2021 Owen H Wangensteen Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons

ABSTRACT

The proceedings contain 629 papers. The topics discussed include barriers to Covid-19 vaccination in underserved minorities impact of health care access and sociodemographic perspectives;concomitant cholecystectomy during initial bariatric surgery does not increase risk of postoperative complications or bile duct injuries;identifying behavioral facilitators to weight loss after bariatric surgery are there differences between Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients?;impact of post-discharge phone calls on nonurgent hospital returns;laparoscopic heller myotomy is associated with fewer postoperative complications compared to the thoracoscopic approach: a NSQIP study;population-wide analysis of the effect of bariatric surgery on idiopathic intracranial hypertension in obese patients;reducing operating room inefficiencies via a novel surgical app shortens the duration of laparoscopic Roux-en-y gastric bypass;subtotal gastrectomy vs gastroenterostomy in duodenal obstruction secondary to peptic ulcer disease results of a retrospective nationwide study;and enhanced recovery after bariatric surgery further reduction in opioid use with the introduction of dexmedetomidine and transverse abdominis plane block.