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# SAGES: Reimagining surgical care for a healthier world

> The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons \(SAGES\) advances minimally invasive surgery through education, research, innovation, and global collaboration\.

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## Pages
- [SAGES and AHS Hernia Mesh Review and Catalog](https://www.sages.org/publications/sages-ahs-hernia-mesh-review-catalog/)
- [The SAGES HPB/Solid Organ Program](https://www.sages.org/the-sages-hpb-solid-organ-program/)
- [SAGES Manuals](https://www.sages.org/publications/sages-manuals/)
- [The SAGES Manual of Contemporary Indications and Management of Hepatic and Biliary Diseases](https://www.sages.org/the-sages-manual-of-contemporary-indications-and-management-of-hepatic-and-biliary-diseases/)
- [NBT 2026 Agenda](https://www.sages.org/2026-noscar-agenda/)

## Posts
- [SAGES Stories Episode 34 \- Grace Kim, MD and Linda Zhang, MD](https://www.sages.org/episode-34-grace-kim-and-linda-zhang/): In episode 34 of the SAGES Stories Podcast, hosts interview Drs\. Grace Kim and Linda Zhang about the SAGES Go Global program and their volunteering experiences in low\-resource environments\. This impactful program, sponsored by SAGES, is significant as listeners welcome the new year\.
- [Building and Maintaining a Successful Community Surgical Practice](https://www.sages.org/building-and-maintaining-a-successful-community-surgical-practice/)
- [A Message from SAGES President Dr\. Brent Matthews](https://www.sages.org/a-message-from-sages-president-dr-brent-matthews-3/)
- [Member Spotlight: Tammy Kindel, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS](https://www.sages.org/tammy-kindel-md-phd-facs-fasmbs/)
- [SAGES Stories Ep\. 33 \- Adrian Park, MD](https://www.sages.org/sages-stories-ep-32-adrian-park/): In episode 33 of the SAGES Stories Podcast, hosts sit down with surgeon and educator Dr\. Adrian Park, international man of mystery and early pioneer of minimally invasive surgery\. He shares his global upbringing, his work bringing laparoscopy to developing countries, and the pivotal role SAGES played in his career\.

## Guidelines
- [ASCRS/SAGES Clinical Practice Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Colon and Rectal Surgery](https://www.sages.org/publications/guidelines/guidelines-enhanced-recovery-colon-rectal-surgery/): This consensus document was created to lead international efforts in defining quality care for conditions related to the colon, rectum, and anus and develop clinical practice guidelines based on the best available evidence\. Although not proscriptive, these guidelines provide information based on which decisions can be made and do not dictate a specific form of treatment and offer 25 recommendations\. These guidelines are intended for use by all practitioners, health care workers, and patients who desire information on the management of the conditions addressed by the topics covered in these guidelines
- [Guidelines for the Use of Laparoscopy during Pregnancy](https://www.sages.org/publications/guidelines/guidelines-for-diagnosis-treatment-and-use-of-laparoscopy-for-surgical-problems-during-pregnancy/): This document provides specific recommendations and guidelines to assist physicians in the diagnostic work\-up and treatment of surgical problems in pregnant patients, focusing on the use of laparoscopy\. Surgical interventions during pregnancy should minimize fetal risk without comprising the safety of the mother\.
- [Clinical Spotlight Review: TransAnal Minimally Invasive Surgery \(TAMIS\)](https://www.sages.org/publications/guidelines/clinical-spotlight-review-transanal-minimally-invasive-surgery-tamis/): Transanal minimally invasive surgery \(TAMIS\) is a technique that was originally devised as a hybrid between Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery \(TEM\) and single\-site laparoscopy for resection of rectal lesions\. It was developed out of the need for a practical alternative to TEM that was both affordable and technically feasible without specialized equipment\.
- [Clinical Spotlight Review: Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration](https://www.sages.org/publications/guidelines/clinical-spotlight-review-laparoscopic-common-bile-duct-exploration/): The following clinical spotlight review regarding the laparoscopic treatment of common bile duct stones is intended for physicians who manage and treat gallbladder disease and choledocholithiasis\.  It is meant to critically review these techniques and the available evidence regarding their safety and efficacy\.  Provided recommendations for clinical practice are linked to the level of available evidence, and where evidence is lacking expert opinion is offered\.
- [PROPOSED SAGES Guidelines for Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair](https://www.sages.org/publications/guidelines/guidelines-for-robotic-ventral-hernia-repair/)

