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The detrimental health implications of the obesity disease as well as the dramatic benefits and unusual side effects of bariatric surgery inducing weight loss and remission of comorbidities have made the headlines again in the past month. Read the rest of this article »

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Surgical Pearls: Techniques in Bariatric Surgery

Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel Jones, MD, MS, FACS

This column recruits expert surgeons to share step-by-step technical pearls on bariatric procedures

This month’s technique: How to Perform a Hand-sewn Gastrojejunostomy
by Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS, Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, California, and Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital, Fresno, California

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6):8–9 Read the rest of this article »

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Reviewed by Sumesh Kaswan, MD; Jeffrey A. Gusenoff, MD; and Howard N. Langstein, MD

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6):11 Read the rest of this article »

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by Jacqueline Jacques, ND, and Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN

Jacqueline Jacques is Chief Science Officer for Bariatric Advantage, and Liz Goldenberg is from New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York, New York

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6):12–15 Read the rest of this article »

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The Hole in the Wall with Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS

This month’s topic: Working Port-Site Hernias: To Close or Not to Close? Does It Matter in the Obese?

by Edward Phillips, MD, FACS; David Santos, MD; and Shirin Towfigh, MD, FACS

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6)24–30 Read the rest of this article »

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by George Bouras and Olga Tucker, MD, FRCS, FRCSI

Mr. Bouras is Senior Specialist Registrar in Surgery, and Academic Department of Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Dr. Tucker is from Academic Department of Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6):16–19 Read the rest of this article »

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by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Dr. Blackstone is President-Elect of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona. Read the rest of this article »

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by Manoel Galvão Neto, MD; Leonardo Rodriguez, MD; Natan Zundel, MD; Juan Carlos Ayala, MD; Josemberg Campos, PhD; and Almino Ramos, MD

Drs. Galvão and Ramos are from Gastro Obeso Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Drs. Rodriguez and Ayala are from Clinica Indisa, Santiago, Chile. Dr. Zundel is from Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States. Dr. Campos is from Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6):32–34 Read the rest of this article »

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