Laparoscopic Surgery

Women aged 30 years or younger were more likely to report feelings of surgical and loss-of-fertility regret after undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy vs. women aged 31 to 49 years, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

SAN FRANCISCO — Supportive interventions to improve knowledge of options and barriers for patients and surgeons may reduce racial disparities in minimally invasive hysterectomy, researchers reported.

Women who underwent laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis treatment reported progressive, but mild, urinary function deterioration over time, according to study results published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS, received Kidney Cancer Association’s Andrew C. Novick Award.

The FDA has classified Olympus Medical’s recall of its high-flow abdominal insufflation device as class I, following reports of 21 malfunctions, 10 serious injuries and one death associated with over-inflation.

Patients who underwent uncut Roux-en-Y had more severe gastrointestinal symptoms and higher incidence of residual gastritis and degree of bile reflux, while experiencing no reduction in stasis syndrome compared with traditional Roux-en-Y.

Cost-effectiveness analysis revealed limited differences between laparoscopic vs. open gastrectomy at 1-year follow-up among a cohort of Dutch patients with gastric cancer, according to results published in JAMA Surgery.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease affects 1 in 5 people in the United States.; although common, the disease is often unrecognized and misunderstood, the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders reported.

A deep learning-based instance segmentation model was highly accurate in simultaneously recognizing eight types of surgical instruments in laparoscopic colorectal surgical videos, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who underwent laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease experienced long-term improvement in symptoms commonly misperceived to persist, according to study results.