{"id":"W4237309093","doi":"10.1503/cjs.016712","title":"Canadian Surgery Forum1 Is laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy a reasonable stand-alone procedure for super morbidly obese patients?2 Postoperative monitoring requirements of patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing bariatric surgery3 Role of relaparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of bariatric complications in the early postoperative period4 Changes of active and total ghrelin, GLP-1 and PYY following restrictive bariatric surgery and their impact on satiety: comparison of sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding5 Prioritization and willingness to pay for bariatric surgery: the patient perspective6 Ventral hernia at the time of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery: Should it be repaired?7 Linear stapled gastrojejunostomy with transverse handsewn enterotomy closure significantly reduces strictures for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y bypass8 Laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch as second stage for super super morbidly obese patients. Do all patients benefit?9 Sleeve gastrectomy in the super super morbidly obese (BMI &gt; 60 kg/m<sup>2</sup>): a Canadian experience10 Laparoscopic gastric bypass for the treatment of refractory idiopathic gastroparesis: a report of 2 cases11 Duodeno-ileal switch as a primary bariatric and metabolic surgical option for the severely obese patient with comorbidities: review of a single-institution case series of duodeno-ileal intestinal bypass12 Management of large paraesophageal hernias in morbidly obese patients with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a case series13 Early results of the Ontario bariatric surgical program: using the bariatric registry14 Improving access to bariatric surgical care: Is universal health care the answer?15 Early and liberal postoperative exploration can reduce morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing bariatric surgery16 Withdrawn17 Identification and assessment of technical errors in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass18 A valid and reliable tool for assessment of surgical skill in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass19 Psychiatric predictors of presurgery drop-out following suitability assessment for bariatric surgery20 Predictors of outcomes following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery at The Ottawa Hospital21 Prophylactic management of cholelithiasis in bariatric patients: Is routine cholecystectomy warranted?22 Early outcomes of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a publicly funded obesity program23 Similar incidence of gastrojejunal anastomotic stricture formation with hand-sewn and 21 mm circular stapler techniques during Roux-en-Y gastric bypass24 (CAGS Basic Science Award) Exogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 improves clinical, morphological and histological outcomes of intestinal adaptation in a distal-intestinal resection piglet model of short bowel syndrome25 (CAGS Clinical Research Award) Development and validation of a comprehensive curriculum to teach an advanced minimally invasive procedure: a randomized controlled trial26 Negative-pressure wound therapy (iVAC) on closed, high-risk incisions following abdominal wall reconstruction27 The impact of seed granting on research in the University of British Columbia Department of Surgery28 Quality of surgical care is inadequate for elderly patients29 Recurrence of inguinal hernia in general and hernia specialty hospitals in Ontario, Canada30 Oncostatin M receptor deficiency results in increased mortality in an intestinal ischemia reperfusion model in mice31 Laparoscopic repair of large paraesophageal hernias with anterior gastropexy: a multicentre trial32 Response to preoperative medical therapy predicts success of laparoscopic splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura33 Perioperative sepsis, but not hemorrhagic shock, promotes the development of cancer metastases in a murine model34 Measuring the impact of implementing an acute care surgery service on the management of acute biliary disease35 Patient flow and efficiency in an acute care surgery service36 The relationship between treatment factors and postoperative complications after radical surgery for rectal cancer37 Risk of ventral hernia after laparoscopic colon surgery38 Urinary metabolomics as a tool for early detection of Barrett’s and esophageal cancer39 Construct validity of individual and summary performance metrics associated with a computer-based laparo-scopic simulator40 Impact of a city-wide health system reorganization on emergency department visits in hospitals in surrounding communities41 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for the nonoperative management of aortic stenosis: a cost-effectiveness analysis42 Breast cancer: racial differences in age of onset. A potential confounder in Canadian screening recommendations43 Risk taking in surgery: in and out of the comfort zone44 A tumour board in the office: Track those cancer patients!45 Increased patient BMI is not associated with advanced colon cancer stage or grade on presentation: a retrospective chart review46 Consensus statements regardi","year":2012,"lang":"en","type":"review","venue":"Canadian Journal of Surgery","topic":"Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes","field":"Medicine","cited_by":0,"is_retracted":false,"has_abstract":true,"ca_institutions":"Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre; Sunnybrook Hospital; Université de Montréal; Toronto General Hospital; Pancreas Centre (Canada); University of Manitoba; University of Saskatchewan; Surrey Memorial Hospital; BC Cancer Agency; Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec; Red Deer Regional Hospital; Fraser Health; Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; Cégep de l'Abitibi Témiscamingue; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec; Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont; Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba; Université Laval; NOSM University; Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre; The Wilson Centre; CancerCare Manitoba; University of Calgary; University of Ottawa; Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise; Dalhousie University; Royal Victoria Hospital; McGill University; Mount Sinai Hospital; London Health Sciences Centre; University of Victoria; Western University; St. Paul's Hospital; University Health Network; Stollery Children's Hospital; University of British Columbia; St. John’s Health Sciences Centre; Toronto Western Hospital; Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus; Montreal General Hospital; Jewish General Hospital; Sunnybrook Health Science Centre; St. Michael's Hospital; Joseph Brant Hospital; St Joseph's Health Centre; University of Toronto; University of Alberta; Ottawa Hospital; McGill University Health Centre; Royal Alexandra Hospital; Memorial University of Newfoundland; McMaster University; Kingston General Hospital; Queen's University","funders":"","keywords":"Medicine; Morbidly obese; Sleeve gastrectomy; Obstructive sleep apnea; Gastric bypass; Surgery; Morbid obesity; General surgery; Standard of care; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopic surgery; Obesity; Weight loss; Anesthesia; Internal medicine","routes":{"ca_aff":true,"ca_fund":false,"ca_venue":true,"about_ca":true,"invisible_to_affiliation_only":false},"retraction":null,"screen":null,"direct_labels":[],"prediction":{"model_version":"metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061c","candidate_categories":["metaresearch"],"consensus_categories":[],"category_scores_codex":[0.001059677,0.0004725451,0.0003745322,0.001853629,0.003302799,0.001961143,0.0009685046,0.001757319,0.1005351],"category_scores_gemma":[0.004527566,0.0002439628,0.0004897196,0.002396126,0.001396515,0.0007789581,0.00108892,0.001806978,0.005772565],"about_ca_system_candidate":true,"about_ca_system_consensus":false,"about_ca_system_score_codex":0.01265609,"about_ca_system_score_gemma":0.02998189,"about_ca_topic_candidate":true,"about_ca_topic_consensus":true,"about_ca_topic_score_codex":0.5561959,"about_ca_topic_score_gemma":0.8230038,"domain_scores_codex":[0.9988173,0.00007156573,0.00004683335,0.00009963682,0.0007449238,0.00021987],"domain_scores_gemma":[0.9937365,0.0003893853,0.0004934726,0.0001048006,0.002897323,0.002378401],"domain_codex":null,"domain_gemma":"evaluation","domain_candidate":"evaluation","domain_consensus":null,"study_design_codex":"not_applicable","study_design_gemma":"observational","study_design_scores_codex":[0.0001599596,0.0000955184,0.01741666,0.0005045315,0.0000328692,0.0009559732,0.0001798719,0.0000993998,0.0006189914,0.002050907,0.810543,0.1673423],"study_design_scores_gemma":[0.00006553634,0.00009321932,0.06867404,0.001008284,0.00002624164,0.002024465,0.0007919031,0.0001640939,0.0001378821,0.0005768125,0.9263859,0.00005149862],"study_design_candidate":"observational","study_design_consensus":null,"genre_codex":"other","genre_gemma":"review","genre_scores_codex":[0.0509378,0.1390286,0.001839548,0.25151,0.03836206,0.0003656273,0.01360279,0.0007221589,0.5036314],"genre_scores_gemma":[0.3162897,0.2431933,0.01027496,0.0735837,0.02131258,0.0003490034,0.02252171,0.0005724892,0.3119026],"genre_candidate":"review","genre_consensus":null,"teacher_disagreement_score":0.9989403,"threshold_uncertainty_score":0.8928356,"prediction_status":"machine_predicted_unvalidated"},"machine_scores":{"provisional":true,"baseline":true,"maturity_gate_passed":false,"score_opus":0.04747625536587296,"score_gpt":0.3581904274394127,"score_spread":0.3107141720735397,"validation_status":"score_only:v0-immature-baseline","note":"Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed). 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