2022
Medication Use for Obesity-Related Comorbidities After Sleeve Gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass
Howard R, Chao G, Yang J, Thumma J, Arterburn D, Telem D, Dimick J. Medication Use for Obesity-Related Comorbidities After Sleeve Gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass. JAMA Surgery 2022, 157: 248-256. PMID: 35019988, PMCID: PMC8756362, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTime of surgeryGastric bypassMedication discontinuationSleeve gastrectomyCumulative incidenceMedication useHyperlipidemia medicationsComorbidity resolutionLower incidenceCommon bariatric surgical proceduresLipid-lowering medication useComparative effectiveness research studyAdult Medicare beneficiariesDiabetes medication useAntihypertensive medication useLipid-lowering medicationsBariatric surgical proceduresSubset of patientsLong-term trialsAntihypertensive medicationsDiabetes medicationsLaparoscopic RouxBariatric surgeryPrimary outcomeMean age
2018
Extensive Thrombus and Brain Microabscesses After Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Chao G, Hirji S, Shikora S. Extensive Thrombus and Brain Microabscesses After Sleeve Gastrectomy. Journal Of Radiology Case Reports 2018, 12: 10-17. PMID: 29875989, PMCID: PMC5965401, DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v12i3.3227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSleeve gastrectomyNew bariatric surgical procedureRight common iliac veinMultifocal brain abscessesLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomyPortal vein thrombosisBariatric surgical proceduresCommon iliac veinStaple line leakBrain microabscessesSleeve strictureSeptic emboliBariatric surgeryExtensive thrombusBrain abscessesComplication rateVein thrombosisDangerous complicationIliac veinSurgical proceduresGastrectomyThrombosisAbscessComplicationsHemorrhage