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    High-risk bariatric candidates: does red-flagging predict the post-operative course?

    Standards for preoperative bariatric patient selection include a thorough psychological evaluation. Using patients “red-flagged” during preoperative evaluations, this study aims to identify trends in long-term...

    Rebecca C. Dirks, Dimitrios I. Athanasiadis, William A. Hilgendorf in Surgical Endoscopy (2022)

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    Overview of Simulation in Surgery

    Simulation-based training has demonstrated success in educating and assessing all level of learners from medical students to residents to practicing physicians. Along with this success has come the mandate to ...

    Don J. Selzer in Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties (2019)

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    Prospective evaluation of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh in CDC class I/high-risk ventral and incisional hernia repair: 18-month follow-up

    Long-term resorbable mesh represents a promising technology for complex ventral and incisional hernia repair (VIHR). Preclinical studies indicate that poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) resorbable mesh supports str...

    John Scott Roth, Gary J. Anthone, Don J. Selzer, Benjamin K. Poulose in Surgical Endoscopy (2018)

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    Comparison of Oral Iron Supplement Formulations for Normalization of Iron Status Following Roux-EN-y Gastric Bypass Surgery: a Randomized Trial

    The evidence behind recommendations for treatment of iron deficiency (ID) following roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) lacks high quality studies.

    Renee A. Mischler, Seth M. Armah, Bruce A. Craig, Arthur D. Rosen in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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    Long-term follow-up results of endoscopic treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease with the MUSE™ endoscopic stapling device

    The initial 6-month data for MUSE™ (Medigus, Omer, Israel) endoscopic stapling device were reported (Zacherl et al. in Surg Endosc 29:220–229, 2015). The current study aims to evaluate the long-term clinical outc...

    Hong Joo Kim, Chang-Il Kwon, William R. Kessler, Don J. Selzer in Surgical Endoscopy (2016)

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    Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is Safe and Effective in Elderly Patients: A Comparative Analysis

    Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is gaining widespread popularity as a definitive bariatric operation that provides satisfactory and durable weight loss as well as comorbidity resolution. Although SG is be...

    Michael A. Burchett, Daniel T. McKenna, Don J. Selzer, Jennifer H. Choi in Obesity Surgery (2015)

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    Endoscopic anterior fundoplication with the Medigus Ultrasonic Surgical Endostapler (MUSE™) for gastroesophageal reflux disease: 6-month results from a multi-center prospective trial

    Both long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and surgical fundoplication have potential drawbacks as treatments for chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This multi-center, prospective study evalua...

    Johannes Zacherl, Aviel Roy-Shapira, Luigi Bonavina, Amol Bapaye in Surgical Endoscopy (2015)

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    Deep sedation in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): a comparative study with dogs

    Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has been mostly performed with the animal under general and inhalational anesthesia (IA-NOTES). To date, NOTES using propofol sedation (PS-NOTES) has not...

    Mohammad Al-Haddad, Daniel McKenna, Jeff Ko, Stuart Sherman in Surgical Endoscopy (2012)

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    Comparison of Hand-Sewn, Linear-Stapled, and Circular-Stapled Gastrojejunostomy in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    There is no consensus on the ideal gastrojejunostomy anastomosis (GJA) technique in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). We reviewed our experience with three GJA techniques (hand-sewn (HSA), linear-...

    Frank P. Bendewald, Jennifer N. Choi, Lorie S. Blythe, Don J. Selzer in Obesity Surgery (2011)