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Type: Podium Presentations

There is a significant gender imbalance in academic medicine. Speaking invitations are used by faculty promotion and tenure committees as evidence of external recogniti

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Minimally Invasive Other
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Podium Presentations

Multiple patient factors may convey increased risk of complications and death after bariatric surgery. Assessing the likelihood of short-term morbidity is useful for

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Podium Presentations

The functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) is a novel measurement catheter that can evaluate esophagogastric junction (EGJ) distensibility and esophageal peristalsis i

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Foregut
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Podium Presentations

intraoperative measurement of anti-reflux surgery is not standardized and the Endoluminal Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (EndoFLIP) has the potential to se

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Foregut
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Podium Presentations

Complex incisional hernia repairs using component separation techniques can have associated wound complications as high as 57%. Major and minor flap and wound complicat

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Abdominal Wall Hernias
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Podium Presentations

Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) is an effective treatment for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. In early studies, patients with a hiatal hernia (HH

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Foregut
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Podium Presentations

The diverticular disease accounts for 254,179 inpatient discharges and 1,493,865 outpatient clinic visits in the United States (US) annually. The annual treatment cos

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Colorectal
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Podium Presentations

While better technical performance correlates with improved outcomes, there is a lack of procedure-specific tools to perform video based assessment (VBA). SAGES

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Education / Simulation
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Achalasia outcome is primarily defined using the Eckardt score with failure recognized as >3. However, patients experience many changes after myotomy including new

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Foregut
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Podium Presentations

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

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Socioeconomic and racial differences have been associated with variations in access to and treatment of cancer within the US. Minimally invasive surgery has been associated with higher income

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Colorectal
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Podium Presentations

Bladder and urethral malignancies can require resection with a curative intent. The patient that undergoes resection will need a urinary conduit. The ileum can be use

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Abdominal Wall Hernias
Types
Podium Presentations

Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder and the treatment of this disease is directed at lowering the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure, with the aim

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
Topics
Flexible / Therapeutic Endoscopy and NOTES
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Podium Presentations

The unmet need in organ preservation strategies for rectal cancer is accurate, preoperative stratification of lesion risk, in addition to effectively deployed surg

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Colorectal
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Podium Presentations

The study aim is to determine if patients who have undergone Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Revision (EGJR) maintain sufficient weight loss up to five years post o

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Podium Presentations

The application of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) using laparoscopic or robotic approaches for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has increased in

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Minimally Invasive Other
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Podium Presentations

Closed social media groups (CSMG), like closed Facebook® groups, are online communities that can provide physicians with a platform to privately collab

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Education / Simulation
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Podium Presentations

Obesity and obesity-related comorbidities are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Bariatric surgery results in durable weight loss an

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Podium Presentations

Follow up after bariatric surgery (BS) is known to be an important predictor of post-operative weight loss. The primary goal of this study was to determine predictors

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Podium Presentations

General surgery among other surgical subspecialties is deemed a high legal risk specialty with one of the highest malpractice premiums in medicine. Hernia surgery is amo

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Minimally Invasive Other
Types
Podium Presentations

Diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles (DRAM) is a condition characterized by separation of the rectus muscles due to a laxity at the linea alba usu

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
Topics
Abdominal Wall Hernias
Types
Podium Presentations

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is currently the most frequently performed bariatric procedure. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a promising new bar

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07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Podium Presentations

Percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) placement is often the initial management approach to severe acute cholecystitis in the unstable patient. Ho

Posted on
07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
Topics
Biliary
Types
Podium Presentations

Accelerated bone loss is a known complication after bariatric surgery. Bone mineral density (BMD), in the hip and femoral neck, has been shown to decrease signif

Posted on
07/21/2019
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SAGES 2019
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Metabolic / Obesity
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Podium Presentations

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