A COMPARISON BETWEEN SWALLOWABLE FLUID FILLED AND AIR FILLED GASTRIC BALLOON: A SINGLE SURGEON EXPERIENCE
Fahad S Alasfar, MD, FACS, Fatemah Alotaibi. Department of Surgery,Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait UniversityBackground: Bariatric surgery has been shown to be the most efficient modality to treat morbid obesity. Unlike morbid obese, the overweight and obese population are more prevalent with limited surgical options. Gastric balloon has emerged to tackle the gap in the options… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF RECOVERY AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY
Roshni Alam1,2, Joel Montanez3, Susan Law3, Lawrence Lee1,2, Nicolò Pecorelli4, Yusuke Watanabe5, Chiavegato D Luciana6, Massimo Falconi4, Hirano Satoshi5, Nancy E Mayo7,8,9, Liane S Feldman1,2,9, Julio F Fiore Jr1,2,9. 1Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3St.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
A Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Statement on Closed Social Media Groups for Clinical Education and Consultation: Issues of Informed Consent, Patient Privacy, and Surgeon Safety
James G Bittner IV, MD1, Heather J Logghe, MD2, Ross Goldberg, MD3, Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM4, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD5, Brian P Jacob, MD6. 1St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT, 2Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, 3Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ, 4Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 5Sidney… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Additional surgery after endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal cancer: A review of 53 cases
Shinichiro Makimoto, Tomoya Takami, Kotaro Hatano, Naoki Kataoka, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Masafumi Tomita, Yoshiharu Shono. Kishiwada Tokushukai HospitalPurpose: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) permits en bloc resection of tumors and is particularly indicated for early cancers. The use of ESD has gradually spread with the development of devices for treatment of early colorectal cancer. Therefore, the number of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
An algorithmic approach to gastroesophageal reflux after vertical sleeve gastrectomy
Rami R Mustafa, MD, PhD1, Adel Alhaj Saleh, MD2, Mujjahid Abbas, MD1, Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH1. 1Cleveland Medical Center , University hospitals, 2Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | TTUHSC · Department of SurgeryBackground: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the most common bariatric procedures worldwide. This has led to a new problem: gastroesophageal… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
An Analysis of Operating Room Time and Efficiency in Robotic Surgery
Elisa Bianchi, MD1, Deborah S Keller, MS, MD2, Elizabeth Raskin, MD1. 1Loma Linda University Medical Center, 2Columbia University Medical CenterBackground: Operating room (OR) time is an important quality measure, impacting patient outcomes and costs. Robotic assisted colorectal surgery (RACRS) has consistently longer reported OR times compared to laparoscopic and open surgery. However, with RACRS, where… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Anatomical characteristics and classifications of Henle’s trunk in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy – a multicenter clinical trial.
Jing Sun, Zirui He, Hao Su, Sen Zhang, Bo Feng. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine affiliated Ruijn HospitalBACKGROUND: Henle’s trunk (HT) is a convergence of veins lies in transverse retro-colic space(TRCS). The recognition and accurate dissection of HT is the key to reduce intraoperative blood loss and postoperative complication in laparoscopic right hemi-colectomy.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Anemia and Paraesophageal hernia repair – An Incomplete Correction
Joslin N Cheverie, MD, Jenny Lam, Kai Neki, MD, Tokio Matsuzaki, MD, PhD, Santiago Horgan, MD. UC San DiegoChronic anemia is often found to be a coincident diagnosis in patients with paraesophageal hernia (PEH). The presence of endoscopically identified ulceration (e.g. Cameron’s lesion) will frequently prompt surgical consultation in the otherwise asymptomatic patient with refractory… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
ARE WE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE 4 YEARS AGO? MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THE ABS FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPY CURRICULUM
Joshua J Weis, MD, Jordan Grubbs, MD, Daniel J Scott, MD, Kareem R Abdelfattah, MD, Abier A Abdelnaby, MD, Deborah Farr, MD, Sara A Hennessy, MD. University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterIntroduction: In 2014, the American Board of Surgery (ABS) introduced the Flexible Endoscopy Curriculum (FEC). The FEC did not alter the minimum defined category case… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Are We Doing Too Many Exploratory Laparotomies in Trauma? An Analysis of National Trauma Data Bank
Adeel A Shamim, MD1, Suhail Zeineddin, MD2, Ahmad Zeineddin, MD1, Enrique De La Cruz, MD1, Olubode Olufajo, MD1, Terrance Fullum, MD, MBA1, Edward Cornwell III, MD1, Daniel Tran, MD1. 1Howard University Hospital, 2Mayo Clinic, RochesterBACKGROUND: Exploratory laparotomy (EL) has been widely regarded as the definitive diagnostic and therapeutic modality for abdominal trauma in the US. However,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Acute Care Surgery
ASSOCIATION OF HIGH-TIE VERSUS LOW-TIE OF THE INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY ON ANASTOMOTIC LEAK, POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, AND MORTALITY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR DISTAL SIGMOID AND RECTAL CANCER
Arman Draginov, MD, MSc1, Humzah Quereshy, BA2, Tyler Chesney, MD1, Ahmed Sami Chadi, MD, MSc1, Fayez Quereshy, MD, MBA1. 1University Health Network, 2Case Western Reserve University Medical SchoolIntroduction: In the treatment of distal sigmoid and rectal cancer, the appropriate level for ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) remains unresolved. High-tie ligates the IMA proximally,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Association of Revisions or Conversions after Sleeve Gastrectomy with Annual Bariatric Center Procedural Volume in the state of New York
Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD1, Stella T Tsui, BS1, Jie Yang, PhD2, Yiwei Fu, MS3, Maria Altieri, MD4, Mark A Talamini, MD, MBA1, Aurora D Pryor, MD1. 1Division of Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery. Department of Surgery. Stony Brook University Medical Center. Stony Brook, New York, USA, 2Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Bariatric Surgery Reduces Long-Term Rates of Coronary Events: A Propensity-Matched Analysis
Alex D Michaels, MD, J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MSc, Robert B Hawkins, MD, MSc, John A Kern, MD, Bruce D Schirmer, MD, Peter T Hallowell, MD. University of VirginiaBackground: Obesity and obesity-related comorbidities are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Bariatric surgery results in durable weight loss and improvement in numerous CAD… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Can Gastric Specimen Measurements Predict the Fatty Liver Disease After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Sabri Alper Karatas, Tevfik Kivilcim Uprak, Omer Gunal. Marmara University School of MedicineBACKGROUND: Obesity is a metabolic disorder that affects multi-systems. The liver is affected as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Among several treatment modalities, surgery is the most successful method. Previous studies showed that, as other obesity-related morbidities, NAFLD can be reversible after surgery. Transient… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Can We Predict Readmission for Dehydration Following Creation of Diverting Loop Ileostomies in Elective Colorectal Surgery? An ACS-NSQIP Analysis
Mohammed Alqahtani, MD, Richard Garfinkle, MD, Carol-Ann Vasilevsky, MD, Gabriela Ghitulescu, MD, Nancy Morin, MD, Julio Faria, MD, Marylise Boutros, MD. Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General HospitalINTRODUCTION: Although diverting loop ileostomy (DLI) creation is an effective strategy to mitigate the morbidity of anastomotic leaks, DLI is associated with complications requiring hospital readmission. Among these,… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal