A5063183832- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
Yale University
2018-2023
Despite effective antiviral treatment, hundreds of kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are discarded annually. Little is known about the determinants willingness to accept HCV-infected among HCV-negative patients.At 2 centers, 189 patients undergoing initial or reevaluation for transplant made 12 hypothetical decisions accepting in which we systematically varied expected HCV cure rate, allograft quality, and wait time an uninfected kidney.Only 29% participants would...
Abstract Gastroesophageal malignancy after sleeve gastrectomy is rare. A 70-year-old male with a BMI of 46 underwent laparoscopic normal endoscopy. By 10 months postop, the patient had reduced to 30.5. Eleven he presented emesis and endoscopy showed severe stenosis at gastroesophageal junction EUS showing circumferential mass. Patient adenocarcinoma distal esophagus HER 3+ MMR proficient, clinical T2N1. He esophageal stent placement followed by FOLFOX switched carboplatin-Taxol radiation...