Category: Case Report

Unintended Benefit of GLP-1 Treatment for Obesity: Resolution of Chronic Systemic Mastocytosis Symptoms
by George Woodman, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Alexander Wells, BS; Gregory A. Hanissian, MD; and Guy Voeller, MD Dr. Woodman is with Baptist Memorial Hospital–Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and Methodist Hospital Germantown in Germantown, Tennessee. Mr. Wells is a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Hanissian is with […]

Colonic Interposition Graft as a Conduit following Esophagectomy for Adenocarcinoma in the Setting of Sleeve Gastrectomy
by Salim Abunnaja, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Daniel Sprando, MD; Jad M. Abdelsattar, MD; Reima El Naili, MD; and Ghulam Abbas, MD, MHCM, FACS All authors are with the Department of Surgery, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant […]

Perforated Marginal Ulcer Secondary to Marijuana Smoking
by Ari Sapin, MD; Anirudha Goparaju, MD; Jun Levine, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Venkata Kella, MD; Patricia Cherasard, PhD, MBA, PA-C; and Collin Brathwaite, MD, MS, FACS All authors are with the Department of Surgery, NYU Langone–Long Island in Mineola, New York. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts […]

Dysphagia Lusoria After Weight Loss Surgery
by Jeremy Bryner, DO; Erica Ibendahl, MD; and Nicole Fearing, MD, FACS, FASMBS Drs. Bryner and Fearing are with Menorah Medical Center, Department of Surgery in Overland Park, Kansas. Dr. Ibendahl is with Washington County Hospital, Department of Surgery in Nashville, Illinois. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no […]

Bile Reflux following Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy (SADI-S) and its Surgical Treatment
by Amit Surve, MD; Daniel Cottam, MD; and Walter Medlin, MD, FACS Drs. Surve, Cottam, and Medlin are with Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Cottam is part of the speaker bureau for Medtronic and has been awarded a research grant by Medtronic […]

Successful Endoscopic Closure of a Sleeve Gastrectomy Fistula by an Integrated Multidisciplinary Team: A Case Report
by Matthew J. Ashbrook, MD, MPH; R. Daniel Lawson, MD; Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Jonathan R. Gower, MD; and Kyle D. Gadbois, MD, FACS, FASMBS Drs. Ashbrook, Wisbach, Gower, and Gadbois are with the Department of General Surgery, and Drs. Lawson, Wisbach, Gower, and Gadbois are also with the Combined Endoscopy Center, at […]

Early Gastric Remnant Dilation After Conversion of Gastric Plication to RYGB: A Case Report With Video
by Enrique Arias, MD, FACS; Francisco Alexander Ruiz Zelaya, MD; Mario Nelson Urquiza Osorto, MD; Aurelio José Villalta MartÍnez, MD; and Carlos Alberto Rodríguez, MD Drs. Arias, Ruiz, Urquiza, Villalta, and Rodriguez are with Obesity El Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflicts of interest […]

Simultaneous Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair and Bariatric Surgery: Case Series Report with Video
by Enrique Arias, MD, FACS; Francisco Ruiz, MD; Mario Urquiza, MD; and Gustavo Portillo, MD Drs. Arias, Ruiz, Urquiza, and Portillo are with Obesity El Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. ABSTRACT: Background. Morbid obesity […]