Post-POEM Reflux: Who’s at Risk?
Gabriel Arevalo, MD, Megan Sippey, MD, Jack He, MD, Ahmed Ali, MD, Luis Martin Del Campo, MD, Jeffrey Marks, MD, FACS, FASGE. Case Western Reserve UniversityIntroduction: Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is a less invasive alternative to laparoscopic Heller myotomy for patients with achalasia. While a partial fundoplication is often performed concurrently with a laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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
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
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
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- Colorectal
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
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
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- Education / Simulation
QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) AFTER ENDOSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTROPLASTY AND LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: A PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS
Claudio Fiorillo1, Giuseppe Quero1, Michel Vix2, Ludovica Guerriero1, Deborah Kadoche2, Pietro Mascagni1, Antonio D'urso2, Didier Mutter2, Jacques Marescaux3, Silvana Perretta3. 1IHU -Strasbourg, 2NHC University Hospital of Strasbourg, 3IRCAD-StrasbourgINTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is currently the most frequently performed bariatric procedure. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a promising new bariatric endoscopic procedure. While the effects of both… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Quality of MBSAQIP data: bad luck, or lack of QA plan?
Katia Noyes, PhD, MPH1, Evan Kessler, MD2, Monami Majumdar, MPH2, Ajay A Myneni, MBBS, PhD, MPH2, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD2, Aaron B Hoffman, MD, FACS2. 1Division of Health Services Policy and Practice, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, 2Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
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
Reduction of opioid use after implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Bariatric Surgery (ERABS).
Pearl K Ma, MD1, Aaron Lloyd, MPH2, Morgan Mcgrath, MAS2, Alice Jackson, RN2, Keith Boone, MD1, Kelvin Higa, MD1. 1University of California-San Francisco Fresno, 2Fresno Heart and Surgical HospitalEnhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been well described in lower gastrointestinal surgery literature to decrease postoperative physiologic stress, decrease pain with increased mobility, and reduction… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Resolution of Anemia and Improved Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair
Alex Addo, MD, Reilly Scott, Moneim M Ali, MD, Zachary Sanford, MD, Adam S Weltz, MD, Richard Lu, MD, Reza Zahiri, DO, Adrian Park, MD, FACS. Anne Arundel Medical CenterBackground: Cameron lesions (CL) are one of the complications of large hiatal hernia (HH) disease, which my lead to chronic blood loss with resultant microcytic anemia. There… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
Results of the Fuse evaluation project in France
J Gugenheim, Jf Gravie, A Deleuze, F Borie, M Mathonnet, B Millat. Federation of Visceral and Digestive SurgeryBackground: The Federation of Visceral and Digestive Surgery (FCVD) is in charge of the continuous medical education of digestive surgeons. Since 2016 and in collaboration with SAGES, it has offered the FUSE (Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy) program as… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Review of Malpractice in Hernia surgery: Damage to Surrounding Structures Remains the Most Common Reason for Litigation
Zain Badar, MD, Linda Hu, BA, Asad J Choudhry, MBBS, Moustafa A Hassan, MD. SUNY Upstate University HospitalObjective: General surgery among other surgical subspecialties is deemed a high legal risk specialty with one of the highest malpractice premiums in medicine. Hernia surgery is among one of the most common surgical procedures performed by general surgeons… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Minimally Invasive Other