Farzaneh Banki

BACKGROUND: To address the persistent ethnoracial and socioeconomic disparities in access to quality surgical cancer care, it is imperative to rigorously understand the role of clinician-level factors including clinician-to-clinician connectedness…

Background and aims: Several small studies reported high risk of progression to high grade dysplasia (HGD) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) in Barrett’s esophagus (BE) patients who undergo solid organ transplantation (SOT)…

53-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) presented with daily heartburn (improved by PPIs), regurgitation, and chronic cough. Upper endoscopy revealed 7 cm hiatal hernia, LA class C esophagitis and hill-grade 3-4…

OBJECTIVE: To assess improvement in outcomes of hiatal hernia repair at a single center with a single surgical team…

INTRODUCTION: Fundopexy can result in postoperative pain. We aimed to assess the role of preemptive intraperitoneal infiltration of Exparel (Bupivacaine) at the site of planned fundopexy to reduce postoperative pain. METHODS: Patients with fundopexy were included…

INTRODUCTION: Patients with end-stage achalasia are poor surgical candidates. METHOD: The patient underwent reoperative laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication, and a flash of esophageal fluid was suspicious for mucosal entrance. Upper endoscopy showed no leak…