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High Dose Opioid Analgesia Use Prior To Laparoscopic Gastric Stimulator Placement Reduces Likelihood of Clinical Success
Mena Boules, MD, Hideharu Shimizu, MD, Andrea Zelisko, MD, Kevin El-Hayek, MD, Maged K Rizk, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Introduction: Gastroparesis is a chronic, common, and costly disorder for which medical therapy is often unsuccessful. Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has been used to treat refractory cases however response is variable and difficult… Continue Reading
Intraoperative endoscopy may decrease post operative leak & stenosis in gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy
Mohamed B Al Hadad, MD, Nidal Dehni, MD, Abdelrahman A Nimeri, MD. Division of general, thoracic and vascular surgery Sheikh Khalifa Medical City managed by Cleveland clinic. Introduction: Morbid obesity is a global epidemic and bariatric surgery in the only available long term solution. Laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy… Continue Reading
Assessment of Performance During Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship- A Single Subject Design
Iman Ghaderi, MD, MSc, Yoon Soo Park, PhD, Lauriane Auvergne, BBA, Timothy M Farrell, MD. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to investigate the acquisition of advanced laparoscopic technical skills and to determine the association between continuous self-assessment of a trainee and that of an attending, using… Continue Reading