## TAVACs
- [FlexDex System](https://www.sages.org/publications/tavac/flexdex-system/): The FlexDex system is a minimally invasive surgical tool that provides surgeons with additional degrees of motion compared with traditional laparoscopic instruments\. 
- [Device Name: AnovoTM Surgical System](https://www.sages.org/publications/tavac/device-name-anovotm-surgical-system/)
- [MagDI TM System by GT Metabolic TM](https://www.sages.org/publications/tavac/magdi-tm-system-by-gt-metabolic-tm/)
- [Moon Surgical Scopilot™](https://www.sages.org/publications/tavac/moon-surgical-scopilot/)
- [Knotless Suture Review and Catalog](https://www.sages.org/publications/tavac/knotless-suture-review-and-catalog/)

## Patient Information
- [Colonoscopy Patient Information from SAGES](https://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/patient-information-for-colonoscopy-from-sages/): Colonoscopy is a procedure that enables your surgeon to examine the lining of the colon and rectum\. It is usually done in the hospital or an endoscopic procedure room on an outpatient basis\. A soft, bendable tube about the thickness of the index finger is gently inserted into the anus and advanced into the rectum and the colon\.
- [Gallbladder Removal Surgery \(Cholecystectomy\) Patient Information from SAGES](https://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/patient-information-for-laparoscopic-gallbladder-removal-cholecystectomy-from-sages/): Gallbladder removal is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures\. Gallbladder removal surgery is usually performed with minimally invasive techniques and the medical name for this procedure is \"Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy\"\.  
- [Surgery is Safer with Vaccination \- Patient Information from SAGES](https://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/surgery-is-safer-with-vaccination-patient-information-from-sages/): SAGES and your surgeon strongly recommend being fully vaccinated with the COVID\-19 vaccine at least 2 weeks prior to your surgery to make your surgery safer\.
- [ERCP \(Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio\-Pancreatography\) Patient Information from SAGES](https://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/patient-information-for-ercp-endoscopic-retrograde-cholangio-pancreatography-from-sages/): ERCP is a procedure that enables your physician to examine the pancreatic and bile ducts\. A bendable, lighted tube \(endoscope\) about the thickness of your index finger is placed through your mouth and into your stomach and first part of the small intestine \(duodenum\)\. In the duodenum a small opening is identified \(ampulla\) and a small plastic tube \(cannula\) is passed through the endoscope and into this opening\. Dye \(contrast material\) is injected and X\-rays are taken to study the ducts of the pancreas and liver\.
- [Appendix Removal \(Appendectomy\) Surgery Patient Information from SAGES](https://www.sages.org/publications/patient-information/patient-information-for-laparoscopic-appendectomy-from-sages/): Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical problems\. One out of every 2,000 people has an appendectomy sometime during their lifetime\. Treatment requires an operation to remove the infected appendix\. 

## SMART
- [Colorectal \- Case pathway for lap and open bowel resection](https://www.sages.org/enhanced-recovery/case-pathway-for-lap-and-open-bowel-resection/)
- [SAGES SMART Implementation Timeline](https://www.sages.org/enhanced-recovery/sages-smart-implementation-timeline/)
- [Bariatric \- Enhanced Recovery Pathway](https://www.sages.org/enhanced-recovery/bariatric-enhanced-recovery-pathway/)
- [Esophagectomy \- McGill esophagectomy pathway](https://www.sages.org/enhanced-recovery/mcgill-esophagectomy-pathway/)
- [Colorectal \- McGill colorectal pathway](https://www.sages.org/enhanced-recovery/mcgill-colorectal-pathway/)

## Wikis
- [Loss of domain](https://www.sages.org/wiki/loss-of-domain/)
- [SAGES Bariatric Resources](https://www.sages.org/wiki/sages-bariatric-resources/)
- [Adolescent bariatric surgery](https://www.sages.org/wiki/adolescent-bariatric-surgery/)
- [Biologic Mesh](https://www.sages.org/wiki/biologic-mesh/)
- [Bariatric Surgery: Credentialing](https://www.sages.org/wiki/bariatric-surgery-credentialing/)

