Christopher Ducoin, MD

Reported procedures

• Minimally invasive bariatric surgery Source ↗
• hernia repair Source ↗
• anti-reflux surgery Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• American Board of Surgery Source ↗
• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• USF Health and Tampa General Hospital Source ↗
• UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Concomitant unroofing of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery during bilateral lung transplantation. · 2026 Source ↗
• Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair: A Statewide Analysis Using Severity-Graded Complication Outcomes. · 2026 Source ↗
• Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is a predictor of adverse outcomes following open ventral hernia repair. · 2026 Source ↗
• Associations Between Opioid Timing and Postoperative Desaturation Burden Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Heller myotomy in achalasia: clinical implications from long-term outcomes. · 2026 Source ↗
• Pilot study of EsoCheck/EsoGuard for detecting Barrett's esophagus in high-risk patients undergoing hiatal hernia repair. · 2026 Source ↗
• A single-center retrospective review of food retention during upper endoscopy following GLP-1 receptor agonist usage and introduction of the Tampa Intraluminal Gastric Residue (TiGR) grading scale. · 2026 Source ↗
• Preoperative Nutrition Support in Elective Surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Comprehensive Obesity Medicine Management in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (COMMMBS) Algorithm: An Evidenced Based Proposal. · 2026 Source ↗
• Oxygenation status with left lateral vs supine position in bariatric patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD): safe or not? · 2026 Source ↗
• Point-of-Care Tongue Ultrasound for Perioperative Risk Stratification in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• Exploring the Link-Hiatal Hernia Repair and GERD Treatments for Managing Arrhythmias: A Systematic Review. · 2026 Source ↗
• Is Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Truly Comparable to Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Early Rectal Epithelial and Subepithelial Tumors? A Meta-Analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Postoperative outcomes of antireflux surgery in lung transplant recipients. · 2025 Source ↗
• Effectiveness of Pharmacotherapy and Technical Modifications as Adjunctive Tools for Enhancing Weight Loss After Bariatric Endoscopy (Endoscopic Gastric Remodeling and Transoral Outlet Reduction): A Meta-analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Suspected bile acid gastritis and dumping syndrome after pyloric drainage procedures: experience from a tertiary care center. · 2025 Source ↗
• Protective effects of antireflux surgery on lung function in patients with interstitial lung disease. · 2025 Source ↗
• Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Procedural Utilization. · 2025 Source ↗
• Comparative Efficacy and Complications Between One-stage Transcystic Common Bile Duct Exploration and Two-stage ERCP Plus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Treatment of Choledocholithiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Short Versus Long Myotomy Length in Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia: Comparable Efficacy with Potential Reduction in Incidence of Reflux-A Meta-Analysis of 10 Comparative Studies. · 2025 Source ↗
• The Use of Knives With Versus Without Integrated Water-jet Function During Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Patients With Achalasia: A Meta-analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Posterior Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy With Versus Without Sparing of the Oblique/Sling Fibers: A Meta-analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Comparative Analysis of Hiatal Hernia Repair Techniques: A Meta-Analysis Review Study on Biological Mesh, Phasix™ Mesh, and Primary Repair. · 2025 Source ↗
• Discrepancies in the Reporting of Hiatal Hernia Size: A Review. · 2025 Source ↗
• Dumping Syndrome and Bile Acid Reflux Following Pyloroplasty and Gastric Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (G-POEM) for Refractory Gastroparesis: A Systematic Review. · 2025 Source ↗
• Factors Affecting Patient Outcomes of Abdominoplasty After Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. · 2025 Source ↗
