Kimberly Schuster

Laparoscopic fundoplication in patients with a history of lung transplant has an average length of stay (LOS) of 3 days with a 30-day readmission rate of 25%, which is significantly worse compared to the non-lung transplant population…

BACKGROUND: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with increased mortality, falls, and frequent hospitalizations. Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are useful tools to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures such as impairment of sleep, cognition, or activity…

Gastric leaks represent a formidable complication of bariatric surgery. The absence of a standardized algorithm for leak management, coupled with intricate anatomical factors like stenosis or angulation, renders leaks uniquely challenging to treat…

INTRODUCTION: Artificial Intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) show promise in medicine, however general-purpose AI models underperform on clinical tasks. Recognizing this potential, our team developed a specialty-specific multi-task clinical LLM: GastroGPT (Fig 1)…

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is becoming the preferred method for the management of early gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies…

A novel, self-assembling peptide hydrogel (PuraStat, 3D Matrix, Tokyo, Japan) has recently been FDA-approved with dual indications for hemostasis and wound healing…

RISK FACTORS FOR REGROWTH AFTER NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT FOR RECTAL CANCER