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Update on Endoluminal Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity

Update on Endoluminal Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity

| June 18, 2009 | 0 Comments

By Amy Cha, MD; Stacy A. Brethauer MD; Aurora Pryor MD; and Bipan Chand, MD Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD This ongoing column investigates current research in the surgical and clinical aspects of obesity treatment and educates bariatric care professionals on the most up-to-date, concrete information on emerging technologies in the field. The second article [...]

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Emerging Technologies—Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery: How and Why?

Emerging Technologies—Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery: How and Why?

| April 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

by Jenny Choi, MD; Luca Milone, MD; and Column Editor Marc Bessler, MD This ongoing column investigates current research in the surgical and clinical aspects of obesity treatment and educates bariatric care professionals on the most up-to-date, concrete information on emerging technologies in the field. The first article in 2009’s Emerging Technologies series is authored [...]

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Emerging Technologies: The Introduction of New Technologies into Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery—Are You Ready to Embrace Them?

Emerging Technologies: The Introduction of New Technologies into Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery—Are You Ready to Embrace Them?

| September 20, 2008 | 0 Comments

by Scott Shikora, MD, FACS Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD Dr. Shikora is Professor of Surgery, Chief of MIS, General, and Bariatric Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts; and President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

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Endoluminal Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity: Devices and Techniques for Natural Orifice Approaches

Endoluminal Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity: Devices and Techniques for Natural Orifice Approaches

| June 11, 2008 | 0 Comments

by Rebecca P. Petersen, MD, MSc; Bipan Chand, MD; and Aurora D. Pryor, MD The second article in this series is written by DRs. rebecca P. Petersen and Aurora D. Pryor, from the Duke Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and DR. BIPAND CHAND, from the Bariatric [...]

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Endoscopic Therapies for the Dilated Gastrojejunostomy and Gastric Pouch: How to Achieve Weight Loss After the “Honeymoon” Is Over

Endoscopic Therapies for the Dilated Gastrojejunostomy and Gastric Pouch: How to Achieve Weight Loss After the “Honeymoon” Is Over

| January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

by Daniel M. Herron, MD and Adheesh Sabnis, MD Column Editor: Marc Bessler, MD The following is the first column in a series that will appear quarterly in Bariatric Times. This column will investigate current research in the surgical and clinical aspects of obesity treatment, and will educate bariatric care professionals on the most up-to-date, [...]

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