louisville robotic surgery

 

 

miscellany

 

Pregnant dermoid

A 16 year-old, pregnant at 8 weeks, is admitted to the medicine service. She was thought to have massive ascites and had 2 liters of thick, tan fluid with hair removed from her abdomen.  A later MRI revealed a shrunken dermoid cyst. She was taken to the operating room for a possible leaking teratoma.  

 
 

Battle Scars

See how with a totally obliterated abdominal cavity can be cleared with robotic surgery when a little ingenuity is used to overcome what appears to be a hopeless minimally invasive case