Surgical Pearls: Techniques in Bariatric Surgery
June 2011
Surgical Pearls: Techniques in Bariatric Surgery
Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel Jones, MD, MS, FACS
This column recruits expert surgeons to share step-by-step technical pearls on bariatric procedures
This month’s technique: How to Perform a Hand-sewn Gastrojejunostomy
by Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS, Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, California, and Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital, Fresno, California
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Insights in Interventional Diabetology: Generations of Work Coming Together
May 2009
An Interview with:
Dr. Walter Pories,Professor of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Greenville, North Carolina, Past President, ASMBS
Dr. Neil Hutcher, Commonwealth Surgeons, Ltd., Richmond, Virginia; Past President, ASMBS
Dr. Ricardo Cohen, Director, The Center for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, and Baros Institute,
São Paulo, Brazil
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Beaumont Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program: Royal Oak, Michigan
October 2008
TELL US ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD STAFF AT YOUR FACILITY.
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, is a 1,061-bed, major academic and referral center. The yearly surgical volume is routinely in the top two in the nation. Ninety-one medical and surgical specialties are represented on Beaumont’s medical staff of more than 3,100 physicians.
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Therapists in Search of a Treatment Model: Adapting a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model for Eating Disorders to a Bariatric Surgery Population, Part 2
February 2008
by Merle C. Goldberg, LCSW; and Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD
Merle Goldberg is in private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, and is co-author of Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right For You and My Thin Excuse: Understanding, Recognizing and Overcoming Eating Disorders.
Heidi M. Limbrunner, PsyD, is with Southeast Psychological Services in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Introduction
In our previous article in the November/December issue of Bariatric Times, we reviewed the rationale for using a cognitive behavioral model (CBT) traditionally used for eating disorder treatment for the bariatric surgery population. In this issue, we will further discuss in detail the topics and goals for each of the CBT groups (Table 1. Finally, we will review future considerations in the continued use of this model.
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