Tag: bariatric surgery

Google Trends in Bariatric Surgery: A Disconnect Between Public Interest and Surgery Performed

Google Trends in Bariatric Surgery: A Disconnect Between Public Interest and Surgery Performed

| November 1, 2023

by Nicholas Gonsalves, MD; Joshua Tseng, MD; Yufei Chen, MD; and Maggie Diller, MD All authors are with the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to […]

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Analyzing the Efficacy of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using BODY-Q

Analyzing the Efficacy of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using BODY-Q

| September 25, 2023

by Rushay Amarath-Madav, MD; Tyler Beauchamp, BS; Aditya Devarakonda, MD; Brianna Stadsvold, MD; Aaron Bolduc, MD; Lisa Renee Hilton, MD, FACS, FASMBS All authors are with Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(9–10). Published online September 25, 2023. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts […]

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Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Revision of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Recurrent Gastrogastric Fistula

Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Revision of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Recurrent Gastrogastric Fistula

| July 27, 2023

by Carolyn G. Judge, MD; Kyle D. Gadbois, MD, FACS; and Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS Lt. Judge is with Navy Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. CDR. Gadbois is with Navy Readiness and Training Command in San Diego, California. Capt. Wisbach is Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. […]

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Stapler Reload Misfires During Sleeve Gastrectomy: Isolated Events or Cause for Concern?

Stapler Reload Misfires During Sleeve Gastrectomy: Isolated Events or Cause for Concern?

| July 21, 2023

by George Woodman, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Alexander Wells, BS; and Guy Voeller, MD Dr. Woodman is with Baptist Memorial Hospital–Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and Methodist Hospital Germantown in Germantown, Tennessee. Mr. Wells is a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Voeller is with Baptist Health Sciences University […]

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Perioperative Glycemic Control for the Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Bariatric Surgery

Perioperative Glycemic Control for the Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Bariatric Surgery

| November 1, 2022

by Teri Leishman, MS, PMC, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA Ms. Leishman is a Clinical Nurse Specialist with Intermountain Health, Peaks Region, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado.  Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2022;19(11):8–10. […]

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The Growing Knowledge Gap in the Treatment and Management of the Disease of Severe Obesity in Medical Training

The Growing Knowledge Gap in the Treatment and Management of the Disease of Severe Obesity in Medical Training

| November 1, 2022

by Eileen R. Smith, MD; Bradley S. Kushner, MD; Michael M. Awad, MD, PhD; and Shaina R. Eckhouse, MD All authors are with the Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Shaina R. Eckhouse accepts […]

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The Role of Facebook Support Groups in Bariatric Surgery

The Role of Facebook Support Groups in Bariatric Surgery

| October 1, 2022

by Spyridon Giannopoulos, MD, and Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD  Drs. Giannopoulos and Stefanidis are with the Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Stefanidis received research support from Becton Dickinson and Intuitive. Dr. Giannopoulos has no conflicts of interest relevant to […]

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Filling The Critical Void: Virtual Postoperative Bariatric Support Groups

Filling The Critical Void: Virtual Postoperative Bariatric Support Groups

| September 1, 2022

by Aaron J. Goodman, JD Mr. Goodman is an attorney and support group leader in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2022;19(9):8–9. Abstract After the “honeymoon” period has lapsed, many postoperative bariatric surgery patients face struggles […]

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Among Patients Diagnosed with Obesity, Higher Disease Burden was Associated with More Referrals to Adult Weight Management Programs (AWMPs)

Among Patients Diagnosed with Obesity, Higher Disease Burden was Associated with More Referrals to Adult Weight Management Programs (AWMPs)

| September 1, 2022

by Amanda Velazquez, MD, DABOM, and Jennifer J. Kim, MA Dr. Velazquez is Director of Obesity Medicine, Comprehensive Weight Loss Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Kim is Senior Data Consultant, Southern California Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena, California.  Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Velazquez is on […]

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Managing Substance Use Issues Before and After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Managing Substance Use Issues Before and After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

| August 1, 2022

by Stephanie Sogg, PhD Dr. Sogg is with the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center and Harvard University Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Bariatric Times. 2022;19(8):8–11. Abstract Little formal guidance exists to guide metabolic and bariatric […]

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