Weight Regain and Remission of Diabetes After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Andrew A Taitano, MD, Tejinder P Singh, MD. AMC Bariatric Surgery Group, Albany Medical Center INTRODUCTION: The surgical treatment of morbid obesity leads to weight loss and remission of diabetes in most patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, little is known regarding whether patients who regain weight after surgery will maintain remission… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Effective Use of Inferior Vena Cava Filters in High-risk Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Tec Chong, MD FACS, Suma Sangisetty, MD, Siva Vithianathan, MD FACS. Brown Alpert School of Medicine PurposeObesity is an independent risk factor for venous thromboemolic events (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE), which is the leading cause of death postoperatively from bariatric surgery. Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have been shown to prevent… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Effects of Orally Disintegrated Metoclopramide (ODM) in Optimizing Late Outpatient Endoscopy: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial
P Patrick Basu, MD MRCP MACG AGAF, Niraj James Shah, MD, Hemanth Hampole, MD, Thankam Nair, MD, Nithya V Krishnaswamy, MD, S Farhat, MD. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, NY INTRODUCTION: Outpatient endoscopy is a standard procedure with one million procedures done every year. Approximately… Continue Reading
Single Use of Romiplostim Thrombopoietin Analogue (TPO) in Severe Thrombocytopenia for Outpatient Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease (CLD)- A Randomized Double Blinded Prospective Clinical Pilot Trial
P Patrick Basu, MD MRCP MACG AGAF, Thankam J Nair, MD, Nithya V Krishnaswamy, MD, Niraj James Shah, MD, Robert S Brown Jr, MD MPH. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, NY INTRODUCTION:Thrombocytopenia is a common entity in Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) with or without cirrhosis.… Continue Reading
Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Elderly
Giancarlo Basili, MD, Nicola Romano, MD, Dario Pietrasanta, MD, Graziano Biondi, MD, Irene Mosca, MD, Valerio Prosperi, MD, Orlando Goletti, MD. Health Unit 5 Pisa, Pontedera Hospital, General Surgery Unit INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic surgery was demonstrated to be safe and effective for the treatment of colorectal cancer also in elderly patients. Data from National Registries… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Richdeep S Gill, MD, Xinzhe Shi, MPH, David P Al-adra, MD, Daniel W Birch, MD MSc FRCPS, Shahzeer Karmali, MD FRCPS. University of Alberta; Royal Alexandria Hospital Purpose: Acute appendicitis remains the common gastrointestinal emergency in adults. Single incision laparoscopic appendectomy (SILA) has been proposed as the next evolution in minimally invasive surgery. SILA… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Systematic Review of Robotic-Assisted Colon and Rectal Surgery
Aliyah Kanji, MD, Richdeep S Gill, MD, Xinzhe Shi, MPH, Daniel W Birch, MD, Shahzeer Karmali, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and University of Alberta Introduction: Colorectal surgery is one of the most common procedures performed by general surgeons with an increasing number being performed laparoscopically. Robotic technology is emerging as the… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures in Community Teaching Hospital – How Far Are We Into Teaching Surgical Residents?
Arunkumar Baskara, MRCS MD, Stefanie L Saunders, MS, Brendan O Connell, MD, Prashanth Ramachandra, MD. Mercy Catholic Medical Center AbstractBackgroundLaparoscopic Bariatric Surgery is being done in several Community Teaching hospitals. Most hospitals don’t have formal fellowship training and surgical residents play a key role in assisting the Surgeon for these procedures and in most… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Metastatic Sigmoid Diverticulitis in the Era of Advanced Imaging and Health Care – A Case Report
Arunkumar Baskara, MRCS MD, Stefanie L Saunders, MS Medical Student, Prashanth Ramachandra, MD. Mercy Catholic Medical Center Abstract :Sigmoid diverticular disease is a common disorder and has been dubbed “the disease of Western civilization”. Morbidity and mortality associated with diverticular disease is primarily related to acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding, diverticulitis and perforated diverticulum. We… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Hybrid Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Gist Resection
Hoylan Fernandez, MD MPH, Ross Bremner, MD, Elbert Kuo, MD MPH. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center OBJECTIVE:Several novel approaches have been described for resection of gastric masses through minimally invasive surgical intervention. However, lesions in the cardia near the gastroesophageal junction still pose a surgical challenge. These lesions historically have been resected with… Continue Reading
Single Incision Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Nihat Yavuz, MD, Serkan Teksoz, MD, Sabri Erguney, MD, Mete Duren, MD, Tuna Yildirim, MD, Sirri Ozkan, MD. Istanbul University,Cerrahpasa Medical School,General Surgery Department and Acibadem Kadikoy Hospital,General Surgery Department Introduction:Running parallel to technological advances, laparoscopic surgery continues to evolve since its beginning. One of the recent advances in this field is laparoscopy performed… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Practice Patterns for Gallstone Pancreatitis: A 5-year Experience at a Community-based Teaching Hospital
John Compoginis, MD, Tiffany Wu, MD, Gabriel Akopian, MD. Huntington Hospital Objective: To assess the practice patterns applied to patients with gallstone pancreatitis (GSP) who presented to the emergency department at large, community-based hospital and clarify factors influencing the type of intervention chosen. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was performed over a… Continue Reading
Clinical Applied Study of Tension-free Hernia Repair Techniques for Inguinal Hernia
Ke Gong, MD, Zhanzhi Zhang, MD, Dexiao Du, MD, Xingbiao Wang, MD, Yankai Zhang, MD. Beijing Shijitan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University Objective The aim of this study was to improve the application of tension-free inguinal hernia repair .Methods We retrospectively reviewed 226 patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia who undertook laparoscopic tension-free inguinal… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Nihat Yavuz, MD, Serkan Teksoz, MD, Engin Hatipoglu, MD, Sabri Erguney, MD, Osman Tortum, MD, Tuna Yildirim, MD, Sirri Ozkan, MD. Istanbul University,Cerrahpasa Medical School,General Surgery Department and Acibadem Kadikoy Hospital,General Surgery Department Introduction:Thanks to technological advances, laparoscopic surgery continues to evolve . One recent advance in this field is laparoscopy performed through a… Continue Reading
Surgical Outcome of Laparoscopic Heller-dor Procedure for Young Patients With Achalasia
Kazuto Tsuboi, MD, Nobuo Omura, MD, Fumiaki Yano, MD, Masato Hoshino, MD, Se Ryung Yamamoto, MD, Shunsuke Akimoto, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPAN Back ground: Endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) and laparoscopic Heller-Dor operation (LHD) have been considered effective treatments for achalasia. Although… Continue Reading