## Abstracts
- [Robotic\-Assisted Simultaneous Management of Hiatal Hernia and Bochdalek Hernia after Roux\-en\-Y Gastric Bypass](https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/robotic-assisted-simultaneous-management-of-hiatal-hernia-and-bochdalek-hernia-after-roux-en-y-gastric-bypass/)
- [Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision with Coloanal Anastomosis in an Adolescent Female with Sporadic Low Rectal Cancer](https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/laparoscopic-total-mesorectal-excision-with-coloanal-anastomosis-in-an-adolescent-female-with-sporadic-low-rectal-cancer/)
- [Laparo\-endoscopic intragastric approach for juxta\-cadial GIST](https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/laparo-endoscopic-intragastric-approach-for-juxta-cadial-gist/)
- [Use of transoral incisionless fundoplication for recurrent reflux after foregut surgery](https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/use-of-transoral-incisionless-fundoplication-for-recurrent-reflux-after-foregut-surgery/)
- [Robotic Left Hepatectomy for Metastatic Colon Cancer](https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/robotic-left-hepatectomy-for-metastatic-colon-cancer/)

## Videos
- [Laparoscopic repair of incarcerated paraesophageal hernia involving the Gastric pouch, Roux limb, and portion of the Remnant Stomach with mesenteroaxial volvulus](https://www.sages.org/video/laparoscopic-repair-of-incarcerated-paraesophageal-hernia-involving-the-gastric-pouch-roux-limb-and-portion-of-the-remnant-stomach-with-mesenteroaxial-volvulus/)
- [Laparoscopic Dormía Basket retrieval by choledochotomy plus primary closure using three ports: Case report of a hooked Dormía Basket during ERCP](https://www.sages.org/video/laparoscopic-dorma-basket-retrieval-by-choledochotomy-plus-primary-closure-using-three-ports-case-report-of-a-hooked-dorma-basket-during-ercp/)
- [A Novel Laparoscopic Approach for Introduction of Magnetic Compression Anastomotic \(Magnamosis\) Rings](https://www.sages.org/video/a-novel-laparoscopic-approach-for-introduction-of-magnetic-compression-anastomotic-magnamosis-rings/)
- [An early experience with eTEP Rives Stoppa](https://www.sages.org/video/an-early-experience-with-etep-rives-stoppa/)
- [Laparoscopic multi\-organ reduction and primary repair of a giant hiatal hernia](https://www.sages.org/video/laparoscopic-multi-organ-reduction-and-primary-repair-of-a-giant-hiatal-hernia/)

## Images
- [FUSE line drawing](https://www.sages.org/image-library/fuse-line-drawing/)
- [FLS line drawing](https://www.sages.org/image-library/fls-line-drawing/)
- [FES line drawing](https://www.sages.org/image-library/fes-line-drawing/)
- [Haemangioma](https://www.sages.org/image-library/haemangioma/)
- [ERCP Biliary stone retrieval](https://www.sages.org/image-library/ercp-biliary-stone-retrieval/)

## Guideline Categories
- [Minimally Invasive Surgery](https://www.sages.org/guideline-category/mis/)
- [HPB / Solid Organ](https://www.sages.org/guideline-category/hpb-solid-organ/)
- [Miscellaneous/Policy](https://www.sages.org/guideline-category/miscellaneous-policy/)
- [Position Papers / Statements](https://www.sages.org/guideline-category/position-statements/)
- [Education / Training](https://www.sages.org/guideline-category/education-training/)

## TAVAC Category
- [Technology Alerts](https://www.sages.org/tavac/tech-alerts/)
- [Safety and Efficacy](https://www.sages.org/tavac/safety-and-efficacy/)
- [Device Information](https://www.sages.org/tavac/device-information/)

## Surgery Type
- [Bowel](https://www.sages.org/?surgery-type=bowel)

## Wiki Categories
- [Pediatric Surgery](https://www.sages.org/wiki-category/pediatric-surgery/)
- [Bariatric Surgery](https://www.sages.org/wiki-category/bariatric-surgery/)
- [Stomach and Foregut](https://www.sages.org/wiki-category/stomach-and-foregut/)
- [Hernia Surgery](https://www.sages.org/wiki-category/hernia-surgery/)
- [Minimally Invasive Surgery](https://www.sages.org/wiki-category/minimally-invasive-surgery-2/)

## Wiki Tags
- [VATS](https://www.sages.org/wiki-tag/vats/)
- [minimally invasive](https://www.sages.org/wiki-tag/minimally-invasive/)
- [pleurodesis](https://www.sages.org/wiki-tag/pleurodesis/)
- [bile duct](https://www.sages.org/wiki-tag/bile-duct/)
- [Pediatric inguinal hernia](https://www.sages.org/wiki-tag/pediatric-inguinal-hernia/)

