Dear Readers:

As I write this message, I am preparing for the 9th Annual Surgery of the Foregut Symposium being held February 14 to 17, 2010, in Coral Gables, Florida.

This month’s issue of Bariatric Times is a special one for those of us who are passionate about bariatric surgery. Read the rest of this article »

by Gregg H. Jossart, MD, FACS; Gary Anthone, MD, FACS

Dr. Jossart is Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California. Dr. Anthone is Director Bariatric Surgery Program, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):9–10 Read the rest of this article »

by Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS; Christina Li, MD; Marvin Tan, MD; Adrian Barbul, MD

Dr. Gandsas is Professor of Surgery, Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey. Drs. Li, Tan, and Barbul are from Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):11–13 Read the rest of this article »

by Ricardo Cohen, MD; Marcelo Cerdan Torres, MD

Drs. Cohen and Torres are from the Center for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hospital Oswaldo Cruz and Baros Surgical Associates, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):16–18 Read the rest of this article »

by Ninh T. Nguyen, MD; Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD;
James Gray, BS; and Brian R. Smith, MD

Drs. Nguyen, Hinojosa, and Smith and Mr. Gray are from the Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):20–22 Read the rest of this article »

This month’s dilemma:
Internal hernias following gastric bypass operations

This month’s expert:
Alan Wittgrove, MD, FASMBS

Dr. Wittgrove is Medical Director, Bariatric Program, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California. Read the rest of this article »

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Dear Readers:

In this issue of Bariatric Times, we present three articles that discuss frequent medical conditions that relate to the obesity disease and bariatric surgery. These conditions are osteoarthritis (OA), fatty liver infiltration/nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH), and marginal ulcerations (MUs). Read the rest of this article »