Archive for July, 2009
Promoting a Physically Active Lifestyle in Bariatric Patients
by Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, FAHA, FACSM Dr. Garber is with Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York. Introduction It is clear that a physically active lifestyle is important for good health and promoting and maintaining weight loss.[1–4] Following bariatric surgery, patients who are physically active lose more weight,[5–7] and greater weight loss is […]
Implementing an Evidence-based Approach to Selection of Type of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
by Geoffrey P. Kohn, MBBS, FRACS; Stephen P. Haggerty, MD, FACS; D. Wayne Overby, MD; Robert D. Fanelli, MD, FACS, FASGE; and Timothy M. Farrell, MD, FACS Drs. Kohn, Overby, and Farrell are from the Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Dr. Haggerty is from the Department of Surgery, […]
Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
by Juan Camilo Barreto, MD; Michael G. Sarr, MD; and James M. Swain, MD All from the Division of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. The Problem Cirrhosis is an unexpected finding at the time of bariatric surgery in about 1 to 2 percent of the patients undergoing elective bariatric surgery. The surgeon […]
Intussusception after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Pregnant Patient
by Daniel J. Rosen, MD; Shirlee Jaffe, MD; Lawrence Cutler, MD; Alfons Pomp, MD All from Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College ABSTRACT Intussusception is a rare complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and can present a difficult diagnostic challenge in the pregnant patient. We describe a […]
