Publications by authors named "Venu G Bangla"
Background: Frailty is the age-related decline contributing to adverse outcome vulnerability. This study assesses the modified 5-factor frailty index's (mFI-5) ability to predict geriatric cholecystectomy outcomes.
Methods: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients ages ≥65 were identified from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (2018-2020).
Background: Incorporation of patient-reported outcomes such as health-related quality of life has become increasingly important in the management of chronic diseases such as cancer. In this prospective study, we examined the effect of surgical resection on quality of life in patients with intestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
Methods: Thirty-two patients underwent NET resection at our institution from January 2020 to January 2022.
Purpose: The most common surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC) is the staged restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). On occasion, an emergent first-stage subtotal colectomy must be performed. The purpose of this study was to compare rates of postoperative complications in three-stage IPAA patients who underwent emergent vs non-emergent first-stage subtotal colectomies in the subsequent staged procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) society lists early mobilization as one of their recommendations for improving patient outcomes following colorectal surgery. The level of supporting evidence, however, is relatively weak, and furthermore, the ERAS guidelines do not clearly define "early" mobilization. In this study, we define mobilization in terms of time to first ambulation after surgery and develop an outcome-based cutoff for early mobilization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A few important risk factors play into rates of perforation following acute appendicitis. Diabetes may be an additional risk factor due to various systemic complications that may contribute to perforation and additional adverse outcomes following acute appendicitis, all of which currently remains unknown in the United States.
Methods: Adult patients with acute appendicitis under 65 years of age were identified from the National Inpatient Sample between 2012 and 2014 and the distribution of baseline variables was examined across diabetic status using Rao-Scott chi square and student's t-test.
Introduction: Mount Sinai Hospital in New York introduced a laparoscopic surgery simulation center to a public hospital in Santiago, Dominican Republic to determine the feasibility of training programs in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).
Methods: In August 2018, recruitment and preliminary data were collected at the Hospital Jose Maria Cabral y Báez in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The simulation room consists of three simulation stations.
Objectives: This study aimed to understand if resection (RS) for nonmetastatic small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SBNETs) prolongs 5-year overall survival.
Methods: Patients from National Cancer Data Base with primary histologically confirmed SBNETs from 2007 to 2016 were included. Patients younger than 18 years, with the disease in the duodenum/Meckel diverticulum or metastatic disease were excluded.
Background: Approximately 10% to 20% of patients with ulcerative colitis require surgery during their disease course, of which the most common is the staged restorative proctocolectomy with IPAA.
Objective: The aim was to compare the rates of anastomotic leaks among all staged restorative proctocolectomy with IPAA procedures.
Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.