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Articles in Medical Journals

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.

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.