You Are What You Measure: Take Charge of Your Individual Surgeon Metric Data or Someone Else Will
Kevin R Kasten, MD1, Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD2. 1Carolinas HealthCare System, 2Stony Brook Medical CenterIntroduction: The last decade yielded myriad studies of surgical outcomes using large datasets. Unfortunately, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality System (TMMS) datasets were developed with institutional outcomes in mind. In an attempt to quantify individual… Continue Reading
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Value of Patient Education in Enhanced Recovery Program Satisfaction
Joanne Favuzza, DO1, Christine Tung2, Jennifer Poirier, PhD3, Marc Brand, MD1, Marc Singer, MD1, Bruce Orkin, MD1. 1Rush University Medical Center, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2Rush University Medical School, 3Rush University Medical Center, Department of General SurgeryINTRODUCTION: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs are known to provide significant clinical benefits for colorectal surgery… Continue Reading
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Validation of new Japanese classification system for esophageal achalasia.
Ryo Kato, MD1, Kiyokazu Nakajima, MD, PhD, FACS2, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, MD, PhD1, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, MD, PhD1, Tomoki Makino, MD, PhD1, Yukinori Kurokawa, MD, PhD, FACS1, Makoto Yamasaki, MD, PhD1, Shuji Takiguchi, MD, PhD1, Masaki Mori, MD, PhD, FACS1, Yuichiro Doki, MD, PhD1. 1Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, 2Division of Next… Continue Reading
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The Role of Social Support and Patient Expectations in Weight and Body Fat Loss Following Bariatric Surgery
Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Muhammed Nadeem, MBBS, Jeffrey M Lackner, PsyD, Alan R Posner, MD, Gabrielle N Yee, MS. Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical SciencesIntroduction: When severe obesity remains refractive to medical management, bariatric surgery can provide the most rapid relief. However, long-term weight and body fat loss following bariatric surgery in relation to… Continue Reading
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The Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Surgery (S) on a 30 Day Readmission Rate in Colorectal Cancer Surgery Patients
Christy Y Chai, MD1, Elaine Vo, MD2, Celia Robinson, MD3, Aanand D Naik, MD1, G N Burns, RN1, Nader N Massarweh1, Hop Trancao, MD1, Samir S Awad, MD1. 1Michael E Debakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center, 2Baylor College of Medicine, 3University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterIntroduction: A 30-day unplanned readmission has become an important metric… Continue Reading
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Surgical Approach and Postoperative Changes in Body Weight, Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue Mass in Early Gastric Cancer Patients
Yuki Yokota, Masashi Hirota, Hirotsugu Nagase, Tomono Kawase, Hiroshi Imamura, Kozo Noguchi, Atsushi Hamabe, Kazuteru Oshima, Tsukasa Tanida, Yoshito Tomimaru, Shunji Morita, Takashi Iwazawa, Kenzo Akagi, Keizo Dono. Department of Surgery, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, JapanINTRODUCTION: The loss of body weight and body skeletal muscle mass after gastrectomy is associated with worse quality of life and… Continue Reading
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Surgeon Interest Key in Growing a Multidisiplinary Peritoneal Dialysis Program
John M Glenn, DO, Timothy Nelson, MD, Zhi Xu, MD. University of New MexicoOBJECTIVES: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been shown to be a viable and attractive option for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). The United States lags behind many countries with the prevalence of PD only 7% of all patients with ESRD. Our… Continue Reading
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Similar Outcomes in Male and Female Patients Undergoing Elective Totally Extra-peritoneal Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Tyler Hall1, Beau Forester1, Lava Patel, MD1, Matt Gitelis1, Brittany Lapin, PhD1, Michelle Leong1, Zeeshan Butt, PhD2, John G Linn, MD1, Stephen P Haggerty, MD, FACS1, Woody Denham, MD1, Michael Ujiki, MD, FACS1. 1NorthShore University HealthSystem, 2Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineObjective: Female gender has been found to increase risk of unfavorable postoperative outcomes following… Continue Reading
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Short term outcomes of laparoscopic colorectal resection in psychiatric population: A multicenters retrospective study in Japan
Baongoc Nasri, MD1, Ken Yuu, MD2, Masanori Tada, PhD2, Naoto Nishi, MD3, Marius Calin, MD4. 1Bronx Lebanon Hospital, 2Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, 3Tohjun Hospital, 4Virtua HospitalOBJECTIVES: To compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopy versus open surgery in colorectal malignancies in patients with psychiatric comorbidity. BACKGROUND: Many studies have associated the presence of psychiatric disorders to… Continue Reading
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Safety and efficiency of ultra thin surgical swab for needlescopic surgery
Shinsuke Katsuyama, MD1, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, MD, PhD2, Yasunori Miyazaki, MD, PhD2, Tomoki Makino, MD, PhD2, Yukinori Kurokawa, MD, PhD, FACS2, Makoto Miyasaki, MD, PhD2, Shuji Takiguchi, MD, PhD2, Masaki Mori, MD, PhD, FACS2, Yuichiro Doki, MD, PhD2, Kiyokazu Nakajima, MD, PhD, FACS1. 1Division of Next Generation Endoscopic Intervention, Osaka University, 2Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka… Continue Reading
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Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery in Older Patients
Sarah P Shubeck, MD1, Ruth Cassidy, MS1, Daniel Bacal, MD2, Amir Ghaferi, MD, MS1, Jonathan Finks, MD1. 1University of Michigan, 2Beaumont HospitalIntroduction: Bariatric surgery remains the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. Improvements in safety over the past decade have led to a dramatic increase in the number of procedures performed. However, the safety and… Continue Reading
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Reoperation and Expenditures after Laparoscopic Gastric Band Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Andrew M Ibrahim, Jyothi Thumma, MPH, Justin B Dimick. University of MichiganIntroduction: Reported rates of reoperation to revise or remove the gastric bands range anywhere from 3% to 40% in small series or reports, with no long term population estimates in the United States. In addition to the uncertainty about the long term rate of… Continue Reading
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Preoperative Use of Inferior Vena Cava Filter in Bariatric surgery – A single institution experience
Rajmohan Rammohan, MD, Morris Sasson, MD, Terry King, MD, MBA, FACS, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS,Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic FloridaBackground: Postoperative pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the leading cause of morbidity and mortality after bariatric surgery. The use of preoperative inferior vena cava (IVC)… Continue Reading
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Predictors of Increased Operative Duration in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Matthew B Dull, MD1, David J Hobbs, MD1, Joseph T Carroll, MD1, Chad P Gier2, Dylan D Hutchison2, Jeffrey C Gawel, MD3. 1Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners, 2Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 3Spectrum Health Medical GroupINTRODUCTION: In an effort to reduce costs and increase efficiency, general surgeons are increasingly performing operations at outpatient… Continue Reading
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Predictors of Conversion from Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Cholecystectomy. An Institutional Experience.
Leslie S Anewenah, MD1, Mohammed Asif, MD1, Kristin Faschan, MD1, Urhum Khaliq2, Joseph Glowacki2, John Fobia, MD1, Leon Clarke, MD2. 1Mercy Catholic Medical Center, 2Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineBackground and Objective: Since its introduction in the 1990s, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) quickly emerged has the gold standard for treating gallbladder pathology (GP). The Open Cholecystectomy (OP)… Continue Reading
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