New Publications

Articles in Medical Journals
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Minimally Invasive Diagnosis
Drs. Talamini, Easter and coworkers: Minimally invasive procedures for diagnosis of traumatic right diaphragmatic tears: a method for correct diagnosis in selected patients.

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Dr. Horgan and coworkers: Routine left robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is safe and effective regardless of the presence of vascular anomalies.

Teaching Robotic Surgery
Dr. Talamini and coworkers: Mentoring console improves collaboration and teaching in surgical robotics.

Managing Neck Injuries
Dr. Easter and coworkers: Management of penetrating neck injuries: zone II.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

	*Safety in Bowel Surgery* Dr. Talamini and coworkers: DUAL LUMEN NOTES: A NEW METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SAFE ANASTOMOSIS. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.		*Surgical Instrumentation* Dr. Talamini and coworkers: USE OF OXIMETRY-CAPABLE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF VASCULAR AND NON-VASCULAR STRUCTURES DURING LAPAROSCOPY. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.
	*Techniques in Surgery* Dr. Talamini and coworkers: NOTES: TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS,. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.		*Laparoscopic Surgery* Dr. Talamini and coworkers: LAPAROSCOPY-MEDIATED ATTENUATION OF BETA-FIBRINOGEN EXPRESSION IS LOST WITH AGE. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.
	*Colorectal/Intestinal Surgery* Dr. Talamini and coworkers: USE OF OXIMETRY-CAPABLE INSTRUMENTS TO ENHANCE IDENTIFICATION OF ISCHEMIC BOWEL DURING SURGERY. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.		*Advances in Surgery for Liver Tumors* Drs. Easter, Ramamoorthy, Horgan, Talamini and coworkers: Microwave Ablation of Liver Tissue: The Future of Hepatic Tumor Ablation. Poster presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.
	*Teaching Surgical Technique* Dr. Talamini and coworkers: MENTORING SURGICAL RESIDENTS ON LIVE ANIMAL MODELS IMPROVES THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF EGD. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.		*Lap-Band Surgery* Dr. Horgan and coworkers: POUCH ENLARGEMENT (PE) AND BAND SLIPPAGE (BS): IS IT NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE BAND? Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.
	*Lap-Band Surgery* Dr. Horgan and coworkers: BAND EROSION: LAPAROSCOPIC REMOVAL OF LAP-BAND. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.		*Obesity Surgery in Adolescents* Dr. Horgan and coworkers: EFFECT OF THE LAP BAND SYSTEM ON COMORBID CONDITIONS IN SEVERELY OBESE ADOLESCENTS: EARLY RESULTS. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.
	*Decreased Complications of Lap-Band Surgery* Dr. Horgan and coworkers: UNREVELING THE MYTH: SIZE DOES MATTER. THE VG BAND DECREASES THE INCIDENCE OF COMPLICATIONS AFTER LAP BAND SURGERY. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.