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Video Author: Ramshaw B

Patient would benefit but is concerned about mesh: Don’t use mesh

Presented by Bruce J Ramshaw at the Mesh: Must Avoid or Must Have? during the SAGES 2018 Annual Meeting.

Posted on
09/18/2018
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2018 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine--Knoxville TN

Presented by Bruce J Ramshaw at the Masters Series: AHS Joint Session – Ventral Hernia “It’s not just Hernia” held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Saturday, March 25, 2017 Keyword(s): abdominal wall reconstruction, administrators, algorithm, anesthesiologist, athlete, AWR, carbohydrates, cardiac, case study, clinical quality improvement, cognitive therapy, complex hernia, cost, […]

Posted on
03/25/2017
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Masters Level
100
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine--Knoxville TN

Presented by Bruce Ramshaw at the SS24: Hernias: Inguinal and Robotics held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Friday, March 24, 2017 Keyword(s): algorithm, analytics, chronic groin pain, cognitive therapy, excision, feedback, foreign body, healthcare, IHR, iliac vein injury, inguinal hernia repair, laparoscopic approach, LOA, lysis of adhesions, mesh, mesh removal, […]

Posted on
03/24/2017
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Masters Level
200
Video Authors
Forman B, Heidel E, Jagadish M, Mancini M, Ramshaw B, Vatrano V
Video Institutions
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine--Knoxville TN

Presented by Bruce J Ramshaw at the PG Course: SMART Enhanced Recovery – Beyond Colorectal held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Thursday, March 23, 2017 Keyword(s): anger, anxiety, astrophysicist, biometrics, block, buttock, chronic wound, clinical quality improvement, clinicians, cognitive therapy, colorectal, colostomy takedown, complex abdominal wall, CQI, data analytics, emotional, […]

Posted on
03/23/2017
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Haslam School of Business University of Tennessee--Knoxville TN, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine--Knoxville TN, University of Tennessee Medical Center--Knoxville TN

Developing Multidisciplinary Teams for Real-time Research and Innovation

Presented by Bruce J. Ramshaw, MD at the SAGES 2013 Annual Meeting; Multidisciplinary Future of Surgery citation–3:40 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11124164 care coordination–6:28 clinical QI–7:21 citations–8:15 https://www.uta.edu/faculty/story/2311/Misc/2013,2,26,MedicalCostsDemandAndGreed. Keyword(s): ACS, bell curve, billing practices, BMJ, burnout, care coordination, care managers, clinical depression, complex adaptive system model, complex biologic systems, complexity science, compliance test, complications, continuous improvement, cost crisis, data […]

Posted on
01/22/2014
Video Categories
Education, Multidisciplinary Future of Surgery, SAGES 2013 Meeting
Learning Themes
Professional / Economic
Sources
2013 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Advanced Hernia Solutions--Daytona Beach FL, Halifax Health--Daytona Beach FL, Transformative Care Institute--Daytona Beach FL

PG Course: Optimizing Outcomes of Ventral and Inguinal Henia Repairs Q&A

Presented by Bruce Ramshaw, MD and David Earle, MD Keyword(s): acute incarceration, bariatric surgery, barrier coated mesh, biological prosthetics, contaminated cases, CR surgeons, Crohns disease, cx operation, FDA, Hartmanns procedure, hernia contents, hernia prevention, industry sponsored, inflammation, inguinal hernia repair, lap peritoneal lavage, leak, level I trial, lightweight polypropolene, NIH, open hernia repair, perf diverticulitis, […]

Posted on
11/11/2013
Video Categories
Hernia and Abdomen, Optimizing Outcomes of Hernia Repairs PG, SAGES 2013 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2013 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Earle D, Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Mount Sinai Hospital--New York NY

Understanding how hospitals choose hernia mesh and other complex hernia problems: applying complexit

Presented by Bruce J. Ramshaw, MD at the SAGES 2013 Annual Meeting: Optimizing Outcomes of Ventral & Inguinal Hernia Repairs Postgraduate Course complexity of mesh choice–31 sec ho do hospitals choose hernia mesh?–2:19 standardization of hospital processes–3:18 care coordination–4:33 clincal QI–4:46 hernia dynamic process–6:09 cita Keyword(s): biologic system, budget, care coordination, CFO, chronic pain, chronic […]

Posted on
11/11/2013
Video Categories
Hernia and Abdomen, Optimizing Outcomes of Hernia Repairs PG, SAGES 2013 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2013 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Postgraduate Course
Video Authors
Gladwell M, Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Transformative Care Institute Advanced Hernia Solutions--Daytona Beach FL

Choosing the best technique and prosthetic for each patient- Parastomal and other atypical ventral h

Presented by B. Todd Heniford, MD at the SAGES 2013 Annual Meeting: Optimizing Outcomes of Ventral & Inguinal Hernia Repairs Postgraduate Course overview–17 sec preop management–1:39 Carolinas comfort scale–2:45 IHMR–3:12 in the OR–3:25 subxiphoid & subcostal hernias–4:21 IHMR data–6:32 lumbar, flank & para-iliac hernias- Keyword(s): 1 Prolene, 3 way Foley, abdominal wall, abdominal wall hernias, […]

