LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH OBESITY
K N Williams, MD, L Hussain, MSc, MHA, K Meister, MD. TriHealthIntroduction: There's currently not a well-accepted optimal procedure for umbilical hernia repair (UHR) in patients with obesity when comparing laparoscopic repair (LR) versus open repair (OR). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if there is a difference in post-operative complications after LR versus OR… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair Delays Recurrence Relative to Open Repair
Patrick Keller, BS, Margaret A Plymale, DNP, RN, You Wei Lin, BS, Daniel L Davenport, PhD, John S Roth, MD, FACS. University of KentuckyIntroduction: Parastomal hernia is a common problem with frequent recurrences. Mesh repair is widely accepted to be superior to non-mesh repair, yet the most favorable surgical approach is a subject of continued… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Male Surgeons’ Perceptions of Female Surgeons: Is There a Bias Against Women in Surgery?
Danielle K Craigg, MD, Sharona B Ross, MD, Mica Jadick, Iswanto Sucandy, MD, Alexander S Rosemurgy, MD. Digestive Health Institute Florida Hospital TampaBackground: Surgery has long been a male-dominated discipline with gender roles traditionally defined along societal norms. Presumably, as society has evolved, so have male surgeons’ perceptions of female surgeons, though data is lacking.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Disclosure at #SAGES2018: An Analysis of Physician-Industry Relationships of Invited Speakers at the 2018 SAGES National Meeting
Alex Lois, MD, Anne Ehlers, MD, Jennifer Minneman, MD, Jin Sol Oh, MD, Saurabh Khandelwal, MD, Andrew S Wright, MD. University of WashingtonBackground: It is well established that all potential conflicts of interest (COI) should be disclosed by speakers at scientific meetings, and is required at the SAGES national meeting. Industry payments to US physicians… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Participation of women surgeons at SAGES over time: is the glass ceiling shattered?
Gregory S Peirce, MD, Hind Al-Lami, MBChB, MPH, Jennifer Yonkus, MD, Todd Kellogg, MD, Juliane Bingener, MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MNIntroduction: Diversity is regarded as a valuable asset across surgical societies, leading to increased membership. In recent years, SAGES leadership has implemented initiatives to increase diversity at many levels. As the proportion of women residents entering… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Review of Malpractice in Hernia surgery: Damage to Surrounding Structures Remains the Most Common Reason for Litigation
Zain Badar, MD, Linda Hu, BA, Asad J Choudhry, MBBS, Moustafa A Hassan, MD. SUNY Upstate University HospitalObjective: General surgery among other surgical subspecialties is deemed a high legal risk specialty with one of the highest malpractice premiums in medicine. Hernia surgery is among one of the most common surgical procedures performed by general surgeons… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
SAME-DAY DISCHARGE ON LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS PATIENTS: AN OUTCOMES REVIEW
Maykong Leepalao, MD, Daniela Arredondo, MD, Fredne Speights, MD, Titus Duncan, MD. Surgery Center of AtlantaIntroduction: The objective of this research was to study safety and outcomes in select patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) on an ambulatory outpatient basis. As the prevalence of morbid obesity increases in the United States, more patients… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Reduction of opioid use after implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Bariatric Surgery (ERABS).
Pearl K Ma, MD1, Aaron Lloyd, MPH2, Morgan Mcgrath, MAS2, Alice Jackson, RN2, Keith Boone, MD1, Kelvin Higa, MD1. 1University of California-San Francisco Fresno, 2Fresno Heart and Surgical HospitalEnhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been well described in lower gastrointestinal surgery literature to decrease postoperative physiologic stress, decrease pain with increased mobility, and reduction… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
CANADIAN CONSENSUS CONFERENCE STATEMENT: ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS) IN BARIATRIC SURGERY
Jerry T Dang, MD1, Vivian Szeto, MSc1, Ahmad Elnahas, MD, MSc2, James Ellsmere, MD, MSc3, Allan Okrainec, MD, MSc4, Amy Neville, MD, MSc5, Samaad Malik, MD, MSc6, Ekua Yorke, MD6, Dennis Hong, MD, MSc7, Laurent Biertho, MD8, Timothy Jackson, MD, MPH4, Shahzeer Karmali1. 1University of Alberta, 2London Health Sciences Centre, 3Dalhousie University, 4University of Toronto,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery Program for Bariatric Surgery
James P Taylor, MBBChir, MPH, Daniel Prior, MD, Miloslawa Stem, MS, Alisa M Coker, MD, Hien Nguyen, MD, Thomas Magnuson, MD, Gina L Adrales, MD, MPH, Michael Schweitzer, MD. Johns HopkinsINTRODUCTION: Enhanced recovery programs have been successfully implemented in several surgical fields over the past two decades; however there have been mixed results observed in… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
INVASIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT NEED IN SEVERELY OBESE SUBJECTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS UNDERGOING BARIATRIC SURGERY
Maria C Fonseca, MD, Cristian Milla Matute, MD, Mauricio Sarmiento-Cobos, MD, Francisco Ferri, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FAS, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Raul J Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic FloridaBackground: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 56 Million of Americans, 30% of which are obese. The risk of the developing OA in the obese… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane block following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is associated with an earlier return to activity. A study of 271 patients.
Ziyad Nasrawi, MD, Toni Beninato, MD, FACS, Krystyna Kabata, PA, Stella Iskandarian, BS, Michael E Zenilman, MD, FACS, Piotr Gorecki, MD, FACS. NYP Brooklyn Methodist HospitalObjective: Laparoscopic guided transversus abdominis plane (LGTAP) block following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been proposed as a method of improving perioperative pain control in bariatric patients. In this study,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
NASAL POSITIVE PRESSURE WITH THE SUPERNO2VA™ DEVICE DECREASES SEDATION-RELATED HYPOXEMIA DURING PRE-BARIATRIC SURGERY EGD
Francesca Dimou, MD, Samantha Huynh, Gregory Dakin, MD, Alfons Pomp, MD, Zachary Turnbull, MD, Jon D Samuels, MD, Cheguevara Afaneh, MD. New York Presbyterian/ Weill CornellIntroduction: Pre-operative esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is becoming routine practice in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Many patients with morbid obesity have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which can worsen hypoxia during an EGD. In… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Preoperative High Respiratory Quotient Correlates with Lower Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery
Armando Rosales, MD, Enrique Elli, MD, Scott Lynch, MD, Gretchen Ames, PhD, Steven P Bowers, MD. Mayo Clinic FloridaIntroduction: The respiratory coefficient (RQ), as determined by indirect calorimetry, classifies diet as being carbohydrate rich (RQ=0.7-0.8), fat rich (RQ=0.9-1.0) or overfeeding (RQ>1). We hypothesized that preoperative RQ may be associated with weight-loss outcomes after bariatric surgery. Methods: From… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Post Bariatric Surgery Lab tests- are they excessive and redundant?
Terri M Menser, PhD, Jose Muniz Castro, Bita Kash, PhD, Vadim Sherman, Nabil Tariq, MD. Houston Methodist HospitalINTRODUCTION: Following bariatric surgery, ongoing postoperative testing is required to measure nutritional deficiencies; the purpose of this study was to quantify the prevalence of these nutritional deficiencies based on two-year of follow-up tests at frequent time points. The… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity