A case report and review of literature on idiopathic ascites after laparoscopic appendectomy - A surgeon's dilemma.

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common emergency surgical conditions, typically treated by laparoscopic appendectomy in most centres. Post-operative ascites is a rare complication after laparoscopic surgery, especially in the absence of a bowel, urinary tract or lymphatic injury. This condition creates a diagnostic challenge for surgeons, even after thorough investigation.

Laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy in advanced gastric cancer: Postoperative outcomes and long-term survival analysis.

Introduction: Data on laparoscopic treatment of operable gastric cancer from India is sparse. This study aims to document outcomes of laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy in an Indian population.

Materials And Methods: Data of patients who underwent laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy for operable advanced gastric cancer between February 2012 and January 2017 were collected from electronic hospital records supplemented by telephonic interviews and analyzed.

Extended View: Totally Extra Peritoneal (e-TEP) Approach for Ventral and Incisional Hernia-Early results from a single center.

Background: Laparoscopy for ventral hernia repair is now an established technique with its proven benefits of less pain, early recovery, low-recurrence rate as compared to open repair. Several techniques have been described such as IPOM, MILOS, TES, EMILOS, SCOLA, e-TEP. e-TEP was originally conceptualized as an alternative approach to inguinal hernia in difficult cases (obese, previous scars) and for training surgery residents.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumour of stomach: Feasibility of laparoscopic resection in large lesions and its long-term outcomes.

Background: Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare neoplasms that require excision for cure. Although the feasibility of laparoscopic resection of smaller gastric GIST has been established, the feasibility and long-term efficacy of these techniques are unclear in larger lesions. This study is done to assess the feasibility of the laparoscopic resection of gastric GISTs and their long-term outcomes.

Morbid obesity with ventral hernia: is concomitant bariatric surgery with laparoscopic ventral hernia mesh repair the best approach? An experience of over 150 cases.

Background: Obesity has been consistently associated with a higher incidence of ventral hernia. It is preferable to treat both obesity and hernia in such patients because, with weight loss, the risk of recurrence of hernia is reduced. Bariatric surgery offers the best treatment for obesity and its associated co-morbidities and in combination with intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair (IPOM) provides the best treatment in such patients.

Robotic-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy for cancer: An initial experience.

Background: The morbidity related to radical oesophagectomy can be reduced by adopting minimally invasive techniques. Over 250 thoraco-laparoscopic oesophagectomy (TLE) was done in our centre over the last 15 years, before adopting robotic surgery as the latest innovation in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Here, we share our initial experience of robotic-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy (RAMIE) for carcinoma oesophagus.