At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss long-term risk of mesh infection requiring removal after elective ventral hernia repair
2. Assess the association of preexisting gastroesophageal reflux disease with thirty-day intervention following sleeve gastrectomy
3. Review trends in management and healthcare resource utilization for achalasia following the adoption of per-oral endoscopic myotomy
4. Analyze and understand the effect of intraoperative autonomic neural blockade on early postoperative outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy through a double-blind randomized controlled trial