Operating Room Efficiency: The Surgeon Matters!
Megan Sippey, MD, Ryan Juza, MD, Jeffrey Marks, MD, FACS, FASGE, Raymond Onders, MD, FACS, FASGE. Case Western Reserve UniversityIntroduction: Operating room (OR) time is a significant cost and source of income for hospitals. Inefficient utilization can lead to late-in-the-day starts or inability to add on semi-urgent cases. OR efficiency is not just room turnover.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
DISPARITIES IN SURGICAL APPROACH FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Alexandra W Elias, MD, Tariq Almerey, MD, Riccardo Lemini, MD, Emmanuel M Gabriel, MD, PhD. Mayo Clinic FLIntroduction: The application of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) using laparoscopic or robotic approaches for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has increased in the last decade. Many studies have identified that a multiple disparities exist in the care for… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Racial Disparities in Access to Laparoscopic Hernia Repair, Cholecystectomy, Colectomy, and Appendectomy
Kasey L Wood, BS, Anthony H Bui, BS, Syed F Haider, BS, I. Michael Leitman, MD, FACS. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiINTRODUCTION: Minimally invasive surgery has become the preferred approach for the majority of cases for inguinal hernia repair, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, and colectomy due to the shortened patient recovery time compared to open… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Is it the Technique or the Wound Protection That is Key to Reducing Wound Infections in Bariatric Surgery?
Cynthia Weber, MD, Gwen Bonner, MD, Mujjahid Abbas, MD, Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH. University Hospitals of ClevelandINTRODUCTION: Surgeons improve practice through review of patient outcomes. In gastric bypass, we recently recognized a higher incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) growing oral flora when the circular stapled gastrojejunostomy (GJ) was created via a transoral method (passage… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY: DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARIWOUND TOOL USING THE MBSAQIP DATABASE
Jerry T Dang, MD1, Caroline Tran2, Megan Delisle, MD3, Noah Switzer, MD, MPH4, Michael Laffin, MD, PhD1, Karen Madsen, PhD1, Daniel Birch, MD, MSc1, Shahzeer Karmali, MD, MPH1. 1University of Alberta, 2Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 3University of Manitoba, 4Ohio State UniversityIntroduction: The objective of this study was to develop a predictive tool… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
The utility of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System in predicting post-operative complications after bariatric surgery
Samuel L Skulsky, BSc, Jerry T Dang, BSc, MD, Adrian Battiston, BSc, Noah Switzer, BSc, MD, Daniel Birch, BSc, MSc, MD, Arya Sharma, MD, PhD, Shahzeer Karmali, BSc, MPH, MD. University of AlbertaIntroduction: The objective of this study was to determine the utility of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) in predicting postoperative complications. The… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
THE IMPACT OF NAUSEA ON POST-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES IN BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS
S Suh, BS, M Helm, MS, T L Kindel, MD, PhD, M I Goldblatt, MD, J C Gould, R M Higgins, MD. Medical College of WisconsinIntroduction: The primary objective of this study was to determine the impact of nausea on post-operative outcomes in bariatric surgery patients. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of adult… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
PREDICTION OF THIRTY-DAY MORBIDITY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: DATA FROM AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
Eric S Wise, MD, Keaton Joppru, BS, Adam Sheka, MD, Keith Wirth, MD, Stuart Amateau, MD, Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, Daniel B Leslie, MD. University Of MinnesotaIntroduction: Multiple patient factors may convey increased risk of complications and death after bariatric surgery. Assessing the likelihood of short-term morbidity is useful for both the bariatric surgeon and patient.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Incidence and management of jejunojejunal intussusception after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a large case series
Georgios Orthopoulos, MD, PhD, Heather Grant, MD, Parth Sharma, MD, Erin Thompson, MD, John Romanelli, MD. Baystate Medical Center/University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolIntroduction: Jejunojejunal intussusception after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of this type of bariatric procedure. There are limited data regarding the incidence of intussusception and… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Pre-operative anticoagulation in patients undergoing bariatric surgery is associated with worse outcomes
Maria S Altieri, MD, MS1, Jie Yang, PhD2, Chencan Zhu, MS2, Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD2, Mark Talamini, MD, MBA2, Aurora Pryor, MD2. 1Washington University School of Medicine, 2Stony Brook University HospitalIntroduction: Management of patients on chronic anti-coagulation (AC) in bariatric surgery may present a challenge, as there is a delicate balance between risks of bleeding and thrombotic… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Endoscopic gastro-jejunal revisions for treatment of dumping syndrome after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Catherine Tsai, Ulf Kessler, Rudolf Steffen, Hans Merki, Joerg Zehetner. Clinic Beau-SiteBackground: Dumping occurs in up to 25% of patients after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for morbid obesity. While dumping can be avoided in most cases with dietary modifications, severe sequelae of hypoglycemia such as loss of consciousness can severely impact quality-of-life. One of the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Association of Revisions or Conversions after Sleeve Gastrectomy with Annual Bariatric Center Procedural Volume in the state of New York
Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD1, Stella T Tsui, BS1, Jie Yang, PhD2, Yiwei Fu, MS3, Maria Altieri, MD4, Mark A Talamini, MD, MBA1, Aurora D Pryor, MD1. 1Division of Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery. Department of Surgery. Stony Brook University Medical Center. Stony Brook, New York, USA, 2Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
FIVE YEAR RESULTS OF ENDOSCOPIC GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY REVISION (TRANSORAL OUTLET REDUCTION) FOR WEIGHT GAIN AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS
Zachary M Callahan, MD, Bailey S Su, MD, Kristine M Kuchta, MS, John G Linn, MD, Joann A Carbray, BS, Woody Denham, MD, Stephen P Haggerty, MD, Michael B Ujiki, MD. Northshore University HealthsystemINTRODUCTION: The study aim is to determine if patients who have undergone Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Revision (EGJR) maintain sufficient weight loss up to five… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Will the Increase in Revisional Bariatric Surgery Increase the Incidence of Complications? Analysis of MBSAQIP (2015 and 2016)
Rami R Mustafa1, Heba A Elghalban, MD2, Abbas Mujjahid, MD1, Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH1. 1Department of surgery, Cleveland Medical Center, University Hosptals, 2Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia UniversityINTRODUCTION: The MBSAQIP allows a bird’s eye view of the milieu of bariatric surgery in the United States. The aim of this study is to assess volume… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Does taste preference predict weight regain after bariatric surgery?
Yuxi Zhang, BA1, Neeraja Nagarajan, MD, MPH2, Cecilia Portwood, BS, BA2, Kimberly Smith, PhD3, Vidya Kamath, PhD3, Susan Carnell, PhD3, Timothy Moran, PhD3, Kimberley E Steele, MD, PhD2. 1University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 3Department of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineIntroduction: Bariatric… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity