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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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Can Statistical Process Control (SPC) to Drive Improvement in Length of Stay After Colorectal Surgery?
Thais Reif, MD, Deborah S Keller, MS, MD, Guanying Yu, MD, Haiqing Zhang, MD, Laura Hyde, MD, Ahmed Al-Mazrou, MD, Ravi P Kiran, MD. Columbia University Medical CenterBackground: New methods of improving surgical quality are needed. A key quality outcome measure is lengthof stay(LOS), as it’s linked to complications and costs. A novel method to reduce LOS… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Can We Predict Readmission for Dehydration Following Creation of Diverting Loop Ileostomies in Elective Colorectal Surgery? An ACS-NSQIP Analysis
Mohammed Alqahtani, MD, Richard Garfinkle, MD, Carol-Ann Vasilevsky, MD, Gabriela Ghitulescu, MD, Nancy Morin, MD, Julio Faria, MD, Marylise Boutros, MD. Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General HospitalINTRODUCTION: Although diverting loop ileostomy (DLI) creation is an effective strategy to mitigate the morbidity of anastomotic leaks, DLI is associated with complications requiring hospital readmission. Among these,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Can you operate on a mirror image? Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy in Kartagener syndrome
Hamda Al Zarooni, MD, Shadi Al Bahri, MD, Guido Mannaerts, MD, PhD. Tawam Hospital Johns Hopkins InternationalIntroduction: Kartagener syndrome is a congenital, autosomal recessive disorder that affects ciliary motility. It presents as a triad of situs inversus, bronchiectasis and sinusitis, with a prevalence of 1 in 12,500 to 1 in 50,000. Situs inversus, is an anatomical… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
CANADIAN CONSENSUS CONFERENCE STATEMENT: ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS) IN BARIATRIC SURGERY
Jerry T Dang, MD1, Vivian Szeto, MSc1, Ahmad Elnahas, MD, MSc2, James Ellsmere, MD, MSc3, Allan Okrainec, MD, MSc4, Amy Neville, MD, MSc5, Samaad Malik, MD, MSc6, Ekua Yorke, MD6, Dennis Hong, MD, MSc7, Laurent Biertho, MD8, Timothy Jackson, MD, MPH4, Shahzeer Karmali1. 1University of Alberta, 2London Health Sciences Centre, 3Dalhousie University, 4University of Toronto,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Cannabis Use May Affect Early Outcome Weight Loss Post Bariatric Surgery
Nicole Shockcor, Sakib Adnan, Ariel Siegel, Eric Wise, Nabeel Zafar, Mark Kligman. University of MarylandIntroduction: With the decriminalization of marijuana, it is imperative that we understand how cannabis use can affect surgical outcomes. Previous studies in transplantation have indicated no difference in morbidity or mortality after receiving a kidney allograft, but the affect on bariatric patient outcomes… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Carbon Dioxide as a Method to Prevent Operating Room Fires
Jason M Samuels, MD1, Heather Carmichael, MD1, Krzystof J Wikiel, MD2, Thomas N Robinson, MD, MS2, Teresa S Jones, MD2, Edward L Jones, MD2. 1University of Colorado, 2Denver Veterans Affairs Medical CenterThis video explores the utilization of carbon dioxide delivery via a smoke evacuation pencil as an operating room (OR) fire mitigation strategy. OR fires… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Case of Intussusception after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Ahmed Abdelhady, MD, FACS, MRCSeng, MRCSglas, MSC, Mohamed Elkady, FRCS, Ire, Ghaleb Aboalsamh, MBBS, SBGS, MSC. National Guard Health Affairs Saudi ArabiaThe patient was a 46 year-old female who presented to the emergency room with a sudden severe abdominal pain as well as nausea and vomiting that began the day before after a meal. She… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Acute Care Surgery
CASE REPORT: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS – CECAL ENDOMETRIOSIS
Romina Deldar, MD1, Chaitanya Vadlamudi, MD1, Gao L Chen, MD2. 1Georgetown University Hospital, 2Kaiser Permanente, Mid-Atlantic StatesINTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis can arise from many etiologies. We present a case of acute appendicitis that was radiographically suspicious for appendiceal mucocele. However, final pathology revealed luminal obstruction secondary to cecal endometriosis. Cecal endometriosis is exceedingly rare, and only a… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Acute Care Surgery
Case Report: Minimally invasive approach to SMA syndrome with a Review of diagnostic criteria and treatment options
Lindsay Tse, DO. Houston Methodist HospitalSuperior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome is a rare and potentially life threatening entity that has a reported incidence in medical literature of 0.1 to 0.3%. SMA syndrome occurs when the third portion of the duodenum is compressed by a narrowed angle ranging from six and twenty -five degrees between the abdominal… Continue Reading
CASE REPORT OF INTERNAL HERNIA AFTER ENDOSCOPIC REDUCTION OF GASTRIC VOLVULUS AND DUAL PEG
Katelin A Mirkin, MD, Samantha R Witte, MD, Vamsi V Alli, MD. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterGastric volvulus in adults is a rare and potentially fatal condition. The use of dual percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy has been described in the management of gastric volvulus. This technique involves endoscopic de-rotation of the stomach, and… Continue Reading
Case Series of Laparoscopic Para-Hiatal Hernia Repairs
Victoria Lyo, MD, Thomas Knowles, Yalini Vigneswaran, James Dolan, MD, Andrea Stroud, Stephanie Wood. OHSUThis is a case series of two rare, para-hiatal hernias of different magnitude. Both para-hiatal hernia repairs were performed in the same week at our tertiary care, referral hospital. Our first patient had an elective laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and was incidentally… Continue Reading
Case Series Of Seventeen Patients With Acute Appendicitis In Pregnancy: Management Algorithm And Laparoscopic Approach
Georges Abizeid, Hager Aref, Obada Alhallak. International Medical CenterIntroduction: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common general surgical problem encountered during pregnancy, affecting 1 in 500 to 1 in 2000 pregnancies. Emergency Department, General Surgery, and Obstetric physicians. will face this challenging situation of abdominal pain in a pregnant woman suspected of AA.especially in diagnosis,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Acute Care Surgery
“Caudal to Cranial” Approach plus D3 Lymph Node Dissection around the Superior Mesenteric Artery for the Treatment of Right Hemi-colon Cancer?Is it more in line with the principle of oncology?
Xiaojiang Yi, Dechang Diao. Department of Gastrointestinal (Tumor) Surgery, Guangdong Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineObjective: To explore the feasibility and application value of “caudal to cranial” approach plus D3 lymph node dissection around the superior mesenteric artery for the treatment of right hemi-colon cancer. Methods:… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Challenges associated with the bariatric surgery in Poland
Tomasz Stefura1, Jakub Dros1, Artur Kacprzyk1, Katarzyna Chlopas1, Oksana Skomarovska1, Marta Krzysztofik1, Katarzyna Major2, Mateusz Rubinkiewicz, MD3, Mateusz Wierdak, MD3, Michal Wysocki, MD3, Magdalena Pisarska, MD3, Piotr Malczak, MD3, Michal Pedziwiatr, MD, PhD3, Andrzej Budzynski, MD, PhD3, Piotr Major, MD, PhD3. 1Students' Scientific Group at 2nd Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity