OBJECTIVE: The purpose was to analyze long term outcomes of the largest series to date treating staple line complications after bariatric surgery with endoscopic covered stents. METHODS: All patients treated with stents for staple line complications after bariatric surgery underwent retrospective evaluation and a telephone questionnaire to assess their symptom scores. Acute postoperative leaks, chronic […]
Introduction: Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) is considered a validated educational module for basic laparoscopy. Recently, FLS and its testing have become available at no cost for all general surgery residency programs. Unfortunately, there are a relatively limited number of testing sites. This investigation studied the hypothesis that the technical skills portion of FLS test […]
Background: Morbid obesity is a growing problem in the United States. As a result, now more than 100,000 laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypasses (LRYGB) are performed annually. A large portion of these are performed at teaching institutions. This procedure carries with it known complications, the most feared, is a leak at the gastro-jejunostomy. Intraoperative endoscopy (IE) […]
INTRODUCTION: Exercise is thought to improve functional outcomes and weight loss. As little as thirty minutes of brisk exercise daily can increase weekly metabolic caloric expenditure to about 35000 Kcal. This study is designed to measure change in preoperative exercise activity and functional health status, and subsequent postoperative physical activity in bariatric surgical patients. METHODS […]
Objective: “Inadvertent vagotomy” is often discussed from the podium of national meetings as a cause of complications of Nissen fundoplication. Sometimes the tone of the comments borders on inferring medico-legal liability in such cases. The goal of this review is to see if there is a valid correlation with vagotomy and the suggested complications.Methods: 300 […]