2022
Births After Bariatric Surgery in the United States
Chao G, Yang J, Peahl A, Thumma J, Dimick J, Arterburn D, Telem D. Births After Bariatric Surgery in the United States. Annals Of Surgery 2022, 277: e801-e807. PMID: 35762610, PMCID: PMC9794635, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of reinterventionAdverse obstetric outcomesBariatric surgery patientsObstetric outcomesBariatric surgerySurgery patientsFemale patients ages 18Multivariable logistic regression analysisEvent ratesNational US cohortSevere maternal morbidityLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomyPatients age 18Retrospective cohort studyIBM MarketScan databasesMultivariable logistic regressionKaplan-Meier estimatesLogistic regression analysisIncidence of birthsMaternal safetyDelivery complicationsGastric bypassGestational diabetesHypertensive disordersMaternal morbidityComparative effectiveness of sleeve gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients giving birth after bariatric surgery: reinterventions and obstetric outcomes
Chao G, Yang J, Peahl A, Thumma J, Dimick J, Arterburn D, Telem D. Comparative effectiveness of sleeve gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients giving birth after bariatric surgery: reinterventions and obstetric outcomes. Surgical Endoscopy 2022, 36: 6954-6968. PMID: 35099628, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-022-09063-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse obstetric outcomesGastric bypassObstetric outcomesBariatric surgerySleeve gastrectomyComparative effectivenessRisk of reinterventionLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomyRetrospective cohort studyMultivariable logistic regressionSignificant differencesCommon procedure todayResultsFrom 2011Reintervention rateBariatric proceduresCohort studyIBM MarketScanNational cohortInverse probability weightingGastrectomyReinterventionRouxSurgeryPatientsBypass
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
2017
Differences in rural and urban outcomes: a national inspection of emergency general surgery patients
Chaudhary MA, Shah AA, Zogg CK, Changoor N, Chao G, Nitzschke S, Havens JM, Haider AH. Differences in rural and urban outcomes: a national inspection of emergency general surgery patients. Journal Of Surgical Research 2017, 218: 277-284. PMID: 28985861, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayRural patientsEGS conditionsUrban hospitalOverall oddsEmergency general surgery conditionsEmergency general surgery patientsShorter LOSGeneral surgery patientsPatient-level factorsLimited clinical importanceNational Inpatient SampleSurgery of TraumaRegionalization of careCost of careMultivariable regression modelsUnited States populationHospital mortalityEGS patientsSurgery patientsUrban patientsAdult patientsMajor complicationsPrimary diagnosisInpatient Sample