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
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 testingPhytobezoar: A Brief Report with Surgical and Radiological Correlation
Hirji S, Robertson F, Chao G, Khurana B, Gates J. Phytobezoar: A Brief Report with Surgical and Radiological Correlation. Case Reports In Surgery 2018, 2018: 5253162. PMID: 29780655, PMCID: PMC5892293, DOI: 10.1155/2018/5253162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuperior mesenteric artery thrombosisPartial small bowel resectionMesenteric artery thrombosisTreatment of bezoarsUrgent exploratory laparotomySmall bowel obstructionAbdominal computed tomographySmall bowel resectionUnremarkable postoperative courseGastrointestinal bezoarsAbdominal painArtery thrombosisBowel obstructionBowel perforationDilated loopsExploratory laparotomyBowel resectionIschemic bowelPersistent vomitingPostoperative courseSmall bowelRadiological correlationPatient complicationsDiagnostic challengeFurther symptoms