## Meetings
- [SAGES 2018](https://www.sages.org/?annual-meeting=2018)
- [SAGES 2019](https://www.sages.org/?annual-meeting=2019)
- [SAGES 2017](https://www.sages.org/?annual-meeting=2017)
- [SAGES 2016](https://www.sages.org/?annual-meeting=2016)
- [SAGES 2013](https://www.sages.org/?annual-meeting=2013)

## Topics
- [Metabolic / Obesity](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-topic=metabolic-obesity)
- [Colorectal](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-topic=colorectal)
- [Foregut](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-topic=foregut)
- [Minimally Invasive Other](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-topic=minimally-invasive-other)
- [Abdominal Wall Hernias](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-topic=abdominal-wall-hernias)

## Types
- [Posters](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-type=poster-presentations)
- [Podium Presentations](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-type=podium-presentations)
- [Video Loop Presentations](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-type=video-loop)
- [Podium Video Presentations](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-type=podium-video-presentation)
- [Emerging Technology Poster Presentations](https://www.sages.org/?abstract-type=emerging-technology-posters)

## Video Categories
- [Meeting Content](https://www.sages.org/video-category/meeting-content/)
- [SAGES 2015 Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-category/sages-2015-meeting/)
- [SAGES 2010 Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-category/sages-2010-meeting/)
- [Video Library 1994\-2008](https://www.sages.org/video-category/video-library-1994-2008/)
- [SAGES 2011 Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-category/sages-2011-meeting/)

## Learning Themes
- [Foregut](https://www.sages.org/video-learning-theme/foregut/)
- [Colorectal](https://www.sages.org/video-learning-theme/colorectal/)
- [Bariatrics](https://www.sages.org/video-learning-theme/bariatrics/)
- [Hernia](https://www.sages.org/video-learning-theme/hernia/)
- [Academic / Educational](https://www.sages.org/video-learning-theme/academic-educational/)

## Sources
- [2018 Annual Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-source/2018-annual-meeting/)
- [Surgeon Submitted](https://www.sages.org/video-source/surgeon-submitted/)
- [2019 Annual Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-source/2019-annual-meeting/)
- [2017 Annual Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-source/2017-annual-meeting/)
- [2016 Annual Meeting](https://www.sages.org/video-source/2016-annual-meeting/)

## Presentation Types
- [Podium Presentation](https://www.sages.org/video-presentation-type/podium-presentation/)
- [Procedure](https://www.sages.org/video-presentation-type/procedure/)
- [Postgraduate Course](https://www.sages.org/video-presentation-type/postgraduate-course/)
- [How\-To](https://www.sages.org/video-presentation-type/how-to/)
- [Webinar](https://www.sages.org/video-presentation-type/webinar/)

## Masters Level
- [300](https://www.sages.org/video-masters-level/300/)
- [200](https://www.sages.org/video-masters-level/200/)
- [100](https://www.sages.org/video-masters-level/100/)
- [Santos F](https://www.sages.org/video-masters-level/santos-f/)
- [Teitelbaum E](https://www.sages.org/video-masters-level/teitelbaum-e/)

## Video Tags
- [esophagus](https://www.sages.org/video-tag/esophagus/)
- [stomach](https://www.sages.org/video-tag/stomach/)
- [colon](https://www.sages.org/video-tag/colon/)
- [small bowel](https://www.sages.org/video-tag/small-bowel/)
- [duodenum](https://www.sages.org/video-tag/duodenum/)

## Video Authors
- [Marks J](https://www.sages.org/video-author/marks-j/)
- [Swanstrom L](https://www.sages.org/video-author/swanstrom-l/)
- [Rosenthal R](https://www.sages.org/video-author/rosenthal-r/)
- [Horgan S](https://www.sages.org/video-author/horgan-s/)
- [Sandler B](https://www.sages.org/video-author/sandler-b/)

## Video Institutions
- [Cleveland Clinic\-\-Cleveland OH](https://www.sages.org/video-institution/cleveland-clinic-cleveland-oh/)
- [Cleveland Clinic\-\-Weston FL](https://www.sages.org/video-institution/cleveland-clinic-weston-fl/)
- [Oregon Clinic\-\-Portland OR](https://www.sages.org/video-institution/oregon-clinic-portland-or/)
- [Mount Sinai Medical Center\-\-New York NY](https://www.sages.org/video-institution/mount-sinai-medical-center-new-york-ny/)
- [Washington University School of Medicine\-\-St Louis MO](https://www.sages.org/video-institution/washington-university-school-of-medicine-st-louis-mo/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://www.sages.org/sitemap_index.xml)