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    Predictors of post-discharge pain and satisfaction with pain management after laparoscopic bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study

    Pain management after bariatric surgery remains challenging given the risk for analgesia-related adverse events (e.g., opioid use disorder, marginal ulcers). Identifying modifiable factors associated with pati...

    Maxime Lapointe-Gagner, Shrieda Jain, Naser Alali, Hiba Elhaj in Surgical Endoscopy (2023)

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    Prescription and consumption of opioids after bariatric surgery: a multicenter prospective cohort study

    In the current opioid crisis, bariatric surgical patients are at increased risk of harms related to postoperative opioid overprescribing. This study aimed to assess the extent to which opioids prescribed at di...

    Shrieda Jain, Maxime Lapointe-Gagner, Naser Alali, Hiba Elhaj in Surgical Endoscopy (2023)

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    Side-to-side duodeno-ileal magnetic compression anastomosis: design and feasibility of a novel device in a porcine model

    Minimally invasive metabolic/bariatric surgery (MBS) may be further advanced by magnetic compression anastomosis (MCA) technology. The study aimed to develop a magnet sized to create a patent duodeno-ileostomy...

    Michel Gagner, Todd Krinke, Maxime Lapointe-Gagner, J. N. Buchwald in Surgical Endoscopy (2023)

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    Patients’ experiences undergoing cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

    This study aimed to understand patients’ experiences undergoing cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to COVID-19, many elective cancer surgeries were delayed creating a massive backlog of c...

    Makena Pook, Tahereh Najafi, Maxime Lapointe-Gagner in Supportive Care in Cancer (2023)

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    Laparoscopic and Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy

    Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as a bariatric procedure was initially described in 1999 as part of a laparoscopic duodenal switch and then performed as a two-stage procedure for high-risk patients, the i...

    Collin E. M. Brathwaite, Raelina S. Howell in The AFS Textbook of Foregut Disease (2023)

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    Duodenal Bipartition or Side-to-Side Duodeno-Ileostomy: Rationale and Technical Details

    A side-to-side duodeno-ileostomy, or “duodenal bipartition,” is a modification of the single anastomosis duodeno-ileostomy (SADI), a much less complicated anastomosis. Compared to the SADI, the duodenal transe...

    Michel Gagner, Maxime Lapointe-Gagner in Duodenal Switch and Its Derivatives in Bar… (2023)