Posted on
11/08/2013
Video Categories
Hernia and Abdomen, Optimizing Outcomes of Hernia Repairs PG, SAGES 2013 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2013 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Postgraduate Course
Video Authors
Heniford B, Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Carolinas Medical Center--Charlotte NC, Transformative Care Institute Advanced Hernia Solutions--Daytona Beach FL

Difficult Problems in Reasonable Patients Panel: Chronic Drainage From Wound with Mesh in Place

Bruce Schirmer, M.D. disclosures–24 sec chronic mesh drainage challenges–36 sec acute infection–2:47 chronic drainage–6:00 citation–7:53 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12616130 advantages of component separa Keyword(s): acute infection, balloon dissector, cellulitis, chronic drainage, component separation, crosslinked biologic mesh, debridement, EC fistula, LOD, nectrotizing fasciitis, PTFE mesh, skin necrosis, stoma, VH

Posted on
11/01/2011
Video Categories
Meeting Content
Learning Themes
Acute Care / Trauma, Hernia
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Halifax Health--Daytona Beach FL

Advanced Ventral Hernia Repair Session: Components Separation – Laparoscopic and Open

Bruce Ramshaw, M.D. disclosures–44 sec abdominal wall reconstruction applications–50 sec component separation–2:41 balloon dissector–4:28 endoscopic CST–9:56 summary–10:29 Keyword(s): abdominal wall reconstruction, acellular human dermis, balloon dissector, biologic mesh, CST, minimally invasive, seroma, skin necrosis, TEP, underlay, wound complications

Posted on
10/31/2011
Video Categories
Meeting Content
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Halifax Health--Daytona Beach FL

Inguinal Hernia – Laparoscopic vs. Open Debate: What is the BEST Practice? – Open

Bruce Ramshaw, M.D. disclosures–42 sec IHR options–1:52 citation–2:41 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15107485 summary–8:54 Keyword(s): groin exploration, Kugel, Kugel mesh, Lichtenstein repair, LIHR, mesh patch, mesh plug, PHS, primary suture repair

Posted on
10/10/2011
Video Categories
Debate: Inguinal Hernias Laparoscopic vs Open, Hernia and Abdomen, SAGES 2011 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Halifax Health--Port Orange FL

Fallacy of an Ideal Mesh

Presented by Bruce Ramshaw, MD / Controversies About Hernia Mesh Panel disclosures–1:19 ideal mesh–1:22 mesh options–1:59 mesh contraction & migration–2:26 complex problems–2:59 complexity of mesh choice–4:23 summary–9:59 Keyword(s): chronic pain, chronic seroma, LW mesh, mechanical failure, mesh complications, mesh contraction, mesh infection, mesh migration, mesh removal, polypropylene, PTFE, recurrent ventral hernia, synthetic mesh

Posted on
04/01/2011
Video Categories
Controversies About Hernia Mesh Panel, SAGES 2011 Meeting, Techniques and Research
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Halifax Health--Port Orange FL

SAGES Webinar : Update on Hernia Management: What You Should Know-November 2010

This webinar on hernia management has been developed specifically for residents and features four expert panelists: Brent Matthews, MD (Chair); Bruce Ramshaw, MD;William Cobb, MD; and Alfredo Carbonell, DO Keyword(s): abdominal defect, abdominal surgery, abdominal wall defects, abdominal wall stiffness, acute hernia emergency, adhesiolysis, alloplastic, Bard Composix, Bassini repair, biocompatibility, biomaterial, biomaterials, bladder injury, bowel […]

Posted on
11/22/2010
Video Categories
Hernia and Abdomen, SAGES Resident Webinars
Learning Themes
Hernia
Presentation Types
Webinar
Video Authors
Carbonell A, Cobb W, Matthews B, Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center--Greenville SC, Halifax Health--Daytona Beach FL, University of South Carolina School of Medicine--Columbia SC, Washington University School of Medicine--St Louis MO

Fixation of Mesh is Required: Bruce Ramshaw, M.D.

Hernia Debates Panel: What Has Happened and What Do We Have to Do? Keyword(s): absorbable tack fixation, CQI, glue fixation, hernia recurrence, hernioplasty, inguinal hernia repair, mesh erosion, mesh fixation, mesh migration, polyester mesh, polypropylene mesh, PTFE mesh, research, scrotal hernia, tacking device, TAPP, TEP, urinary bladder

Posted on
11/17/2010
Video Categories
Hernia Debates Panel: What Has Happened, Meeting Content, SAGES 2010 Meeting
Learning Themes
Hernia
Video Authors
Ramshaw B
Video Institutions
Halifax Health--Daytona Beach FL

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The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is hosting the first Artificial Intelligence Data Challenge conducted by surgeons. The aim of this challenge is to generate a large and diverse dataset of laparoscopic cholecystectomy videos, annotated with respect to the subcomponents of the Critical View of Safety (CVS). Computer scientists from all over the […]

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