TEMPORARY WEIGHT LOSS PROCEDURE TO BENEFIT ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL CHALLENGED BY OBESITY – A CASE SERIES
Kyle D Gadbois, MD, Kyle D Checchi, MD, Cassidy West-Santos, MD, Gordon G Wisbach, MD. Department of General Surgery, Naval Medical Center San DiegoINTRODUCTION: Obesity is an increasing challenge for the Unites States Military. Apart from exposing military personnel to long-term health complications, the obesity crisis threatens mission readiness and places substantial financial burden on… Continue Reading
Analysis of True Attrition Rates in Military General Surgery Training Programs
Gabrielle Rolland, MD1, Eric P Ahnfeldt, DO2, Charles H Chestnut, DO3, Robert M Cromer, MD4, Byron J Faler, MD5, Andrew D Galusha, MD6, Romeo C Ignacio, MD7, Dwight C Kellicut, MD8, Daniel T Lammers, MD9, Timothy A Platz, DO10, Brandon W Propper, MD11, M Logan Rawlins, MD12, E Matthew Ritter, MD1. 1The Department of Surgery… Continue Reading
Limited Opioid ERAS-Bariatric Protocol Reduces Inpatient Length of Stay
Brooke A Pati, MD, Dylan M Russell, MD, Robert B Lim, MD, FACS. TAMCINTRODUCTION: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols integrate evidence-based interventions and utilize multimodal perioperative interventions which are designed to reduce physiological stress and accelerate recovery in patients undergoing major surgery. Enhanced recovery after bariatric surgery (ERAS-B) protocols are becoming more prevalent and… Continue Reading
De Garengeot’s Hernia: A Report of Two Cases, Analysis of 177 Published Cases, and Proposed Classification System
Timothy M Guenther, MD1, Jim Becker, MD2, Nalani Grace, MD3, James Wiedeman, MD3. 1David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB/UC Davis, 2UC Davis, 3Sacramento VA Medical Center - VA Northern California Health Care SystemIntroduction: A De Garengeot’s hernia is a femoral hernia that contains the appendix. This rare type of hernia was first described by René-Jacques… Continue Reading
Comparison of Outcomes Between the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and an Emergency General Surgery Registry at a Military Medical Center
Robert W Despain, MD1, William J Parker, MD1, Angela T Kindvall, BSN2, Peter A Learn, MD1, Eric A Elster, MD1, Elliot M Jessie, MD1, Carlos J Rodriguez, DO3, Matthew J Bradley, MD1. 1Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military… Continue Reading
Postoperative Anastomotic Leak after Splenic Flexure Mobilization for Colectomy
Joshua Dilday, DO, Timothy Gilligan, DO, Clay Merritt, DO, Daniel Nelson, DO, Avery Walker, MD. William Beaumont Army Medical CenterObjective: Proponents of routine splenic flexure mobilization (SFM) during distal colon resection suggest this technique ensures a well-vascularized tension-free anastomosis and lowers the risk of anastomotic leak. Data supporting this practice are lacking. Therefore, we sought… Continue Reading
PUBLICATION PATTERNS AND THE IMPACT OF SELF-CITATION AMONGST DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY PROFESSORS IN THE MILITARY
Robert J Conrad, MD, Dylan M Russell, MD, Clark C Benjamin, MD, Mayo S John, MD, Lim B Robert, MD, FACS, Dwight C Kellicut, MD, FACS, Christopher G Yheulon, MD, FACS. Tripler Army Medical CenterIntroduction: For the few scientists who receive a Noble prize, the impact and relevance of their research is unquestionable. For the… Continue Reading
Declining Stage-at-Diagnosis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Samuel W Hoppe, MD, Byron Faler, MD, FACS, Mangieri Christopher, MD. Eisenhower Army Medical CenterN.B. Please be advised that this research is ongoing; a final version of this abstract will be submitted to [email protected] by the previously defined deadline of 07 December 2018. OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma carries a high mortality rate in part due to… Continue Reading