• Evaluating the concordance of ChatGPT and physician recommendations for bariatric surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• The Battle of Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies for Obesity: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty Versus Endoscopically Inserted Intragastric Balloon-A Pairwise Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies and a Call for Randomized Controlled Trials. · 2024 Source ↗
• A Meta-Analysis Comparing RYGB with Long Biliopancreatic Limb (BPL) Versus Long Alimentary Limb (AL) in Groups with Equal or Nearly Equal Combined Bypass Lengths (Combined BPL and AL Lengths): Does Switching Seats Enhance Weight Loss? · 2024 Source ↗
• A cost comparison of GLP-1 receptor agonists and bariatric surgery: what is the break even point? · 2024 Source ↗
• Small Bowel Diverticulosis in an Elderly Patient Presenting With Obstruction and Intestinal Dysmotility: A Case Report. · 2024 Source ↗
• Multisociety research collaboration: timing of cholecystectomy following cholecystostomy drainage for acute cholecystitis. · 2024 Source ↗
• Robotics vs Laparoscopy in Foregut Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Analyzing Hiatal Hernia Repair and Heller Myotomy. · 2024 Source ↗
• Disposable Gastrointestinal Scopes: A Systematic Review. · 2024 Source ↗
• The Impact of Food Insecurity Rate on Bariatric Surgery Outcomes. · 2024 Source ↗
• Use of hiatal hernia repair and antireflux surgery as a novel treatment for cardiac arrhythmias. · 2024 Source ↗
• To Dor or Not to Dor? Heller Myotomy, a Retrospective Study. · 2024 Source ↗
• Discontinuing semaglutide after weight loss: strategy for weight maintenance and a possible new side effect. · 2024 Source ↗
• The evidence behind robot-assisted abdominopelvic surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. · 2024 Source ↗
• Incidentally Diagnosed Low-Grade Primary Peritoneal Serous Carcinoma Within the Umbilical Hernia Sac in a Male: A Report of an Extremely Rare Case and Review of the Literature. · 2024 Source ↗
• Adjuvant and Neo-Adjuvant Anti-Obesity Medications and Bariatric Surgery: A Scoping Review. · 2024 Source ↗
• Preoperative comorbidities as a predictor of EBWL after bariatric surgery: a retrospective cohort study. · 2024 Source ↗
• The Financial Implications of a Single-Use Device Reprocessing Program at a Tertiary Referral Center Surgical Department. · 2024 Source ↗
• Double Digest: A Rare Case Report of Amphicrine Gastric Carcinoma Co-occurring With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. · 2024 Source ↗
• Endoscopic closure techniques of bariatric surgery complications: a meta-analysis. · 2024 Source ↗
• Evaluating the use of adjuvant and neoadjuvant terminology in bariatric surgery: a scoping review. · 2024 Source ↗
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for Advancements in Surgical Management of Achalasia. · 2024 Source ↗
• Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support During Bariatric Surgery: A Novel Bridge to Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device and Cardiac Transplantation. · 2025 Source ↗
• How Does Oversewing/Suturing (OS/S) Compare to Other Staple Line Reinforcement Methods? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. · 2024 Source ↗
• Current trends and barriers to video management and analytics as a tool for surgeon skilling. · 2024 Source ↗
• Anti-obesity Medication Use for Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Systematic Literature Review. · 2023 Source ↗
• Examining surgeon stress in robotic and laparoscopic surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Hernia repair in the bariatric patient: a systematic review and meta-analysis. · 2024 Source ↗
• Creating an integrated strategic plan. · 2024 Source ↗
• Omentopexy/Gastropexy (OP/GP) Following Sleeve Gastrectomy Might be an Effective 2-in-1 Method (Reinforcement and Fixation): A Meta-Analysis of 14 Studies and a Call for Randomized Controlled Trials. · 2023 Source ↗
• Feasibility of Anti-reflux Gastric Bypass for Massive Paraesophageal Hernia in Obese Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. · 2023 Source ↗
• Antral Preservation in Sleeve Gastrectomy Appears to Protect Against Prolonged Vomiting and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. · 2023 Source ↗
• Staple Line Bacterial Load May Not Be a Contra-Indication to Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Placement During Primary Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2023 Source ↗
• Reply to Letter to the Editor: Oversewing/Suturing of the Staple Line During Sleeve Gastrectomy Is an Effective and Affordable Staple Line Reinforcement Method: a Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. · 2023 Source ↗
