Reducing readmission following bariatric surgery: is there an app for this?
Jordan Heuser, MD1, Azusa Maeda, PhD2, Caterina Masino, MA2, Timothy Jackson, MD, MPH1, Allan Okrainec, MD, MHPE1. 1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2Division of General Surgery, University Health NetworkIntroduction: Despite efforts to improve recovery through the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway, visits to the emergency department (ED) and readmissions remain… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Reducing variability in outcomes: conversion rate analysis in minimally invasive sigmoidectomy
Elizabeth R Raskin, MD1, Dongjing Guo2, Shilpa Mehendale, MD2. 1Loma Linda University, 2ISIIntroduction: Providing predictable outcomes after minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is an important priority for patients, hospitals and policy makers. The aim of this study was to examine the patterns and markers associated with conversion of MIS to open procedures in high volume hospitals… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
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
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
REGRESSION OF ULTRA-SHORT SEGMENT BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS AND INTESTINAL METAPLASIA OF THE GASTRIC CARDIA AFTER ANTI-REFLUX SURGERY: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Ashwin Kurian, MD, Loren Estoesta. SurgOne, P.C. - Denver Esophageal and Stomach CenterINTRODUCTION: Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is a precancerous condition that results from gastroesophageal reflux disease. Recent studies have demonstrated that Cardiac Intestinal Metaplasia (CIM) progresses to endoscopically confirmed Barrett’s over time. The regression rates of ultra-short segment BE and CIM following anti-reflux surgery has… Continue Reading
Remnant Cholecystectomy with ICG Infrared Cholangiography
Saeed Arefanian, MD, Margaret Frisella, RN, L. Michael Brunt, MD. Washington University in St. LouisBackground: subtotal cholecystectomy has been advocated for difficult operative situations for a long time in the surgery and different types of it have been described. Occasionally recurrence of symptomatic cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis requieres the need for reoperation and completeion of the cholecystectomy. Presentation:… Continue Reading
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- Biliary
Removal of a Fecal Mass Using TAMIS in a Patient with Imperforate Anus
Matthew Wynn, MD, Derrick Oaxaca, BS, Harriet Barratt, MD, Caesar Ricci, MD, Ziad Kronfol, MD. TTUHSC EPAnorectal malformation (ARM) is an embryonic developmental disorder that occurs in 1 in 1500 to 5000 births. ARMs are typically diagnosed and repaired during the neonatal period or early childhood. Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP) has been historically considered the… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Removal of an adjustable gastric band that eroded into the liver
Kais A Rona, MD, Milton Tyler, Christopher Ducoin, MD. Tulane University School of MedicineThe adjustable gastric band has fallen out of favor secondary to high complication rates. Postoperative complications such as band slippage and erosion are not uncommon. In this video we demonstrate the laparoscopic removal of a gastric band that had eroded into the… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
REPAIR OF PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA AT THE TIME OF BARIATRIC SURGERY: A PROPENSITY MATCHED ANALYSIS OF THE MBSAQIP DATABASE
Joshua Hefler, MD1, Jerry Dang, MD1, Noah Switzer, MD, MPH2, Valentin Mocanu, MD1, Daniel W Birch, MD, MSc, FRCSC1, Shazheer Karmali, MD, MPH, FRCSC1. 1University of Alberta, 2Ohio State UniversityINTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to examine short-term outcomes of patients undergoing bariatric surgery with concurrent paraesophageal hernia (PEH) repair versus bariatric surgery alone.… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Resolution of Anemia and Improved Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair
Alex Addo, MD, Reilly Scott, Moneim M Ali, MD, Zachary Sanford, MD, Adam S Weltz, MD, Richard Lu, MD, Reza Zahiri, DO, Adrian Park, MD, FACS. Anne Arundel Medical CenterBackground: Cameron lesions (CL) are one of the complications of large hiatal hernia (HH) disease, which my lead to chronic blood loss with resultant microcytic anemia. There… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
Resolution of Co-morbidities in pediatric Patients undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Aryan Meknat, MD, Gustavo Fernandez-Ranvier, MD, PhD, Vivienne Cabreza, MD, Kaitlyn E Billington, DNP, AGPCNPBC, Daniela E Guevara, MD, Daniel M Herron, MD, Matthew L Dong, MD, Abiba Salahou. Mount Sinai HospitalIntroduction: Adolescent obesity is currently an epidemic in the western world. With increased prevalence of obesity in the pediatric population, we are seeing a… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Resolution of sleep apnea after bariatric surgery
Babak Katiraee, MD1, Peter Powles, MD, FRACP, FRCPC, ABSM2, Dennis Hong, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS1, Scott B Gmora, MD, FRCSC, FACS1, Mehran Anvari, MB, BS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS1. 1Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS), Hamilton, ON, CA, 2St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonBackground: Obesity is one of the risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), increasing its… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Resource Optimization in Proficiency-Based Suturing Skills Training of Medical Students
Madeline Lemke, Hillary Lia, Alexander Gabinet-Equihua, Guy Sheahan, Andrea Winthrop, Stephen Mann, Gabor Fichtinger, Boris Zevin. Queen's UniversityBackground: Suturing is a fundamental skill in undergraduate medical education. It can be taught by faculty-led, peer-led, and holography augmented methods; however, the most educationally effective and cost-efficient method for proficiency-based teaching of suturing is yet to be… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
RESULTS IN THE ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF GIANT COMMON BILE DUCT STONES: STENT AND PNEUMATIC DILATATION
Carlos Leal, MD, General Surgery, Gastroenterology1, Andres Mendoza, MD, General Surgery1, Luis Cabrera, MD, General Surgery1, Mauricio Pedraza1, Sebastian Sanchez1, Jean Pulido1, Daniel Gomez, MD, FACS2. 1Bosque University, 2CPOBackground: The endoscopic management of choledocholithiasis remains a challenge for the general surgeon due to the complications that can arise from it. Traditional management has been surgical, but in recent… Continue Reading
RESULTS OF COLON BY-PASS SURGERY WITH LEFT COLON IN TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL CHEMICAL STRICTURE
Viet Trung Lam, MD, PhD, Dung Tien Tran Phung, MD, PhD. Cho Ray hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamBackground: Esophagectomy to treat esophageal chemical stricture is often combined with high morbidity due to extended adhesion and cicatrisation around the affected esophagus. Aim: To evaluate the feasibility and results of colon by-pass surgery with left colon… Continue Reading
RESULTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC INTERSPHINCTERIC RESECTION WITH HANDSEWN COLOANAL ANASTOMOSIS FOR RECTAL LOW CANCER
Viet Trung Lam, MD, PhD. Cho Ray hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamOverview: Rectal cancer is one of popular cancers of digestive tract. With low rectal cancer which located <5cm from anal verge, the traditional method of surgery is abdominoperineal resection in which total anus and sphincter were resected and permanent colostomy. Recent studies have… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal