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Management and Outcomes of Pregnancy following Bariatric Surgery
May 2008
by Jane A. Alston and Giselle G. Hamad, MD, FACS
Ms. Alston is from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Hamad is with University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery.
Posted in 2008 May, Patient Management Perspective | No Comments »
An Event to Remember: Patients of Today, Models of Tomorrow
February 2008
by Roseann DeLuca, BSN, RN
Roseann is the Bariatric Coordinator, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York.
Posted in 2008 February, Patient Management Perspective | No Comments »
Managing Weight Gain in a Bariatric Program
January 2008
by Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN
Ms. Martinez is Program Coordinator of Wittgrove Bariatric Center, La Jolla, California.
Introduction
Morbid obesity is a chronic disease for which we have no cure. However; bariatric surgery is the most effective and powerful intervention currently known in medicine. Postoperative weight gain, however, is possible and will be seen by every practitioner in every program.
Weight loss results are individual, but different bariatric surgical procedures have ranges of expected weight loss. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) weight loss is 61.6 percent, standard gastric bypass is 68.2 percent, and biliopancreatic diversion is 70 percent. Weight loss is also dependent on patient selection, education, and long-term follow-up.1 (Figure 1. The Clinical Pathway at Wittgrove Bariatric Center.)
Posted in 2008 January, Patient Management Perspective | No Comments »
