Omental infarction with liquefied necrosis after Roux Y gastric bypass: case report and literature review.

Omental infarction is a rare phenomenon that can be idiopathic or secondary to a surgical intervention. Greater omentum division has been advocated to decrease tension at the gastro-jejunal anastomosis during laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). We report a case of omental infraction complicated by liquefied infected necrosis presenting 3 weeks after antecolic antegastric RYGB.

Trauma Recidivism Postdischarge Mortality: Important Differences Exist between the Adult and Geriatric Populations.

Trauma recidivists are a high-risk patient population. The effects of recidivism on Geriatric trauma mortality have not been investigated. Our hypothesis is that trauma recidivism is associated with high postdischarge mortality after the initial index admission in both the geriatric and adult trauma populations.

Postdischarge Mortality after Geriatric Low-Level Falls: A Five-Year Analysis.

Geriatric trauma patients with low-level falls often have multiple comorbidities and limited physiologic reserve. Our aim was to investigate postdischarge mortality in this population. We hypothesized that five-year mortality would be higher relative to other blunt mechanisms.

Opioid prescribing practices during implementation of an enhanced recovery program at a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Enhanced recovery programs have demonstrated a decrease in opioid use in hospitals where patients have undergone colorectal surgery. This study is to investigate whether similar decreases in opioid prescribing are achieved at discharge and postdischarge.

Methods: Patients undergoing colorectal surgery November 2014-November 2016 were reviewed.