Samuel Szomstein, MD

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• Surgery Source ↗

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• CLEVELAND CLINIC FLORIDA A NONPROFIT CORPORATION Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Outcomes of intraperitoneal compared to retromuscular mesh placement in ventral incisional hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis. · 2026 Source ↗
• Risk factors associated with colon cancer in adults with obesity and association with prior bariatric surgery: Nationwide case-control analysis. · 2026 Source ↗
• Safety of laparoscopic incisional hernia repair after liver transplant: a comparative study from a single institution. · 2026 Source ↗
• Conversion of sleeve gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for weight recurrence and functional complications: a single-center experience. · 2026 Source ↗
• Minimally invasive surgery for median arcuate ligament syndrome: Clinical outcomes and recurrence patterns. · 2026 Source ↗
• Hiatal hernia repair: A single-institution experience and risk factors associated with early symptomatic recurrence. · 2026 Source ↗
• Impact of chronic anticoagulation on perioperative outcomes in patients undergoing minimally invasive bariatric surgery-Propensity score-matched analysis using the 2020-2021 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. · 2026 Source ↗
• Outcomes of surgical repair of acquired lateral abdominal wall hernias: a meta-analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Outcomes of reversal of malabsorptive and maldigestive bariatric procedures: a single center experience and a systematic review. · 2025 Source ↗
• International expert consensus on the current status and future prospects of artificial intelligence in metabolic and bariatric surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• Decreased liver volume after bariatric surgery and its positive impact on liver function tests and lipid profile. · 2025 Source ↗
• Clinical outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity and idiopathic intracranial hypertension. · 2025 Source ↗
• Postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing primary laparoscopic bariatric surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Outcome of gastric electrical stimulator with and without pyloromyotomy for refractory gastroparesis. · 2024 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic versus robotic-assisted primary bariatric-metabolic surgery. Are we still expecting to overcome the learning curve? A propensity score-matched analysis of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database. · 2024 Source ↗
• Changes in renal blood flow after surgically induced weight loss: can bariatric surgery halt the progression of chronic kidney disease? · 2024 Source ↗
• Predictors and outcomes of acute kidney injury after bariatric surgery: analysis of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program data registry. · 2023 Source ↗
• The impact of bariatric surgery on hospitalization due to peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia: a nationwide analysis. · 2023 Source ↗
• Midterm benefits of metabolic surgery on symptom remission and medication use in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. · 2023 Source ↗
• Use of fluorescence imaging and indocyanine green during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Results of an international Delphi survey. · 2022 Source ↗
• Does bariatric surgery change the risk of acute ischemic stroke in patients with a history of transient ischemic attack? A nationwide analysis. · 2023 Source ↗
• Effect of Intraoperative Urinary Catheter Use on Postoperative Urinary Retention After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial. · 2022 Source ↗
• Bariatric Surgery Improves Heart Geometry and Plasticity. · 2022 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery decreases hospitalization rates of patients with obstructive lung diseases: a nationwide analysis. · 2022 Source ↗
• Sleeve gastrectomy in patients with severe obesity and baseline chronic kidney disease improves kidney function independently of weight loss: a propensity score matched analysis. · 2022 Source ↗
• Non-absorbable Barbed Sutures for Primary Fascial Closure in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. · 2022 Source ↗
• Does Transverse Abdominis Plane Block Increase the Risk of Postoperative Urinary Retention after Inguinal Hernia Repair? · 2021 Source ↗
• Outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with and without antrectomy in severely obese subjects. Evidence from randomized controlled trials. · 2022 Source ↗
• Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in a bariatric versus nonbariatric population: a retrospective analysis of the U.S. National Inpatient Sample database. · 2022 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery decreases the number of future hospital admissions for diastolic heart failure in subjects with severe obesity: a retrospective analysis of the US National Inpatient Sample database. · 2022 Source ↗
• Ventricular conduction improvement after pericardial fat reduction triggered by rapid weight loss in subjects with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• Impact of bariatric surgery on the risk of hospitalization due to influenza virus infection. · 2021 Source ↗
• Potential beneficial effects of bariatric surgery on the prevalence of kidney cancer: a national database study. · 2022 Source ↗
• Trends in early postoperative major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events associated with bariatric surgery: an analysis of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program data registry. · 2021 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery is associated with reduced admission for aortic dissection: a nationwide case-control analysis. · 2021 Source ↗
• <i>De novo</i> gastroesophageal reflux disease esophageal surgery in bariatrics: a literature review and analysis of the current treatment options. · 2021 Source ↗
• Sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients Aged ≥65 years: a comparison of short-term outcomes. · 2021 Source ↗
• Short-term rapid weight loss induced by bariatric surgery improves ventricular ejection fraction in patients with severe obesity and heart failure. · 2021 Source ↗
• Improvement of glucose metabolism following rapid weight loss after bariatric surgery and its impact on reduction of visceral abdominal fat versus free fat muscle. · 2021 Source ↗
• Left ventricular mass index and ventricular contractility improvement in patients with severe obesity following rapid weight loss after bariatric surgery. · 2021 Source ↗
• Medical and surgical management of gastroparesis: a systematic review. · 2021 Source ↗
• Understanding intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography: ten steps for an effective and successful procedure. · 2021 Source ↗
• Short-term multiorgan metabolic benefits of rapid weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy in severely obese patients. · 2021 Source ↗
• Weight loss following bariatric surgery decreases pericardial fat thickness lowering the risk of developing coronary artery disease. · 2021 Source ↗
