Although laparoscopic and robotic surgeries are guided by the same surgical principles as open surgery, they are inherently different from conventional surgery. The major difference is that laparoscopic surgery uses a video camera to visualize a three dimensional surgical field…
This case involves a 15-year-old female patient who presented to her PCP for an unrelated complaint. The PCP auscultated a heart murmur and referred the patient to a pediatric cardiologist. A TTE diagnosed a coarctation of the aorta. Days later,…
The patient presented to her primary care physician complaining of atypical chest pain. The treating physician ordered investigation and it was determined that the dissection was growing and most likely responsible for the new onset pain. After an extended workup…
This case involves a seventy-four-year-old male, with a history significant for BPH, that presented to the emergency room after a syncopal episode. The patient also complained of upper back pain that was thought to be associated with rigorous physical activity…
This case involves the removal of a malignant kidney tumor on a fifty-eight-year-old male patient using the da Vinci robotic surgery system. The procedure was met with significant complications that resulted in the untimely death of the patient. The patient’s…
This case involves a 61-year-old male patient who presented to the emergency room with chest pain that had persisted for the past 45 minutes before his arrival. The ER staff performs an EKG that is read as abnormal and his…
AÂ 62-year-old female patient presented to the ER with intermittent dull back pain for 2-3 weeks. Â She was previously seen at her primary care doctor, diagnosed with a UTI and sent home. Â The imaging results obtained in the emergency room suggested…
