotic radical resection for rectal cancer has better short-term outcomes than laparoscopy. Although robotic surgery still faces some challenges, such as economic costs and learning curves, the future prospects of robotic technology in colorectal surgery are highly promising.…”
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Assessing Murphy Sequence as a Clinical Element in Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis by Andy Rocha Quintana, Orisel Fernández Suárez, Elianne Rodríguez Larraburu, César Jorge Castro Rodríguez

“…The sequence was not completed in 96, 8% of cases, mainly those found in catarrhal stage. Laparoscopy was not performed in 69.7% of patients and, within this group, 97.7% of patients did not complete the sequence. …”
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Robot-Assisted Removal of a Broken Scalpel Blade following Discectomy by Christos Koutserimpas, Argyrios Ioannidis, Michael Konstantinidis, Panagiotis Athanasopoulos, Fotios Antonakopoulos, Konstantinos Konstantinidis

“…At that point, robot-assisted laparoscopy was performed. The broken instrument was located and carefully removed. …”
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Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Paralysis: Failure of Conventional Treatment without Immunomodulation by Craig Weinkauf, Sean McPhillips, Robert Krouse, Ira Levine

“…After an extensive work-up that included laparoscopy and celiotomy with bowel resection, we diagnosed what we refer to as Autoimmune Paraneoplastic Chronic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction (AP-CIPO). …”
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High-grade serous cancer of left fallopian tube with right inguinal lymph node enlargement: a case report by Aizhi Zhou, Weiyong Gu, Yumei Yang, Xin Chen, Wenfeng Ye, Mei Wang

“…The patient underwent primary cytoreduction, including laparoscopy, hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, and resection of the right deep inguinal lymph nodes at the Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology. …”
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Successful Conservative Treatment of a Cesarean Scar Pregnancy with Systemically Administered Methotrexate and Subsequent Dilatation and Curettage: A Case Report by Anis Fadhlaoui, Mohamed Khrouf, Khaled Khémiri, Kais Nouira, Anis Chaker, Fethi Zhioua

“…Many therapeutic options are available such as Dilatation & Curetage, excision of trophoblastic tissues using either laparotomy or laparoscopy, systemically administered Methotrexate, and more recently uterine artery embolization. …”
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Large Conization and Laparoendoscopic Single-Port Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer for Fertility Preservation by Polat Dursun, Mete Caglar, Huseyin Akilli, Ali Ayhan

“…Incorporation of single-port laparoscopy into the minimally invasive fertility sparing management of the cervical cancer will improve patients outcome with less complications and better cosmesis. …”
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Gastric Glomus Tumor: A Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Yoshinori Handa, Mikihiro Kano, Mayumi Kaneko, Naoki Hirabayashi

“…Because analysis of the possible medical causes remained inconclusive and the risk of rebleeding, laparoscopy-assisted gastric wedge resection was performed after administration of 10 units of red cell concentrate. …”
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