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Overview

Lee L. Swanstrom is affiliated with the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery in France. Their research primarily covers the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Speech and Hearing as subfields. The scientist's work spans multiple topics, including Esophageal and GI Pathology, Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Surgical Simulation and Training, Dysphagia Assessment and Management, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Swanstrom has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • The American Foregut Society White Paper on the Endoscopic Classification of Esophagogastric Junction Integrity, 2022, Foregut The Journal of the American Foregut Society
  • Quantitative fluorescence angiography versus hyperspectral imaging to assess bowel ischemia: A comparative study in enhanced reality, 2020, Surgery
  • 6-Month Gastrointestinal Quality of Life (QoL) Results after Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Propensity Score Analysis, 2020, Obesity Surgery
  • POEM: clinical outcomes beyond 5 years, 2021, Surgical Endoscopy
  • SAGES guidelines for the use of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for the treatment of achalasia, 2021, Surgical Endoscopy

Their frequent collaborators include Jacques Marescaux, Juan M. Verde, Christy M. Dunst, Eran Shlomovitz, and Julieta Montanelli, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 12 publications.

Lee L. Swanstrom's research has been published in several key venues, notably Surgical Endoscopy, Surgical Innovation, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Endoscopy, and Foregut The Journal of the American Foregut Society.

Best Publications

  • General surgery residency inadequately prepares trainees for fellowship: results of a survey of fellowship program directors.

    Samer G. Mattar;Adnan A. Alseidi;Daniel B. Jones;D. Rohan Jeyarajah

  • Development and validation of a comprehensive program of education and assessment of the basic fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery.

    Jeffrey H Peters;Gerald M Fried;Lee L Swanstrom;Nathaniel J Soper

  • A prospective, randomized comparison of laparoscopic appendectomy with open appendectomy

    Adrian E. Ortega;John G. Hunter;Jeffrey H. Peters;Lee L. Swanstrom

  • Biologic prosthesis reduces recurrence after laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.

    Brant K. Oelschlager;Carlos A. Pellegrini;John Hunter;Nathaniel Soper

  • Method and apparatus for attaching or locking an implant to an anatomic vessel or hollow organ wall

    Lee L. Swanstrom

  • Biologic prosthesis to prevent recurrence after laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: long-term follow-up from a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.

    Brant K. Oelschlager;Carlos A. Pellegrini;John G. Hunter;Michael L. Brunt

  • Mesh complications after prosthetic reinforcement of hiatal closure: A 28-case series

    Rudolf J. Stadlhuber;Amr El Sherif;Sumeet K. Mittal;Robert J. Fitzgibbons

  • Per-oral endoscopic myotomy white paper summary

    Stavros N. Stavropoulos;David J. Desilets;Karl Hermann Fuchs;Christopher J. Gostout

  • Dysphagia after laparoscopic antireflux surgery. The impact of operative technique.

    John Hunter;Lee Swanstrom;J. Waring

  • Feasibility of radical sigmoid colectomy performed as natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) using transanal endoscopic microsurgery.

    M. H. Whiteford;P. M. Denk;L. L. Swanström

  • A Comparative Study on Comprehensive, Objective Outcomes of Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy With Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia

    Neil H. Bhayani;Ashwin A. Kurian;Christy M. Dunst;Ahmed M. Sharata

  • Laparoscopic Dor versus Toupet fundoplication following Heller myotomy for achalasia: results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized-controlled trial

    Arthur Rawlings;Nathaniel J. Soper;Brant Oelschlager;Lee Swanstrom

  • Long-term outcomes of an endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: the POEM procedure.

    Lee L. Swanstrom;Ashwin Kurian;Christy M. Dunst;Ahmed Sharata

  • The 2018 ISDE achalasia guidelines

    G. Zaninotto;C. Bennett;G. Boeckxstaens;M. Costantini

  • Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (hals) With the Handport System: Initial Experience With 68 Patients

    Demetrius E. M. Litwin;Ara Darzi;Jacek Jakimowicz;John J. Kelly

  • Development of a new access device for transgastric surgery.

    Lee L. Swanstrom;Richard Kozarek;Pankaj J. Pasricha;Steven Gross

  • Endoluminal methods for gastrotomy closure in natural orifice transenteric surgery (NOTES).

    Guido M. Sclabas;Paul Swain;Lee L. Swanstrom

  • Clinical response to peroral endoscopic myotomy in patients with idiopathic achalasia at a minimum follow-up of 2 years

    Yuki B Werner;Guido Costamagna;Lee L Swanström;Daniel von Renteln

  • Laparoscopic Total Esophagectomy

    Lee L. Swanstrom;Paul Hansen

  • Preoperative Diagnostic Workup before Antireflux Surgery: An Evidence and Experience-Based Consensus of the Esophageal Diagnostic Advisory Panel

    Blair A. Jobe;Joel E. Richter;Toshitaka Hoppo;Jeffrey H. Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathaniel J. Soper
Nathaniel J. Soper Northwestern University
John G. Hunter
John G. Hunter Oregon Health & Science University
Jacques Marescaux
Jacques Marescaux University of Strasbourg
Mark A. Talamini
Mark A. Talamini Stony Brook University
Vahid Saadat
Vahid Saadat Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland)
Guido Costamagna
Guido Costamagna Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Richard A. Kozarek
Richard A. Kozarek Virginia Mason Medical Center
Alfred Cuschieri
Alfred Cuschieri University of Dundee
Richard L. Gamelli
Richard L. Gamelli Loyola University Chicago
Arnold G. Coran
Arnold G. Coran University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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