Diego Camacho
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
50 Papers
128 Citations
Diego Camacho is an academic researcher from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Sleeve gastrectomy. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 37 publications. Previous affiliations of Diego Camacho include Montefiore Medical Center.
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Papers
Outcomes of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patients Older than 60
Mujjahid Abbas,Mujjahid Abbas,Lindsay Cumella,Lindsay Cumella,Yang Zhang,Yang Zhang,Jenny Choi,Jenny Choi,Pratibha Vemulapalli,Pratibha Vemulapalli,W. Scott Melvin,W. Scott Melvin,Diego Camacho,Diego Camacho +13 more
TL;DR: Bariatric surgery can be safe and effective for patients older than 60 years of age with a low morbidity and mortality; the weight loss and improvement in comorbidities in older patients were clinically significant.
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Bariatric surgery in the elderly: outcomes analysis of patients over 70 using the ACS-NSQIP database
David Pechman,Fernando Munoz Flores,Corin Kinkhabwala,Ruben Salas,Robin H. Berk,David Weithorn,Diego Camacho +6 more
TL;DR: Impaired functional status was associated with increased rates of morbidity and mortality for AGE70+ patients and for U70 patients, suggesting that SG may be the preferred procedure for elderly patients with organ-specific risk factors.
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Where are the hernias? A paradoxical decrease in emergency hernia surgery during COVID-19 pandemic.
TL;DR: Overall, this institution experienced a drastic reduction of hernia-related emergency cases and number of consultations for hernia -related pathologies during the COVID19 pandemic, which represents a 48% reduction in volume.
Sleeve gastrectomy telementoring: a SAGES multi-institutional quality improvement initiative
Ninh T. Nguyen,Allan Okrainec,Mehran Anvari,Brian R. Smith,Oz Meireles,Denise W. Gee,Erin Moran-Atkin,Evelyn Baram-Clothier,Diego Camacho +8 more
TL;DR: Surgical instruction by telementoring was shown to be feasible, practical, and successful, and was highly rated in this study by both the mentors and mentees.
Outcomes of bariatric surgery in the young: a single-institution experience caring for patients under 21 years old.
Oscar K. Serrano,Yang Zhang,Emily Kintzer,Erin Moran-Atkin,Erin Moran-Atkin,Jenny Choi,Jenny Choi,W. Scott Melvin,W. Scott Melvin,Diego Camacho,Diego Camacho +10 more
TL;DR: LGBP was more successful than LSG in improving lipid panel parameters and HbA1c at 1 year, and it also seemed to offer better subjective improvement in obesity-related symptoms.
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