Scholars@Duke
Shaina R Eckhouse

Shaina R Eckhouse

Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Scholarly Works

Cost-Effectiveness of Combined Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy and Bariatric Surgery in Women With Morbid Obesity and Endometrial Hyperplasia or Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer.

Journal article J Minim Invasive Gynecol · March 2026 STUDY OBJECTIVE: We studied the cost-effectiveness of simultaneous bariatric surgery and minimally invasive hysterectomy (MIH) (combined surgery) in comparison to MIH alone in endometrial cancer (EC) survivors with obesity-related disease (ORD). DESIGN: Co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Postoperative outcomes following revision or conversion surgery after primary sleeve gastrectomy: an analysis of the MBSAQIP database.

Journal article Surg Obes Relat Dis · August 2025 BACKGROUND: A significant proportion of patients that undergo primary sleeve gastrectomy (SG) require revision or conversion metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). Despite various procedures performed in practice, comparative analyses of short-term outcome ... Full text Link to item Cite

Venous Thromboembolic Events Following Revisional Gastric Bypass: An Analysis of the MBSAQIP Database from 2015 to 2019 Using Propensity Matching.

Journal article Obes Surg · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Primary bariatric surgery is associated with moderate-to-high risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTE); however, the risk for revisional surgery lacks granularity. Our primary objective was to define the risk of VTE following revisional Roux- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trends in risk factors for readmission after bariatric surgery 2015-2018.

Journal article Surg Obes Relat Dis · May 2022 BACKGROUND: Readmission after bariatric surgery is multifactorial. Understanding the trends in risk factors for readmission provides opportunity to optimize patients prior to surgery identify disparities in care, and improve outcomes. OBJECTIVES: This stud ... Full text Link to item Cite

Infection prevention plan to decrease surgical site infections in bariatric surgery patients.

Journal article Surg Endosc · April 2022 BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the most common complications of bariatric surgery. The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement (QI) Program (MBSAQIP) allows accredited programs to develop processes for q ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reducing Operating Room Cost: Comparing Attending and Surgical Trainee Perceptions About the Implementation of Supply Receipts.

Journal article J Am Coll Surg · December 2021 BACKGROUND: As operating room (OR) expenditures increase, faculty and surgical trainees will play a key role in curbing future costs. However, supply cost utilization varies widely among providers and, despite requirements for cost education during surgica ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Journal article BJS Open · November 9, 2021 There is little evidence around the potentially protective role of previous Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Prior BCG vaccination did not protect SARS-CoV-2 infect ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Assessment of postoperative nausea and vomiting after bariatric surgery using a validated questionnaire.

Journal article Surg Obes Relat Dis · October 2020 BACKGROUND: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is known to occur after bariatric surgery, with over two thirds of patients affected. However, variability exists in how to objectively measure PONV. OBJECTIVES: The goals of the present study were to us ... Full text Link to item Cite

Local Hydrogel Release of Recombinant TIMP-3 Attenuates Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling After Experimental Myocardial Infarction

Journal article Science Translational Medicine · February 12, 2014 Delivery of a hydrogel providing sustained release of recombinant TIMP-3 attenuated adverse ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in pigs. ... Full text Cite

Reproducible Porcine Model of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Journal article Circulation · September 10, 2013 Background—Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) develop secondary to abnormal aortic extracellular matrix remodeling, resulting in a weakened and dilated aortic wall that progressed to ruptur ... Full text Cite

Progressive induction of left ventricular pressure overload in a large animal model elicits myocardial remodeling and a unique matrix signature.

Journal article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · January 2012 OBJECTIVE: Patients with severe left ventricular pressure overload secondary to aortic stenosis can present with signs and symptoms of heart failure despite normal left ventricular ejection fraction. This process occurs, at least in part, as a result of le ... Full text Link to item Cite