6 results match your criteria: "Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Abu Dhabi[Affiliation]"
Reducing Healthcare Costs Using ACS NSQIP-Driven Quality Improvement Projects: A Success Story from Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC).
World J Surg
February 2019
Surgery Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Introduction: Surgical complications increase hospital length of stay and costs and lead to poor patient experience. We aim to evaluate our complication rates over time and the financial impact of joining the adult multi-specialty American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC).
Methods: Sheikh Khalifa Medical City is a Joint Commission International-accredited ACS NSQIP member since 2009.
Response to: Staple Line Reinforcement in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Experience in 1023 Consecutive Cases Obesity Surgery June 2017 Issue 6: 1474-80.
Obes Surg
October 2017
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Abu Dhabi, Chief Division of General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Making sense of gastric/intestinal bypass surgeries: forget the name and remember the degree of restriction and malabsorption the surgeries provide.
Surg Obes Relat Dis
April 2017
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Abu Dhabi Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Abu Dhabi UAE Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The Peri-operative Bariatric Surgery Care in the Middle East Region.
Obes Surg
June 2017
Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Background: Bariatric surgery is common in the Middle East region. However, regional accreditation bodies and guidelines are lacking. We present the current peri-operative practice of bariatric surgery in the Middle East region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConversion of one anastomosis gastric bypass/mini gastric bypass to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for bile reflux gastritis after failed Braun jejunojejunostomy.
Surg Obes Relat Dis
February 2017
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Laparoscopic Roux En Y Esophago-Jejunostomy for Chronic Leak/Fistula After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Obes Surg
March 2016
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Abu Dhabi, Department of Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Background: Leak following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the most serious and devastating complications. Endoscopic stents can treat most early LSG leaks, but is not as effective for chronic LSG leaks/fistulae. The surgical options to treat a chronic leak/fistula after LSG are laparoscopic Roux en Y esophago-jejunostomy (LRYEJ) or laparoscopic Roux en Y fistulo-jejunostomy.
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