Tag: gastric bypass

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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Impact of a Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Phone Call Quality Improvement Intervention on 30-day Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits

Impact of a Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Phone Call Quality Improvement Intervention on 30-day Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits

| February 1, 2023

by Melissa C. Majumdar, MS, RD, CSOWM, LDN; Zachary I. Grunewald, PhD, MS, RDN, LD; Elissa A. Falconer, MD; Maggie L. Diller, MD; Mobola Oyefule, MD; Federico J. Serrot, MD; Jamil L. Stetler, MD; Ankit D. Patel, MD; Jahnavi K. Srinivasan, MD; S. Scott Davis Jr., MD; Edward Lin, DO; and Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner, MD Ms. Majumdar […]

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Use of the Hill Gastroplasty for Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Following Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: A Brief Report

Use of the Hill Gastroplasty for Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Following Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: A Brief Report

| November 1, 2022

by Matthew T. Gust, MD; Kevin M. Reavis, MD; and Valerie J. Halpin, MD  All authors are with Legacy Weight and Diabetes Institute in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Reavis is with The Oregon Clinic in Portland, Orgeon. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this […]

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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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Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Conversion to Duodenal Switch

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Conversion to Duodenal Switch

| September 1, 2020

by Peter C. Ng, MD; Lindsey S. Sharp, MD; and Dustin M. Bermudez, MD Drs. Ng, Sharp, and Bermudez are with Rex Bariatric Specialists, UNC/Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. ABSTRACT: We present a review […]

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Marginal Ulcer Perforation and Concurrent 360-degree Twisted Roux Limb Volvulus following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Case Report

Marginal Ulcer Perforation and Concurrent 360-degree Twisted Roux Limb Volvulus following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Case Report

| June 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

by Brook E. Porter, BS; Lindsey E. Goldstein, MD, FACS, FASCRS; and Jeffrey E. Friedman, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ms. Porter and Dr. Friedman are with the University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Goldstein is with the University and Florida and Malcolm Randall […]

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A Comparison of Abdominal Computerized Tomography Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Abdominal Pain after Gastric Bypass

A Comparison of Abdominal Computerized Tomography Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Abdominal Pain after Gastric Bypass

| July 1, 2017 | 0 Comments

by Ann M. Rogers, MD, and Jared Cappelli, RN, BS Ann Rogers, MD, is from The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Jared Cappelli, RN, BS, is from Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Bariatric Times. 2017;14(7):15–17. Funding: Funded by the Penn State Association of Family and […]

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Late Onset Abdominal Pain After Gastric Bypass Due to a Rare Diagnosis—Jejuno-Jejunostomy Volvulus

Late Onset Abdominal Pain After Gastric Bypass Due to a Rare Diagnosis—Jejuno-Jejunostomy Volvulus

| March 1, 2016 | 0 Comments

by 2nd LT Solomon Tong, MS; LCDR Jesse Bandle, MD; and CDR Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, MBA AUTHOR AFFILIATION: 2nd LT Solomon Tong, MS, is from Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda Maryland. LCDR Jesse Bandle, MD, is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine […]

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