• A Systematic Approach to Treating Early Metabolic Disease and Prediabetes. · 2023 Source ↗
• Mental health status as a predictor of emergency department visits and hospital readmissions post bariatric surgery: a retrospective cohort study. · 2023 Source ↗
• Efficacy of bariatric intervention as a bridge to cardiac transplant. · 2023 Source ↗
• Seamguard Buttressing of the Staple Line During Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Appears to Decrease the Incidence of Postoperative Bleeding, Leaks, and Reoperations. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Non-Randomized Comparative Studies. · 2023 Source ↗
• Evaluating the Spanish readability of American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Centers of Excellence (COE) websites. · 2023 Source ↗
• Oversewing/Suturing of the Staple Line During Sleeve Gastrectomy Is an Effective and Affordable Staple Line Reinforcement Method: a Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. · 2023 Source ↗
• A Case Report of a Rare Hernia: Incarcerated Falciform Ligament Hernia. · 2023 Source ↗
• Comment on: Obesity, metabolic and bariatric surgery, and cancer prevention: what do we need to learn and how do we get there? · 2023 Source ↗
• Novel Per-Oral Cricopharyngotomy for Cricopharyngeal Bar: Feasibility Study With Emphasis on Technical Limitations. · 2023 Source ↗
• Gastropleural Fistula Presenting as a Complication of Gastric Sleeve Surgery: A Case Report. · 2023 Source ↗
• Spanish-language bariatric surgery patient education materials fail to meet healthcare literacy standards of readability. · 2023 Source ↗
• Resolution of Roemheld Syndrome After Hiatal Hernia Repair and LINX Placement: Case Review. · 2023 Source ↗
• Foregut Malignancy After Metabolic Surgery: a Literature Review. · 2023 Source ↗
• Robotic-assisted foregut surgery is associated with lower rates of complication and shorter post-operative length of stay. · 2023 Source ↗
• RYGB-Induced Gut Dysmotility and Retrograde Intussusception: an Unusual Phenomenon. A Narrative Literature Review. · 2022 Source ↗
• Novel "starburst" mesh configuration for paraesophageal and recurrent hiatal hernia repair: comparison with keyhole mesh configuration. · 2023 Source ↗
• Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Algorithm for Post-bariatric Surgery Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Patients. · 2022 Source ↗
• Exploring the paradigm of robotic surgery and its contribution to the growth of surgical volume. · 2022 Source ↗
• Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy; Novice Surgeon Learning Curve. · 2023 Source ↗
• Robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) for esophageal cancer training curriculum-a worldwide Delphi consensus study. · 2022 Source ↗
• Association of individual surgeon volume and postoperative outcome in esophagomyotomy for achalasia. · 2022 Source ↗
• Dr. Velanovich's contributions to understanding Barrett's Esophagus and its treatment. · 2022 Source ↗
• Massive Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in the Obese Patient Population: Antireflux Gastric Bypass Versus Fundoplication. · 2022 Source ↗
• Surgical Resection of Gastro-Pleural-Bronchial Fistula after Prolonged Endoscopic Treatments. · 2022 Source ↗
• State-Level Examination of Clinical Outcomes and Costs for Robotic and Laparoscopic Approach to Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair. · 2021 Source ↗
• Does adoption of new technology increase surgical volume? The robotic inguinal hernia repair model. · 2022 Source ↗
• Peer Assessment in Medical Student Education: A Study of Feasibility, Benefit, and Worth. · 2022 Source ↗
• Narrative review of management controversies for paraesophageal hernia. · 2021 Source ↗
• Oligometastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: Current Understanding, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Strategies. · 2021 Source ↗
• Comment on: In the role of health insurance characteristics in utilization of bariatric surgery. · 2021 Source ↗
• A capnography and transcutaneous CO₂ profile of bariatric patients during early postoperative period after opioid-sparing anesthesia. · 2021 Source ↗
• Safety comparison of minimally invasive abdomen-only esophagectomy versus minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study. · 2022 Source ↗
• Etiology and Reoperative Management of Postoperative Recalcitrant Dysphagia after Nissen Fundoplication: Skipping the Ounce of Prevention Resulting in a Pound of Cure. · 2021 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1801025648

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