Robotic and Patient Positioning, Instrumentation, and Trocar Placement
Fig. 5.1 Robotic Room The surgeon will command and organize the whole group; however, each person on the team should feel that they are an integral part and that their…
Robotic Approaches
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Howard Ross, Sang Lee, Bradley J. Champagne, Alessio Pigazzi and David E. Rivadeneira (eds.)Robotic Approaches to Colorectal Surgery10.1007/978-3-319-09120-4_8 8. Robotic Approaches Vincent Obias1 and Lee J. Milas2 (1) Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, George Washington…
Perioperative Considerations
1. Console setting 9. Clutching 17. Atraumatic handling 2. Docking 10. Instrument names 18. Blunt dissection 3. Robotic trocars 11. Instrument exchange 19. Fine dissection 4. Robotic positioning 12. Fourth…
of Action of Aspirin as a Chemopreventive Agent
Fig. 1 Platelet COX-1 mechanism of colon tumorigenesis. Platelets may play an early role in colon tumorigenesis through the release of soluble factors and/or microparticles and exosomes), which can activate stromal…
in Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer: Current Clinical Evidence and Overall Balance of Risks and Benefits
(1) Stroke Prevention Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX39DU, UK 1 Introduction 2 Aspirin in Prevention of Colorectal Cancer 2.1 Observational Studies 2.2…
Inheritance and Strategies for Prevention in Populations at High Risk of Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
Syndrome Features and inheritance pattern Gene Familial adenomatous polyposis Over 100 adenomatous polyps in colorectum, onset in teens Gastric polyps Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Jaw cysts Desmoid…
Pharmacology, Toxicity and Efficacy in Cancer Clinical Trials
Fig. 1 Chemical structures of coxibs. Rofecoxib and etoricoxib, celecoxib, and valdecoxib are diaryleterocyclic derivatives containing a phenylsulphone and a phenylsulphonamide moiety, respectively. Parecoxib is the water soluble and injectable prodrug…
NSAID Targets and Derivatives for Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention
Carboxylic acids Pyrazoles Oxicams COX-2 selective Salicylates Acetic acids Propionic acids Fenamates Acetylsalicylic acid salsalate diflunisal fendosal Indomethacin acemetacin cinmetacin sulindac tolmetin zomepirac diclofenac fenclofenac isoxepac furofenac fentiazac clidanac oxepinac…
Agents with Anti-lnflammatory Properties in Chemoprevention of Colorectal Neoplasia
Immunomodulation (reduced T cell activation) Inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) activity Production of novel anti-inflammatory lipid mediators, e.g. resolvins Direct fatty acid signaling via GPCRs Alteration of membrane dynamics and cell…
Aspects of COX-2 Expression in Colorectal Neoplasia
Fig. 1 COX-2/mPGES-1 pathway. Two primary COX enzyme isoforms (COX-1 and COX-2) catalyze the rate-limiting step of PG formation: the conversion of AA into the intermediate metabolite PGG2, which is further…
