Background Management of choledocholithiasis (CDL) remains challenging. This study aimed to evaluate associations between demographic and practice-related characteristics and CDL management.
Methods A 22 item, web-based survey was administered to U.S. general surgeons. Respondents were classified into metropolitan or non-metropolitan groups by zip code. Univariate tests and multivariable regression were used to determine factors associated with CDL management preferences.
Results The survey wa
INTRODUCTION:
While energy devices are ubiquitous in the operating room, they remain poorly understood and can result in devastating complications. SAGES’ Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy™ (FUSE) program was created to address these knowledge and safety gaps. A single institution pilot study suggested that adding a goal-directed simulation to the FUSE curriculum improves surgical trainees’ knowledge of electrosurgery (ES). The purpose of this study was to estimate the extent to which the addi
Background: The evolution of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery® (NOTES®) represents a case study in surgical procedural evolution. Beginning in 2004 with preclinical feasibility studies and followed by the creation of the NOSCAR collaboration of SAGES and ASGE, procedural development has followed a methodical pathway. The work of the Consortium has included a white paper analysis, funding for basic science and procedural development and, ultimately, the initiation of a prospective
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is a common bariatric procedure, which in recent years has fallen out of favor due to concerns for poor long-term outcomes and necessity for revision or removal. We sought to determine the rate of revision and explant over a seven-year period in the State of New York.
Methods
Following IRB approval, the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) administrative database was used to identify LAGB placement and revision/
Introduction:
Treatment failure with recurrent dysphagia after Heller myotomy occurs in fewer than 10% of patients, most of whom will seek repeat surgical intervention. These re-operations are technically challenging and as such, there exist only limited reports of re-operation with esophageal preservation in these patients. Our study is an update of our center’s experience with re-operative esophagogastric myotomy in the treatment of achalasia.
Methods and Procedures:
We retrospectively