Tag: endoscopy

Perforated Ulcer in the Gastric Remnant after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Presenting as Acute Cholecystitis

Perforated Ulcer in the Gastric Remnant after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Presenting as Acute Cholecystitis

| July 21, 2023

by Khea Tan, MD; Jason Silvers, MD; and Seth Kipnis, MD All authors are with the Department of Surgery, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the contents of this article. Correspondence: Khea Tan, MD; […]

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Successful Endoscopic Closure of a Sleeve Gastrectomy Fistula by an Integrated Multidisciplinary Team: A Case Report

Successful Endoscopic Closure of a Sleeve Gastrectomy Fistula by an Integrated Multidisciplinary Team: A Case Report

| April 1, 2021

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 […]

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Nasogastric Tube Perforation Masquerading as a Delayed Gastric Sleeve Leak

Nasogastric Tube Perforation Masquerading as a Delayed Gastric Sleeve Leak

| February 1, 2020

by David J. Morrell, MD; Samantha R. Witte, MD; Gustavo Bello, MD, FACS; Ann M. Rogers, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE Drs. Morrell, Rogers, and Pauli are with the Department of Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Witte is with General and Bariatric […]

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Routine Preoperative EGD, UGI, and H. pylori Screening: Are They Necessary?

| March 18, 2011 | 0 Comments

by Tony Chan, MD; Sheela Patel; and Amir Mehran, MD Drs. Chan and Mehran, and Ms. Patel are all from the Matabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Financial disclosure: Drs. Chan and Mehran, and Ms. Patel have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]

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Endoluminal Management of Morbid Obesity

Endoluminal Management of Morbid Obesity

| September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Matthew J. Kruse, MD, and Miguel A. Burch, MD, FACS Dr. Kruse is  from the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Burch is Associate Director of General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Funding: There was no funding […]

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