Unexpected histopathological findings after sleeve gastrectomy
Adam Di Palma1, Sultan Alhabdan1, Azusa Maeda1, Runjan Chetty2, Stefano Serra2, Fayez Quereshy1, Timothy Jackson1, Allan Okrainec1. 1Division of General Surgery, UHN, 2Department of Pathology, UHNIntroduction: Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective approach to weight-loss in morbid obesity and results in improvement of weight-related comorbidities. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy increasingly represents one of the most commonly… Continue Reading
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OUTCOMES OF ROUTINE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SERIES SCREENING AND SURVEILLANCE AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING
Danielle T Friedman, MD1, Andrew J Duffy, MD2. 1Jacobi Medical Center, 2Yale University School of Medicine/Yale New Haven HospitalINTRODUCTION: Esophageal motility disorders are increasingly recognized after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and may be underdiagnosed. Esophageal dilatation may serve as a precursor. This study characterizes the utility and outcomes of upper gastrointestinal series (UGIS) as… Continue Reading
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LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR FOR POOR FOLLOW-UP AND WEIGHT LOSS AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY
Anahita D Jalilvand, MD, Alecia Blaszczak, BS, Andrew Detty, BA, Jane Dewire, Bradley J Needleman, MD, Sabrena F Noria, MD, PhD. The Ohio State Wexner Medical CenterINTRODUCTION: 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 of… Continue Reading
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The Impact of Ethnicity on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction and Heart Age After Bariatric Surgery
Alyssa Bellini, MS, Cristian A Milla Matute, MD, Maria C Fonseca Mora, MD, Joel S Frieder, MD, David A Gutierrez Blanco, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Raul J Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic FloridaINTRODUCTION: Heart disease is responsible for 610,000 annual deaths in the United States and… Continue Reading
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PREDICTORS OF ATTRITION AFTER REFERRAL FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY IN A PUBLICLY FUNDED REGIONALIZED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SYSTEM
Aristithes G Doumouras, MD, MPH1, Glenda Babe, MA2, Jean-Eric Tarride, PhD3, Scott Gmora, MD1, Mehran Anvari, MD, PhD1, Dennis Hong, MD, MSc1. 1St. Joseph Healthcare, 2ICES McMaster, 3McMaster UniversityIntroduction: Patient attrition after referral for bariatric surgery is a poorly studied phenomenon as comprehensive medical records for patients that do not end up undergoing bariatric surgery… Continue Reading
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Primary Care Providers’ Attitudes and Knowledge of Bariatric Surgery
Emily K Horecki Lopez, Melissa C Helm, Jon C Gould, Kathleen Lak. Medical College of WisconsinBackground: Despite increasing obesity prevalence among American adults, relatively few patients who qualify proceed to bariatric surgery. Suggested explanations for this disparity include referral barriers for obesity and weight loss management at primary care provider (PCP) visits. This study aims… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
DETERMINING CHANGES IN BONE METABOLISM AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN
Andrew R Luhrs, MD, Gerardo Davalos, MD, Reginald Lerebours, MA, Keri A Seymour, MD, Jin S Yoo, MD, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD, Ranjan Sudan, MD, Chan Park, MD, A. Daniel Guerron, MD, Dana D Portenier, MD. Duke University Health SystemIntroduction: Accelerated bone loss is a known complication after bariatric surgery. Bone mineral density (BMD), in the hip… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Safety and efficacy of the sleeve gastrectomy as a strategy towards kidney transplantation
Philippe Bouchard, MD1, Jean Tchervenkov, MD1, Sebastian Demyttenaere, MD, MSc2, Olivier Court, MD2, Amin Andalib, MD, MSc2. 1McGill University, 2Center for Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, McGill UniversityBackground: The prevalence of obesity and the associated metabolic syndrome are at an all time high. Some of these individuals will develop chronic kidney… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Quality of MBSAQIP data: bad luck, or lack of QA plan?
Katia Noyes, PhD, MPH1, Evan Kessler, MD2, Monami Majumdar, MPH2, Ajay A Myneni, MBBS, PhD, MPH2, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD2, Aaron B Hoffman, MD, FACS2. 1Division of Health Services Policy and Practice, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, 2Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine… Continue Reading
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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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LONG-TERM IMPACT OF SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY AND ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS ON BIOPSY-PROVEN NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
Deepa V Cherla, MD1, Noe A Rodriguez, MD2, Maryna Chumakova-Orin, MD1, Tavankit Singh1, Arthur J Mccullough1, Stacy A Brethauer1, Philip R Schauer1, Ali Aminian, MD1. 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2Florida Atlantic UniversityINTRODUCTION: Our aim was to study the long-term effects of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/steatohepatitis (NASH). NAFLD/NASH is… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Impact of Laparoscopic bariatric surgery procedures in the prevalence of HTN in morbidly obese patients with CKD.
Camila Ortiz Gomez, MD, David Romero Funes, MD, David Gutierrez Blanco, MD, Joel S Frieder, MD, Maria Fonseca Mora, MD, Cristian Milla Matute, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic FloridaINTRODUCTION: Hypertension (HTN) is one of the most important risk factors for the… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) AFTER ENDOSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTROPLASTY AND LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: A PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS
Claudio Fiorillo1, Giuseppe Quero1, Michel Vix2, Ludovica Guerriero1, Deborah Kadoche2, Pietro Mascagni1, Antonio D'urso2, Didier Mutter2, Jacques Marescaux3, Silvana Perretta3. 1IHU -Strasbourg, 2NHC University Hospital of Strasbourg, 3IRCAD-StrasbourgINTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is currently the most frequently performed bariatric procedure. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a promising new bariatric endoscopic procedure. While the effects of both… Continue Reading
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High Prevalence of Asymptomatic Esophageal Motility Disorders and GERD in a Bariatric Surgery Population
Jennifer A Minneman, Judy Chen, Annie P Ehlers, Edwin Nieblas-Bedolla, Malika Hale, Michael Cruz, Andrew Wright, Saurabh Khandelwal. UWBackground: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and esophageal dysmotility symptoms after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) pose challenging clinical problems. Few centers assess for GERD or motility disorders prior to performing LSG. Prior studies demonstrate a high prevalence of… Continue Reading
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NOVEL PRE-OPERATIVE PROTOCOL TO OPTIMIZE SURGICAL OUTCOMES IN A BARIATRIC POPULATION WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
Rhys Kavanagh, Dana Jones, DNP, Emily Avgenakis, PA, M. Umair Bashir, MD, Jessica Smith, MD, FACS, Peter Nau, MD, MS, FACS. The University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIntroduction: The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) are effective treatments of medically refractory obesity. The RYGB is the gold standard procedure for GERD in an obese… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity