2024
Collateral Benefit of Systematic Improvement in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Following a Single Quality Improvement Project for Bleeding
Chao G, Nadzam G, Cheung M, Duffy A, Ghiassi S, Morton J. Collateral Benefit of Systematic Improvement in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Following a Single Quality Improvement Project for Bleeding. Obesity Surgery 2024, 34: 1041-1044. PMID: 38280157, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-07037-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement projectImprovement projectImprove patient careTargeted quality improvement projectsVenous thromboembolism prophylaxisPatient careRoot cause analysisBariatric surgery outcomesIndications conferencePatient outcomesPostoperative complicationsThromboembolism prophylaxisSurgery outcomesStudy aimCause analysisAdverse outcomesBleedingImprove outcomesOutcomesTechnique standardization
2006
Pulmonary Embolus after Retrieval of a Temporary Inferior Vena Caval Filter in a Jehovah's Witness Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery
Hagedorn JC, Morton JM. Pulmonary Embolus after Retrieval of a Temporary Inferior Vena Caval Filter in a Jehovah's Witness Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery. Obesity Surgery 2006, 16: 1096-1100. PMID: 16901367, DOI: 10.1381/096089206778026370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior vena caval filtersGastric bypass surgeryJehovah's Witness patientsPulmonary emboliVena caval filtersBypass surgeryCaval filtersLaparoscopic gastric bypass surgeryBilateral pulmonary emboliHospital 2 daysIVC filter removalAnticoagulation therapyEmboliFilter removalAdditional riskJehovah's WitnessesPatientsSurgeryComplicated casesRiskAnticoagulationTherapyThoracic