Gastrointestinal Surgery

Regardless of the surgery type, the risk of postoperative pulmonary embolism was elevated at more than 6 weeks postoperatively, according to published results.

While most GERD patients had favorable outcomes after magnetic sphincter augmentation with the Linx device, higher BMI, a structurally defective lower esophageal sphincter, and higher lower esophageal sphincter pressure were linked to poorer outcomes, according to study results shared at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Surgical Spring Week.