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
2023
The Degree of Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia Is Associated with Risk of Postoperative Complications in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients
Ying L, Chao G, Canner J, Graetz E, Ghiassi S, Schwartz J, Zolfaghari E, Schneider E, Gibbs K. The Degree of Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia Is Associated with Risk of Postoperative Complications in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients. Obesity Surgery 2023, 34: 51-70. PMID: 37994997, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-06944-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBariatric surgery patientsPostoperative complicationsOdds ratioRevision patientsSurgery patientsRevision surgeryIntensive care unit admissionQuality Improvement Program databaseDegree of hypoalbuminemiaImpact of hypoalbuminemiaPrevalence of hypoalbuminemiaCare unit admissionLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomyGastric bypass patientsImprovement Program databaseBody mass indexInsulin-dependent diabetesMultivariable logistic regressionAnesthesia classMild hypoalbuminemiaPreoperative hypoalbuminemiaUnit admissionUnplanned intubationPrimary surgerySleeve gastrectomyAmerican Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery literature review on the effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass limb lengths on outcomes
Aleassa E, Papasavas P, Augustin T, Khorgami Z, Benson-Davies S, Ghiassi S, Carter J, Nimeri A, Surgery C. American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery literature review on the effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass limb lengths on outcomes. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2023, 19: 755-762. PMID: 37268517, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.04.298.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Comment on: The impact of routine division of the greater omentum on small bowel obstruction after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Ghiassi S, Gibbs K. Comment on: The impact of routine division of the greater omentum on small bowel obstruction after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2022, 19: 185-186. PMID: 36351848, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
The Effect of Masker Interaural Time Delay on the Masking Level Difference in Children with History of Normal Hearing or History of Otitis Media with Effusion
Hall J, Grose J, Dev M, Ghiassi S. The Effect of Masker Interaural Time Delay on the Masking Level Difference in Children with History of Normal Hearing or History of Otitis Media with Effusion. Ear & Hearing 1998, 19: 429-433. PMID: 9867291, DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199812000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research