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Introducing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at a Veterans Affairs medical facilityBassem Y Safadi
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave, 112G, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Am J Surg 188:606-10. 2004..Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become an established treatment modality for morbid obesity. Our objective was to review the initial experience with laparoscopic (RYGB) for morbid obesity at our VA facility...- Postherpetic self-limited abdominal wall herniationBassem Y Safadi
Department of Surgery, Stanford University, VA Palo Alto HCS, 3801 Miranda Ave, 112G, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Am J Surg 186:148. 2003 - Which stoma works better for colonic dysmotility in the spinal cord injured patient?Bassem Y Safadi
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue 112G, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Am J Surg 186:437-42. 2003..Little is known about the difference in the long-term outcome among left-sided colostomies, right-sided colostomies, and ileostomies in this patient population... - Utilization of laparoscopic antireflux surgery at a single Veterans Affairs facility compared with the Veterans Affairs national trendBassem Y Safadi
Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Am J Surg 186:505-8. 2003..The objective of this study was to determine the trend in the use of laparoscopic antireflux surgical procedures at our VA facility and compare it with the national VA trend... - Laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias: early resultsB Safadi
Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Veteran Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, 112G, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Surg Endosc 18:676-80. 2004..The purpose of this study was to review our institution's experience with the laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias... - Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at a Veterans Affairs and high-volume academic facilities: a comparison of institutional outcomesRamzi S Alami
Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave, 112G, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
Am J Surg 190:821-5. 2005..There were no differences in 30-day mortality (none), major morbidity, conversion rates, or reoperation rates. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic RYGB can be performed safely at a VA facility despite a higher risk population and low annual volume... - Comparison of totally robotic laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and traditional laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypassBarry R Sanchez
Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 1:549-54. 2005..TRRYGB may be a better approach to gastric bypass when hand-sewing is required, especially early in a surgeon's experience... - Concurrent gastric bypass and repair of anterior abdominal wall herniasRob Schuster
Department of Surgery, Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Obes Surg 16:1205-8. 2006..In order to optimize success, tension-free principles of hernia repair with the use of prosthetic mesh should be followed since no mesh infections occurred in our series... - Incidental finding of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) during laparoscopic gastric bypassBarry R Sanchez
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305-5655, USA
Obes Surg 15:1384-8. 2005..Without the ability to grossly determine the benign or malignant behavior of GISTs, all these tumors found incidentally should be resected with adequate margins... - Orogastric tube complications in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypassBarry S Sanchez
Dept. of Surgery, University Medical Center, Stanford School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Obes Surg 16:443-7. 2006..e. Foley temperature probes)... - Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: differences in outcome between attendings and assistants of different training backgroundsGloria P Hsu
Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Obes Surg 15:1104-10. 2005..Our results suggested that participating in a laparoscopic fellowship and operating with a more experienced assistant may improve outcomes during the learning curve... - Preoperative oral antibiotics in colorectal surgery increase the rate of Clostridium difficile colitisSherry M Wren
Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System and Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Arch Surg 140:752-6. 2005..We hypothesize that the use of oral antibiotics in bowel preparation results in a higher rate of postoperative Clostridium difficile colitis... - The use of acellular dermal matrix for contaminated abdominal wall defects: wound status predicts successRob Schuster
Department of Surgery, Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Am J Surg 192:594-7. 2006..The aim of the current study was to determine what factors predicted fascial wall failure as determined by the presence of hernia on follow-up exam after AlloDerm placement... 
Outcomes following endovascular vs open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: a randomized trialFrank A Lederle
Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, USA
JAMA 302:1535-42. 2009..Limited data are available to assess whether endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) improves short-term outcomes compared with traditional open repair...- Gastric bypass reduces biochemical cardiac risk factorsD Brandon Williams
Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3680, Stanford, CA 94305 5655, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 3:8-13. 2007..Certain biochemical markers have demonstrated strong prediction for cardiovascular events. We hypothesized that in addition to weight reduction, gastric bypass will also induce a salutary effect on the biochemical cardiac risk factors... - Trends in insurance coverage for bariatric surgery and the impact of evidence-based reviewsBassem Y Safadi
Department of Surgery, Stanford University 300 Pasteur Drive, H 3591, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Surg Clin North Am 85:665-80, v. 2005..Over the years, so-called "evidence-based reviews" have been used to back these claims. Some of these reviews have significant flaws and limitations that are discussed... - Institutional commitment to rectal cancer screening results in earlier-stage cancers on diagnosisAnna C Battat
Department of Surgery, Stanford University, G112 PAVAHCS, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 11:970-6. 2004..This should result in a greater survival rate and lower local recurrence rate, because survival is predicated on stage at presentation. This may serve as a model for other health-care systems... - Effect of laparoscopic fundoplication on gastroesophageal reflux disease-induced respiratory symptomsM G Patti
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0788, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 4:143-9. 2000..Following laparoscopic surgery, respiratory symptoms resolved in 83% of patients when a temporal correlation between cough and reflux was found on pH monitoring; heartburn and regurgitation resolved in 90%...