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A 64-year-old female, who was diagnosed with ampullary adenoma, presents for open standard Whipple procedure. Due to the malignant behavior of this tumor, a diagnostic laparoscopy was performed fir...
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A 77-year-old female presents due to carcinoma of the head of pancreas. The patient had a previous history of cholecystectomy twenty years ago. During surgery, the provider noted that the tumor was...
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A 65-year-old female, who had previously undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy and diagnosed with ampullary adenocarcinoma, presented for a Whipple procedure. During surgery, a midline abdominal i...
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A patient with neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas was admitted for surgery. After removal of the central pancreas, the decision was made to perform a pancreaticogastrostomy. The neck of the p...
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A woman diagnosed with an esophageal malignancy underwent total resection of the lower esophagus and reconstruction using colonic interposition. An esophagectomy was performed via an open approach....
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The patient had an open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with tube graft insertion. The surgeon opened the aneurysmal sac, placed a tube graft, and closed the sac over the graft. What is the correc...
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The patient was diagnosed with left middle cerebral artery fusiform aneurysm and underwent aneurysm repair. A burr hole was drilled and a craniotomy was elevated. The dura was then opened, and the ...
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A patient presented to vascular surgery for treatment of shaggy aorta with evidence of atheroembolic sequelae to bilateral feet. The patient underwent endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair, w...
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The patient presented with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) pump thrombus as well as a left ventricular thrombus, and underwent LVAD replacement. At surgery, the patient was placed on cardio...
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The patient was admitted for a laparoscopic appendectomy. Laparoscopy was carried out with findings of inflammation and fluid in the right lower quadrant with poor visualization of the tip of the c...
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