Publications by authors named "Monique Hassan"
Background: Restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced a shift to same-day discharge in bariatric surgery. Current studies show conflicting findings regarding morbidity and mortality. We aim to compare outcomes for same-day discharge versus admission after bariatric surgery.
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- - Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is the most common type of metabolic and bariatric surgery, and this study focuses on robotic-assisted da Vinci (dV) SG, aiming to establish technical best practices.
- - A committee of 10 experts created 49 consensus statements, which were evaluated by 240 professionals, leading to agreements on various key practices after two rounds of voting with a 49% overall response rate.
- - The final consensus highlighted critical recommendations for stapler use during surgery, including guidance on staple height based on the number of pauses and acceptable staple sizes, providing a practical guide for surgeons.
Background: Obesity is one of the most prevalent medical conditions in the Western world. There are many risk factors associated with obesity, including cardiovascular and pulmonary risk. Vascular health is not studied in obese patients, and whether obesity has an adverse effect on vascular health in these patients remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with remission of type 2 diabetes. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms remain unknown. We hypothesized that RYGB would increase peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α), sirtuin-1 (SIRT1), AMPK/pAMPK, and citrate synthase (CS) protein expression and decrease insulin resistance and these changes would be mediated by sphingolipids, including ceramides and the sphingolipid metabolite sphingosine-1 phosphate (S1P).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Bariatric and metabolic surgery significantly improves type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, a small percentage of patients after bariatric surgery either have persistent hyperglycemia or relapse of their T2DM. These patients are usually medically managed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllogeneic packed red blood cells (PRBCs) suppress immunity and influence outcomes. The influence of blood on the risk of infection and death may be related to the duration of storage. We sought to determine whether blood storage duration was associated with infection or death in a large cohort of injury victims.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ethnicity is implicated as a factor for disparate outcomes in colorectal cancer. We sought to evaluate this relationship at a military medical center organized to deliver equitable health care.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of colorectal cancer patients comparing demographics, grade, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage, and adjuvant therapy.