Bariatric Surgery in Patients on Chronic Anticoagulation Therapy.

Background: Perioperative management of chronically anti-coagulated patients undergoing bariatric surgery requires a balance of managing hemorrhagic and thromboembolic risks. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of hemorrhagic complications and their management in chronically anticoagulated (CAT) patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

Methods: A retrospective review of CAT patients undergoing bariatric surgery at an academic center from 2008 to 2015 was studied.

Efficacy of adjuvant weight loss medication after bariatric surgery.

Background: Some patients do not achieve optimal weight loss or regain weight after bariatric surgery. In this study, we aimed to determine the effectiveness of adjuvant weight loss medications after surgery for this group of patients.

Setting: An academic medical center.

30-day readmission following weight loss surgery: can psychological factors predict nonspecific indications for readmission?

Background: Thirty-day readmissions occur in 5% or more of bariatric surgery patients. Some readmissions relate directly to surgical risks, whereas others relate to more nonspecific complaints or nonadherence and may reflect risks outside of the surgical procedure.

Objective: To investigate whether presurgical psychosocial factors are related to readmission.

The feasibility of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for identifying and assessing the perfusion of parathyroid glands during total thyroidectomy.

Background: There are limited adjuncts available for identifying and assessing the viability of parathyroid glands (PGs) during total thyroidectomy (TT). The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of indocyanine green (ICG) imaging in identifying and assessing perfusion of PGs during TT.

Methods: ICG was administered in patients undergoing TT and fluorescence of PGs was assessed.

The utility of indocyanine green near infrared fluorescent imaging in the identification of parathyroid glands during surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism.

Background And Objectives: Intraoperative adjuncts for the localization of parathyroid glands in parathyroid surgery are limited. The aim of this study is to assess the usefulness of indocyanine green (ICG) near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent imaging in patients undergoing surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT).

Methods: ICG imaging was performed in 33 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy (PTX).

Laparoscopic management of liver metastases from uveal melanoma.

Background: Although uveal melanoma is a rare disease, its metastasis to the liver is associated with a poor survival. The aim of this study is to analyze the survival after surgical treatment of uveal melanoma metastases to the liver.

Methods: Within 15 years, 44 patients with uveal melanoma metastases to the liver were managed at a single center.

The utility of peripheral thyrotropin receptor mRNA in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer.

Background: Our aim was to analyze the utility of peripheral thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) messenger RNA (mRNA) in predicting and detecting the recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer.

Methods: Peripheral blood TSHR-mRNA was obtained in 103 patients before and after total thyroidectomy. An analysis was performed to correlate peripheral blood TSHR-mRNA concentration with oncologic outcomes.

Intraoperative tumor localization and tissue distinction during robotic adrenalectomy using indocyanine green fluorescence imaging: a feasibility study.

Background: To investigate the feasibility of a method for intraoperative tumor localization and tissue distinction during robotic adrenalectomy (RA) via indocyanine green (ICG) imaging under near-infrared light.

Methods: Ten patients underwent RA. After exposure of the retroperitoneal space, but before adrenal dissection was started, ICG was given intravenously (IV).