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		<title>Sleeve Gastrectomy is Technically Simple, Requires Minimal Follow Up, and Results in Negligible Long-term Complications— What More Can We Ask For?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers of Bariatric Times: This month we share with you reviews and comments from Drs. Ed Mason and Walter Pories on the recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).[1,2] These prospective, randomized, controlled studies demonstrated that bariatric surgery in combination with medical therapy is far superior to medical therapy alone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Declines to Provide Coverage for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Disappointing News for Patients, Surgeons, and Advocates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers of Bariatric Times: I would like to start this editorial by relaying the disappointing news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has declined to provide coverage for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) as valid bariatric treatment modality. It is unfortunate that the ones affected by this decision are the ones that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postoperative Care and the Self-Paying Patient: Sometimes Surgeons Need to Compromise to Save Patients the Expense of Presenting to the Emergency Room with Unclear Symptoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers of Bariatric Times: I just returned from San Diego, California, where I attended the annual meeting of the The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). This conference was, as in previous years, another great success orchestrated by program co-directors Drs. Daniel Scott and Daniel Jones. The highlights of this meeting were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Study Shows Lower Incidences of Cardiovascular Events and Related Fatalities in Patients with Morbid Obesity Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery Compared to Patients Treated with Medical Therapy Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers of Bariatric Times: In this issue of Bariatric Times, we deliver to you more outstanding articles and columns. If you have a smart phone or tablet and have not done so already, please make sure you visit the Android Marketplace or Apple App store and download the BT App for your mobile device. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Forward in 2012: ASMBS and ACS Join to Create a Unified Centers of Excellence Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers of Bariatric Times, I hope you had a good end-of-the-year celebration in 2011 and I wish you all a great 2012. In this first 2012 issue of Bariatric Times, we present another installment in our special section “Surgical Pearls: Techniques in Bariatric Surgery.” This month, my group at Cleveland Clinic Florida describes the [...]]]></description>
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