• Complications of feeding jejunostomy placement: a single-institution experience. · 2021 Source ↗
• Google Trends as a resource for bariatric education: what do patients want to know? · 2020 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery decreases the number of first-time hospital admissions for cancer in severely obese patients. A retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database. · 2020 Source ↗
• Is bariatric surgery safe in patients with history of cardiac revascularization? · 2020 Source ↗
• Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS. · 2020 Source ↗
• Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Obesity and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA). · 2020 Source ↗
• Can surgical weight loss reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease? · 2020 Source ↗
• Outcomes of reoperative surgery in severely obese patients after sleeve gastrectomy: a single-institution experience. · 2020 Source ↗
• The Impact of Ethnicity on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction and Heart Age After Bariatric Surgery. · 2020 Source ↗
• Efficiency and risks of one-anastomosis gastric bypass. · 2020 Source ↗
• Metabolic Surgery Reduces the Risk of Progression From Chronic Kidney Disease to Kidney Failure. · 2019 Source ↗
• Impact of rapid weight loss after bariatric surgery on the prevalence of arterial hypertension in severely obese patients with chronic kidney disease. · 2020 Source ↗
• Impact of rapid weight loss on risk reduction of developing arterial hypertension in severely obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery. A single-institution experience using the Framingham Hypertension Risk Score. · 2019 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in severe obese subjects undergoing sleeve gastrectomy. · 2019 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in cardiovascular risk reduction: A match control study. · 2019 Source ↗
• The importance of the biliopancreatic limb length in gastric bypass: A systematic review. · 2019 Source ↗
• Impact of preoperative wireless pH monitoring in the evaluation of esophageal conditions prior to bariatric surgery in a severely obese patient population. · 2019 Source ↗
• High cardiovascular risk patients benefit more from bariatric surgery than low cardiovascular risk patients. · 2019 Source ↗
• Comparative Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in Patients With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus. · 2018 Source ↗
• The Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Aged 75 years and Older. · 2018 Source ↗
• Feasibility of Laparoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach. · 2018 Source ↗
• Reduction of Framingham BMI score after rapid weight loss in severely obese subjects undergoing sleeve gastrectomy: a single institution experience. · 2018 Source ↗
• Is bariatric surgery safe in the elderly population? · 2017 Source ↗
• Fluorescent incisionless cholangiography as a teaching tool for identification of Calot's triangle. · 2017 Source ↗
• Wandering liver and intestinal malrotation: first report. · 2016 Source ↗
• Update on Treatment of Morbid Obesity with Adjustable Gastric Banding. · 2016 Source ↗
• The Surgical Management of Complex Fistulas After Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2016 Source ↗
• Comparison between major and minor surgical procedures for the treatment of chronic staple line disruption after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. · 2016 Source ↗
• Accuracy of Near Infrared-Guided Surgery in Morbidly Obese Subjects Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. · 2016 Source ↗
• The relationship between intracranial pressure and obesity: an ultrasonographic evaluation of the optic nerve. · 2016 Source ↗
• Impact of sleeve gastrectomy on gastroesophageal reflux disease in a morbidly obese population undergoing bariatric surgery. · 2016 Source ↗
• Unidirectional barbed sutures as a novel technique for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. · 2016 Source ↗
• The case of the missing appendix: a case report of appendiceal intussusception at the site of colonic mullerianosis. · 2017 Source ↗
• Safety and efficacy of 1020 consecutive laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomies performed as a primary treatment modality for morbid obesity. A single-center experience from the metabolic and bariatric surgical accreditation quality and improvement program. · 2016 Source ↗
• Gastric carcinoid tumor after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. · 2015 Source ↗
• Effect of sleeve gastrectomy on type 2 diabetes as an alternative treatment modality to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: systemic review and meta-analysis. · 2015 Source ↗
• Impact of controlled intraabdominal pressure on the optic nerve sheath diameter during laparoscopic procedures. · 2016 Source ↗
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of Billroth reconstruction on type 2 diabetes: A new perspective on old surgical methods. · 2015 Source ↗
• Reasons and outcomes of conversion of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for nonresponders. · 2016 Source ↗
• Midgut volvulus as initial presentation of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. · 2017 Source ↗
• Impact of gastrointestinal bypass on nonmorbidly obese type 2 diabetes mellitus patients after gastrectomy. · 2015 Source ↗
• A new combined technique of reinforced parastomal hernia repair. · 2014 Source ↗
• Staple line as a cause of unusual early internal hernia after appendectomy. · 2014 Source ↗
• Anemia, iron and vitamin B12 deficiencies after sleeve gastrectomy compared to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a meta-analysis. · 2014 Source ↗
• Nutritional Implications of Obesity: Before and After Bariatric Surgery. · 2014 Source ↗
• Is the use of prosthetic mesh recommended in severely obese patients undergoing concomitant abdominal wall hernia repair and sleeve gastrectomy? · 2014 Source ↗
• The foregut theory as a possible mechanism of action for the remission of type 2 diabetes in low body mass index patients undergoing subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. · 2014 Source ↗
• Outcomes of laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with esophagojejunal reconstruction for chronic staple line disruption after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. · 2014 Source ↗
• Outcomes of laparoscopic bariatric surgery after renal transplant. · 2010 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with linear cutter technique: comparison of four-row versus six-row cartridge in creation of anastomosis. · 2006 Source ↗
• Correlation of radiographic and endoscopic evaluation of gastrojejunal anastomosis after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. · 2006 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic lysis of adhesions. · 2006 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic gastric bypass in patients on thyroid replacement therapy for subnormal thyroid function - prevalence and short-term outcome. · 2004 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1861455578