Concomitant Splenectomy Worsens Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery
S. Julie-Ann Lloyd, MD, PhD, Gautam Sharma, MBBS, Jessica Ardila-Gatas, MD, Chao Tu, MS, Stacy A Brethauer, MD, Philip R Schauer, MD, Ali Aminian, MD. Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OhioIntroduction: Bariatric surgery is a safe and effective treatment for severe obesity and its co-morbidities. However, concomitant splenectomy is… Continue Reading
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Younger Patients Lose More Weight? Single Center 5-year Experience
Kamyar Hariri, MD, Matthew Dong, MD, MPH, Subhash Kini, Daniel Herron, MD, Gustavo Fernandez-Ranvier, MD, PhD. Garlock Division of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New YorkBackground: Several previous studies have suggested a correlation between weight loss and age after bariatric surgery. Objective: The aim of our study is to further address age… Continue Reading
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BARIATRIC PATIENT’S POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF MAGNETIC SURGERY
Camila B Ortega, MD1, Kelli Friedman, PhD2, Hui-Jie Lee, PhD3, Dana Portenier, MD1, Alfredo D Guerron, MD1. 1Duke University Health System. Department of Surgery. Division of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, 2Duke University Medical Center. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Surgery., 3Duke Universitty Medical Center. Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics.INTRODUCTION: Magnetic… Continue Reading
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Routine Collection of Patient Reported Outcomes in a Metabolic Surgery Practice: Initial Results
Ellen Morrow, MD, Joshua Biber, MBA, MS, Anna Ibele, MD, Eric Volckmann, MD, Robert Glasgow, MD. University of UtahIntroduction: Although much is known regarding medical outcomes of metabolic surgery, less is known regarding quality of life outcomes. We hypothesized that the collection of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) could help us understand quality of life in this… Continue Reading
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The Effect of Peri-operative Antibiotic Drug Class on the Resolution Rate of Hypertension After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Jacob J Patz, BS, Melissa C Helm, BS, Rana M Higgins, MD, Matthew I Goldblatt, MD, Jon C Gould, MD, Tammy L Kindel, MD, PhD. Medical College of WisconsinBackground: Recent studies have suggested that potential aberrant alterations in the gastrointestinal microbiome contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease, specifically hypertension. Bariatric surgery produces significant sustained… Continue Reading
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Weight loss Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band with Plication: A Single Center Experience of 66 Patients with 18-Month Follow-Up.
Helmuth Billy, MD1, Amit Surve, MD2, Ryan Fairley, DO1, Daniel Cottam, MD2, Austin Cottam, HS2, Aneesh Dhorepatil, MBBS2, Hinali Zaveri, MD2, Samuel Cottam, CNA2. 1Ventura Advanced Surgical Associates, 2Bariatric Medicine InstituteIntroduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band with plication (LAGBP) is a novel bariatric procedure which combines the adjustability of the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) with… Continue Reading
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IMPACT OF MESENTERIC DEFECT CLOSURE DURING LAPROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS
Abdullah Almunifi1, Imed Ben Amor, PhD2, Saud Aldeghaither21, Tarek Debs2, Niccolo Petrucciani2, Jean Gugenheim, PhD2. 1Department of General Surgery at College of medicine at Majmaah University, Al Majma'ah, Saudi Arabia., 2Service of Digestive Surgery and Center of Bariatric Surgery and center of Liver Transplantation, Archet 2 Hospital, University Hospital of Nice, Nice, FranceObjective: The internal… Continue Reading
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LONG TERM RESULTS FOR GASTRIC BANDING AS SALVAGE PROCEDURE FOR PATIENTS WITH WEIGHT LOSS FAILURE AFTER ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS
