March 30 – April 2, 2011
San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
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SAGES 2011 Abstracts and Posters
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Radiofrequency Ablation for Intramucosal Carcinoma in Barrett’s Esophagus
H L Elliott, MD, B J Loew, MD, S R Gordon, MD, R I Rothstein, MD. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center INTRODUCTIONRadiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an established treatment modality for patients with high-grade dysplasia in the setting of Barrett's esophagus (BE). However, this treatment is not well established for use in patients with BE and intramucosal… Continue Reading
Impact of Gastro-Jejunostomy Diameter On Complications and Weight Loss After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Over a 5-Year Period
Ahmad W Ahad, MD, Jacqueline Tilak, BS, Dana Reiss, MD, John Pilcher, MD. New Dimensions Weight Loss Surgery Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes related to the use of a 21 mm or 25 mm circular stapler at the gastrojejunostomy site in Laparoscopic or Open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass over a follow… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Surgery for Synchronous Gastric and Colorectal Cancer: Report of Three Cases
Yuichiro Miki, MD, Masanori Tokunaga, MD, Taiichi Kawamura, MD, Etsuro Bando, MD, Yutaka Tanizawa, MD, Yusuke Kinugasa, MD, Hideyuki Kanemoto, MD, Katsuhiko Uesaka, MD, Masanori Terashima, MD. Shizuoka Cancer Center Background Gastric cancer (GC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) are found as double cancer most frequently for each other. Increasingly, laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) and laparoscopy-assisted colorectal… Continue Reading