Statistics Suggest that Obesity Thrives on a Low Income
August 2011
Dear Bariatric Times friends and colleagues:
I was glued to the radio trying to figure out what was going on with the stock market (bad idea) when I came across a very interesting radio show on WLRN (public radio and television for South Florida) that discussed the increased prevalence of obesity in France. The French, lovers of haute cuisine (i.e., fine dining) and fine wine are expressing concern that 14 percent of the population has obesity, and the numbers show an increasing trend. What impressed me the most from the program was to learn that the French government is already setting up an agenda to fight obesity by increasing awareness and education. Read the rest of this article »
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How to Perform a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using the Circular Stapler
August 2011
Surgical Pearls: Techniques in Bariatric Surgery
Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS
This month’s technique: How to Perform a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using the Circular Stapler
This Month’s Featured Expert: Alan C. Wittgrove, MD, FASMBS
Dr. Wittgrove is Medical Director, Wittgrove Bariatric Center, La Jolla, California
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Volumetry: A New Dimension in Contouring the Massive Weight Loss Patient
August 2011
by Michele A. Shermak, MD, FACS
Dr. Shermak is Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
Bariatric Times. 2011;8(8):10–11 Read the rest of this article »
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The 11th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium
August 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah, February 21–26, 2011
by Kathleen A. Wenzler
Kathleen Wenzler is Conference Marketing Director for Quadrant HealthCom.
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Use of Bovine Pericardium in Complex Hernia Repair
August 2011
The Hole in the Wall with Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS
This Month’s Featured Expert:
by Moses K. Shieh, DO, FACOS
Dr. Shieh is a Bariatric Surgeon and Specialist in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery for Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Florida Read the rest of this article »
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ASMBS News and Update
August 2011
August 2011
by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Read the rest of this article »
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