Shinban Liu, DO, Christine J Ren-Fielding, MD, Bradley Schwack, MD, Marina Kurian, MD, George A Fielding, MD. NYU Langone Medical CenterIntroduction: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a common and effective form of bariatric weight loss surgery. However, a subset of patients will fail to achieve the expected total body weight loss (TBWL) greater than… Continue Reading
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Severe Life Threatening Gastric Distension With Full Thickness Necrosis 72 hours Following Placement of a Saline Filled Intragastric Balloon
Helmuth T Billy1, Danial Cottam, MD2. 1Ventura Advanced Surgical Associates, Ventura California, 2Bariatric Medicine Institute, Salt Lake City UtahBackground: Saline filled intragastic balloons have become a common outpatient procedure for the treatment of obesity. Acute dilation,ischemia and necrosis of the stomach has been described in the medical literature. Gastric necrosis from acute gastric dilation is… Continue Reading
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OUTCOMES OF MINI GASTRIC BYPASS VS LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY FOR MORBID OBESITY – A META ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE
Chike Okolocha1, Sitembile Lee1, Aliu Sanni, MD, FACS2. 1Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Georgia Campus, 2Eastside Bariatric and General SurgeryINTRODUCTION: Morbid obesity has become a growing health risk in the United States with up to 40% of Americans suffering with Obesity. Bariatric surgery remains the best treatment for morbid obesity. The recent use of… Continue Reading
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A novel magnetic jejunoileal partial diversion in nonhuman primates: a step forward in translation and metabolic surgery
Veeshal H Patel, MD, MBA1, Dillon Kwiat, BS1, Elisabeth Leeflang, MD1, James Graham, BS2, Matthew Y Lin, MD1, Peter J Havel, DVM, PhD2, Michael R Harrison, MD1. 1University of California, San Francisco, 2University of California, DavisIntroduction: We hypothesize that a jejunoileal anastomosis and partial diversion using Magnamosis, a novel magnetic compression device, is technically feasible… Continue Reading
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Alcohol/drug abuse and suicidal tendency before and after gastric bypass surgery
Per-Ola Park, Associate Professor1, Anna Maksinen, MD2, Maria Bergstrom, MD, PhD1. 1Department of Surgery, South Alvsborg Hospital, 2Department of Psykiatry, South Alvsborgs HospitalIntroduction: Many studies concerning individuals seeking bariatric surgery indicate a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorder in this population, both before and after surgery, however results are not conclusive. The aim of this study… Continue Reading
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Bringing Patient Choice to Bariatric Surgery: The Predictive Power of Pre-Operative Markers for Single Anastomosis Duodenal Switch
Samuel Cottam, Daniel Cottam, MD, Austin Cottam, BS, Hinali Zaveri, MD, Amit Surve, MD, Christina Richards, MD, FACS, Walter Medlin, MD. Bariatric Medicine Institute of UtahIntroduction: In the past, our group has popularized models for gastric bypass, sleeve and gastric imbrication. There are currently no models to predict weight loss following Single Anastomosis Duodenal Switch. … Continue Reading
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Is intra-operative Leak testing redundant in current Bariatric practice?
Matthew J Lyon, MD1, Victoria Hall2, Kamal Heer, MD3, Harish Kumar, MD1. 1University of Queensland, 2University of Perth, 3Monash UniversityIntroduction: There is a long-standing practice of testing anastamosis both in upper and Lower GI surgery. Post-operative leaks in bariatric surgery are an uncommon but serious compilation increasing morbidity and risk of mortality. The present study… Continue Reading
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Confidence Estimate on Bariatric Surgery Time Prediction with Respect to Patient’s Comorbidities and Surgical Team
Aman B Ali, MD1, Nabil Tariq, MD1, Cendrine Mony, PhD2, Guillaume Joerger, PhD3, Vishwanath Chegireddy, MD1, Joseph Nguyen-Lee, MD1, Marc Garbey, PhD3. 1Houston Methodist Hospital, 2University of Rennes, 3Houston Methodist Research InstituteBackground: Prediction of operative time even for a large volume procedure such as bariatric surgery is a difficult task. Surgical time can depend on… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity