2024
Outcomes of SADI and OAGB Compared to RYGB from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Quality Improvement Program: The North American Experience
Chao G, Canner J, Hamid S, Ying L, Ghiassi S, Schwartz J, Gibbs K. Outcomes of SADI and OAGB Compared to RYGB from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Quality Improvement Program: The North American Experience. Obesity Surgery 2024, 34: 337-346. PMID: 38170422, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-07019-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSleeve gastrectomyQuality Improvement Program databaseBariatric surgery casesImprovement Program databaseHigh complication rateStaple line leakBariatric-metabolic surgerySpecific patient needsDesire of patientsQuality Improvement ProgramBowel obstructionGastric bypassGastrointestinal bleedingComplication rateOAGBProgram databaseSurgery casesRYGBAnastomosis techniqueRobotic casesBetter outcomesPatient needsPatientsLogistic regressionOutcomes
2021
Venous thromboembolism: risk factors in the sleeve gastrectomy era
Chao G, Montgomery J, Abou Azar S, Telem D. Venous thromboembolism: risk factors in the sleeve gastrectomy era. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2021, 17: 1905-1911. PMID: 34389247, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of VTEPostoperative venous thromboembolismBody mass indexVenous thromboembolismRisk factorsBlack patientsPreoperative body mass indexHigh-risk patientsBariatric Surgery AccreditationMultivariable logistic regressionVenous stasis diseaseQuality Improvement ProgramProlonged prophylaxisBariatric surgeryMultivariable analysisOperative timeMass indexOperative lengthProcedure typeWhite racePrevious historyPatientsSurgery dataLogistic regressionHealth equity
2018
Revised cardiac risk index poorly predicts cardiovascular complications after adhesiolysis for small bowel obstruction
Asuzu DT, Chao GF, Pei KY. Revised cardiac risk index poorly predicts cardiovascular complications after adhesiolysis for small bowel obstruction. Surgery 2018, 164: 1198-1203. PMID: 29945781, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac Risk IndexSmall bowel obstructionCardiovascular complicationsBowel obstructionRisk calculatorNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program risk calculatorNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program datasetSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramCardiac risk evaluationLarge surgical samplesPreoperative cardiac evaluationPreoperative risk stratificationNumber of patientsUnivariable logistic regressionQuality Improvement ProgramRisk indexSurgical subgroupsCardiac complicationsCardiac evaluationCardiac eventsLaparoscopic adhesiolysisSurgical patientsPreoperative testing