Background: The duodenal jejunal bypass sleeve (DJBS) has been shown to achieve a completely endoscopic duodenal exclusion without the need for stapling or anastomosis. This report consists of the first randomized controlled trial for weight loss. Methods: In a 12-week, open label, prospective, randomized study, patients received either a low fat diet and the DJBS […]
Introduction: Parathyroid hormone (pth) maintains calcium homeostasis in hypovitaminosis D and has deleterious effects on bone metabolism. Vitamin D (Vit D) is low in pts without adequate sunlight exposure or oral intake. Gastric bypass and resultant Vit D malabsorption may exacerbate hyperparathyroidism and osteopenia. Because little is known of preoperative pth, vit D, and calcium […]
Current physical laparoscopic surgical simulators contain only static tasks, which do not develop the advanced hand-eye coordination skills needed to navigate the dynamic surgical environment. A dynamic minimally invasive training environment (DynaMITE) was developed to fill this need. Preliminary testing showed a potential for the device to improve the hand-eye coordination skills of even expert […]
Introduction: Many mild-to-moderately obese individuals (BMI Session: Podium Presentation Program Number: S084
INTRODUCTION:The factors that affect surgical skill development are not fully understood. There has been growing interest in the impact of self-assessment on surgical skill performance. The purpose of this study was to identify the variables that predict laparoscopic skill performance. METHODS:Medical students and surgical residents (n=29) completed a self-assessment questionnaire regarding their laparoscopic proficiency. After […]