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The History of Sleeve Gastrectomy

February 2010

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 »

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Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery

February 2010

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 »

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

February 2010

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 »

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Treatment Considerations for Osteoarthritic Knee Pain in Patients with Obesity

January 2010

by James Choi, MD; Jonathan Schaffer, MD, MBA

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):12–14 Read the rest of this article »

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Nutrition in the Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

January 2010

by Jacqueline Jacques, ND

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):18–22

This is a CE-accredited article. Instructions and post-test are at the end of the article. A downloadable PDF of instructions and post-test are also available here. Read the rest of this article »

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Marginal Ulcers after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Pain for the Patient…Pain for the Surgeon

January 2010

by Camellia Racu, MD, MPH; Amir Mehran, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):23–25 Read the rest of this article »

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Maximizing Skin Antisepsis in the Challenging Bariatric Patient

December 2009

by Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., PhD, SM (ASCP), CIC (CBIC)

Dr. Charles Edmiston is Professor of Surgery and Hospital Epidemiologist at Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Director of the Surgical Microbiology Research Laboratory in the Department of Surgery, and fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of American, Surgical Infection Society, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Bariatric Times. 2009;6(12):20–22 Read the rest of this article »

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Implementation of a New Standard Practice for Pain Management—Reduced Narcotic Use among Bariatric Patients—Lessons Learned by a Bariatric Clinic

December 2009

by Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN

Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN, is Program Director at the Wittgrove Bariatric Center in La Jolla, California.

Bariatric Times. 2009;6(12):16–19 Read the rest of this article »

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