MINIMALLY-INVASIVE MICROWAVE ABLATION OF NEUROENDOCRINE LIVER METASTASES
Ryan C Pickens, MD1, Jesse K Sulzer, MD, PhD1, Allyson R Cochran, MSPH2, Lee Ocuin, MD1, Erin Baker1, John B Martinie, MD, FACS1, David A Iannitti, MD, FACS1, Dionisios Vrochides, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC1. 1Department of Surgery, Atrium Health, 2Carolinas Center for Surgical Outcomes Science, Atrium HealthIntroduction: The objective of this study is to show that… Continue Reading
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- Robotics
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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- Robotics
Gender Distribution of Invited Speakers on Panels at the SAGES Annual Meeting
Teodora C Dumitra, MD, Larry Lee, MD, Carmen L Mueller, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD. McGill University Health CentreBackground: There is a significant gender imbalance in academic medicine. Speaking invitations are used by faculty promotion and tenure committees as evidence of external recognition. However, women are underrepresented as speakers at specialty society conferences. Having women… Continue Reading
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Male Surgeons’ Perceptions of Female Surgeons: Is There a Bias Against Women in Surgery?
Danielle K Craigg, MD, Sharona B Ross, MD, Mica Jadick, Iswanto Sucandy, MD, Alexander S Rosemurgy, MD. Digestive Health Institute Florida Hospital TampaBackground: Surgery has long been a male-dominated discipline with gender roles traditionally defined along societal norms. Presumably, as society has evolved, so have male surgeons’ perceptions of female surgeons, though data is lacking.… Continue Reading
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Disclosure at #SAGES2018: An Analysis of Physician-Industry Relationships of Invited Speakers at the 2018 SAGES National Meeting
Alex Lois, MD, Anne Ehlers, MD, Jennifer Minneman, MD, Jin Sol Oh, MD, Saurabh Khandelwal, MD, Andrew S Wright, MD. University of WashingtonBackground: It is well established that all potential conflicts of interest (COI) should be disclosed by speakers at scientific meetings, and is required at the SAGES national meeting. Industry payments to US physicians… Continue Reading
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Participation of women surgeons at SAGES over time: is the glass ceiling shattered?
Gregory S Peirce, MD, Hind Al-Lami, MBChB, MPH, Jennifer Yonkus, MD, Todd Kellogg, MD, Juliane Bingener, MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MNIntroduction: Diversity is regarded as a valuable asset across surgical societies, leading to increased membership. In recent years, SAGES leadership has implemented initiatives to increase diversity at many levels. As the proportion of women residents entering… Continue Reading
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Review of Malpractice in Hernia surgery: Damage to Surrounding Structures Remains the Most Common Reason for Litigation
Zain Badar, MD, Linda Hu, BA, Asad J Choudhry, MBBS, Moustafa A Hassan, MD. SUNY Upstate University HospitalObjective: 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 among one of the most common surgical procedures performed by general surgeons… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopy versus conventional laparotomy in the management of abdominal trauma: A multi-institutional matched-pair study
Yunhe Gao1, Jianxin Cui1, Zhi Qiao1, Shibo Bian2, Feide Liu3, Kecheng Zhang1, Yi Liu1, Yixun Lu1, Shaoqing Li1, Xinxin Wang1, Hongqing Xi1, Lin Chen1. 1Chinese PLA General Hospital, 2Beijing Friendship Hospital, 3The First Affiliated Hospital of the PLA General HospitalBackground: Laparoscopy is increasingly applied in the management of abdominal trauma as either diagnostic or therapeutic… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Is increased BMI a contraindication for living kidney donation?
Lilli Schussler1, Prerna Khetan, MPH2, Edward Chin, MD2. 1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2Mount SinaiIntroduction: To ensure safety in living donor nephrectomy, donor selection must be rigorous. Although reviews on evaluation of kidney donors have been published, there remains no established selection criteria [1]. To enlarge the donor pool, selection criteria for potential… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic-assisted Totally-Extraperitoneal (Lap TEP) Harvest of the Deep Inferior Epigastric Vessels for 2-Stage Single Perforator Free Flap Autologous Breast Reconstruction
Suhail K Kanchwala, MD, Ian S Soriano, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Pennsylvania HospitalINTRODUCTION: Abdominally-based free-flap breast reconstruction has evolved to provide patients with an acceptable autologous reconstruction while minimizing morbidity at the abdominal donor site. To further reduce surgical morbidity of the abdominal wall, the authors introduced a laparoscopic-assisted totally-extraperitoneal (Lap TEP) harvest of the deep inferior… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Using the platelet count as a predictor for venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing elective splenectomy
Peter Szasz, MD, PhD, Ali Ardestani, MD, Ali Tavakkoli, MD. Brigham and Women's HospitalBackground: Venous thromboembolic (VTE) events are an ongoing problem for patients undergoing splenectomy. Although the rates vary in the literature based on whether the case is performed in an open or laparoscopic manner, most of the studies to date have evaluated unselected… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
LAPAROSCOPIC CYSTOGASTROSTOMY: EXPERIENCE OF 134 CASES
Virinder Kumar Bansal, Om Prakash, Asuri Krishna, Subodh Kumar, Shardool V Gupta, Aditya Baksi, M. C. Misra, Pramod Garg. AIIMS, New DelhiIntroduction: Surgical drainage remains the cornerstone for management of symptomatic pseudocyst/ walled off necrosis of pancreas. With advancement in laparoscopic technique, laparoscopic cystogastrostomy has been attempted increasingly. We present our experience of laparoscopic cystogastrostomy at… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
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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PATIENT RECOVERY AFTER MAJOR GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND OPEN APPROACHES?
Cornelius A Thiels, DO, MBA, Kristine T Hanson, MPH, Kellie L Mathis, MD, Paul J Novotny, MS, Mark J Truty, MD, MS, Jeff A Sloan, PhD, Juliane Bingener, MD. Mayo ClinicObjectives: Patients define recovery from surgery as return to normal function; however, little data exist about return to normal after major gastrointestinal surgery. We compared… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Factors Associated with Surgeons’ Perception of Distraction in the Operating Room
James Jung, Jonah Elfassy, Teodor Grantcharov. University of TorontoBackground: Distractions in the operating room (OR) can create stress among surgeons and lead to higher chances of errors and adverse events. The objective is to determine intraoperative factors that are associated with surgeons’ perception of distraction. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study in 287 consecutive… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other