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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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Preoperative High Respiratory Quotient Correlates with Lower Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery
Armando Rosales, MD, Enrique Elli, MD, Scott Lynch, MD, Gretchen Ames, PhD, Steven P Bowers, MD. Mayo Clinic FloridaIntroduction: The respiratory coefficient (RQ), as determined by indirect calorimetry, classifies diet as being carbohydrate rich (RQ=0.7-0.8), fat rich (RQ=0.9-1.0) or overfeeding (RQ>1). We hypothesized that preoperative RQ may be associated with weight-loss outcomes after bariatric surgery. Methods: From… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Preoperative Oral Antibiotics for Colectomy Decrease the Risk of Clostridium Difficile Infection
Jeffrey A Ling, MD1, Jason C Mccartt, MD2, Pamela L Burgess, MD1, Christopher W Mangieri, MD1. 1Eisenhower Army Medical Center, 2Womack Army Medical CenterBackground: Mechanical bowel preparation given with oral antibiotics prior to elective colectomy has been shown to decrease the rates of surgical site infections and anastomotic leaks. The combination of mechanical bowel prep… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Preoperative Use of Arepitant for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and its Impact on Hospital Length of Stay in a Community Hospital Setting
Kristin Mccoy, MD, Meaghan Broderick, MD, James Bonheur, MD, Phillip Bilderback, MD. Stamford HospitalIntroduction: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was first performed in 2000 as a component of the biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. Today, it is gaining popularity in the bariatric field as a stand-alone procedure for weight loss. However, patients continue to complain of postoperative… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Pressurized Intra-Peritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) for carcinomatosis patients: a laparoscopically administered palliative treatment that is well tolerated, repeatable, and safer than systemic chemotherapy.
Carl Winkler, MD1, Jaspreet Sandhu, MD2, Dasuni Niyagama Gamage, MD1, Neil Mitra, MD1, Xiaohong Yan, PhD1, Hmc Shantha Kumara, PhD1, Nipa Gandhi, MD1, Richard Whelan, MD1. 1Mount Sinai West Hospital, 2Brookdale University Hospital Medical CenterIntroduction: Most carcinomatosis patients (pts) with ovarian, colorectal, gastric, or appendiceal primary tumors are not candidates for cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC;… Continue Reading
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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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Prospective Evaluation of Poly-4-hydroxybutyrate Mesh in CDC Class I, High-Risk Ventral and Incisional Hernia Repair: 3-Year Follow-up
John S Roth, Professor of Surgery1, G J Anthone2, D J Selzer3, Ben K Poulose4, J G Bittner5, William W Hope6, R M Dunn7, Robert J Martindale8, Matthew J Goldblatt9, David Earle10, John Romanell11, Greg Mancini12, J A Greenbert13, J G Linn14, E Parra-Davilla15, Brian J Sandler16, G R Voeller12. 1University of Kentucky, 2Nebraska Methodist… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Prospective multicenter study of reduced port surgery combined with transvaginal specimen extraction for colorectal cancer resection
Hidekazu Takahashi, MD, PhD1, Atsushi Hamabe, MD, PhD2, Tsuyoshi Hata, MD, PhD1, Yuji Nishizawa, MD, PhD3, Atsushi Nishimura4, Masaaki Itoh3, Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD2. 1Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, 3Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Protective ileostomy for patients with T3 and T4 rectal cancer before neoadjuvant therapy
George Dejeu, Adrian Maghiar, Octavian Maghiar, Dan Ciurtin, Marius Sfirlea. Spital PelicanWe started using protective ileostomy for the patients that were diagnosed with T3 and T4 rectal cancer before neoadjuvant therapy in the past 24 months, looking at the effect this had on the readmision for intestinal occlusion of those patients during the course of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
PROVIDING COMPLEX GI SURGICAL CARE WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACHES: A SURVEY OF THE PRACTICE PATTERNS OF FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL ALUMNI
Joshua J Weis, MD1, Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM2, Rohan D Jeyarajah, MD3, Michael Schweitzer, MD4, Vanessa Cheung, BS5, Yumi Hori, BA5, Daniel J Scott, MD1. 1University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2Virginia Mason Medical Center, 3Methodist Richardson Medical Center, 4Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 5The Fellowship CouncilIntroduction: The Fellowship Council (FC) oversees 158 non-ACGME surgical fellowships… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
PUBLICATION PATTERNS AND THE IMPACT OF SELF-CITATION AMONG GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Benjamin C Clark, MD1, Robert J Conrad, MD1, Dylan M Russell, MD1, Fadi M Balla, MD, FACS2, Robert B Lim, MD, FACS1, Dwight C Kellicut, MD, FACS1, Christopher G Yheulon, MD, FACS1. 1Tripler Army Medical Center, 2Emory University MIS FellowshipIntroduction: For the few scientists who receive a Noble prize, the impact and relevance of their research… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
PUBLICATION PATTERNS AND THE IMPACT OF SELF-CITATION AMONGST DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY PROFESSORS IN THE MILITARY
Robert J Conrad, MD, Dylan M Russell, MD, Clark C Benjamin, MD, Mayo S John, MD, Lim B Robert, MD, FACS, Dwight C Kellicut, MD, FACS, Christopher G Yheulon, MD, FACS. Tripler Army Medical CenterIntroduction: For the few scientists who receive a Noble prize, the impact and relevance of their research is unquestionable. For the… Continue Reading
Pulling the Trigger: Laparoscopic Posterior Neurectomy in Patients with Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome, a Case Series
Brian Bassiri-Tehrani, MD, Donna Bahroloomi, MD, A. Douglas Heymann, MD, FACS. Lenox Hill Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellBACKGROUND: Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome (ACNES) is an elusive cause of chronic abdominal pain that is secondary to the branches of the intercostal nerves becoming impinged as it pierces the anterior abdominal wall. Causes can… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
PURE LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT LATERAL SECTIONECTOMY FOR GIANT HEMANGIOMA OF LEFT LATERAL SEGMENT OF LIVER
Srikanth Gadiyaram, Dr, Kumar Parth, Dr, Gaurav Singh, Dr, Yashas H Ramegowda, Dr. Sahasra Hospitals, Centre of Excellence for Gastroenterology, Bangalore, IndiaBackground: Laparoscopic resection has become standard of care for left lateral sectionectomy (LLS), however, there could be technical challenges in laparoscopic resection while dealing with giant tumors. In a medline search we did not… Continue Reading
pure taTME procedure for rectal cancer
Liang Kang. the sixth affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityThis is an operation video of puretaTME completed in 2014. The patient was a middle-aged woman and diagnosed as low rectal cancer. We made purse-bag suture from the lower edge of the tumor about 1 cm, then followed by free perirectal mesenteric space, until the peritoneal… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal