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Laparoscopic Bi-Directional Jejuno-Jejunostomy Anastomosis With a Linear Stapler

Laparoscopic Bi-Directional Jejuno-Jejunostomy Anastomosis With a Linear Stapler

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

This column recruits expert surgeons to share step-by-step technical pearls on bariatric procedures. June 2012 Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This month’s technique: Laparoscopic Bi-Directional Jejuno-Jejunostomy Anastomosis With a Linear Stapler This Month’s Featured Expert: Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Director, Center for Metabolic […]

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Mesh Fixation Devices and Techniques: A Review of the Literature

Mesh Fixation Devices and Techniques: A Review of the Literature

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dedicated to providing a venue for interactive exchange of ideas, interesting topics, and surgical pearls from experts in repair of  abdominal wall defects as they relate to bariatric surgery This month’s featured expert Abraham Fridman, DO, Clinical Fellow, the Bariatric Institute and Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida Bariatric Times. 2012;9(6):10–12

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ASMBS Foundation News and Update—June 2012

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

by David Provost, MD Dr. Provost is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation. He maintains a private practice, Provost Bariatrics in Denton, Texas. Dr. Provost also serves on the ASMBS Executive Council, is a member of the Surgical Review Corporation’s (SRC) Board of Directors, and is a member of […]

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Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery: Addressing Challenges

Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery: Addressing Challenges

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

This ongoing column is authored by members of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP), an organization dedicated to the bariatric patient. Column Editor: Stephanie B. Jones, MD Dr. Jones is Vice Chair for Education, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts […]

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Advice on Creating and Maintaining a Successful Bariatric Practice

Advice on Creating and Maintaining a Successful Bariatric Practice

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Part 1 Ascending to Accreditation by Jama Stinnett, LPN, CPHQ Ms. Stinnett is the Office Manager, New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Bariatric Times. 2012;9(6):22–26

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The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Committee: Highlights and Year in Review

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Column Editor: Laura Boyer, RN, CBN President of the Integrated Health Section of the  ASMBS; Director of Clinical Systems for The Surgical Specialists of Louisiana in Covington, Louisiana This month: The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Committee: Highlights and Year in Review by Laura Boyer, RN, CBN Bariatric Times. 2012;9(6):28–29

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The 13th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery

The 13th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April 23–27, 2012 by Elias Chousleb, MD, and Natan Zundel, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Chousleb is on the Scientific and Organizing Committee of WCES. He is Assistant Professor of Surgery; Assistant Clerkship Director, Surgery at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Zundel was President of 13th […]

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Sleeve Gastrectomy is Technically Simple, Requires Minimal Follow Up, and Results in Negligible Long-term Complications— What More Can We Ask For?

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dear Readers of Bariatric Times: This month we share with you reviews and comments from Drs. Ed Mason and Walter Pories on the recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).[1,2] These prospective, randomized, controlled studies demonstrated that bariatric surgery in combination with medical therapy is far superior to medical therapy alone […]

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NEJMx2

NEJMx2

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

NEJMx2 Dear Bariatric Times Editor: In March, the New England Journal of Medicine published two important, prospective, randomized, and controlled series[1,2] that compared the outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) treated with intensive medical therapy versus a similar cohort treated with bariatric surgery.

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Myths Associated with Obesity and Bariatric Surgery—Myth 2: “Bariatric surgery induces weight loss primarily by mechanical restriction and nutrient malabsorption.”

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

May 2012 Exclusive Series: The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy Initiative Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption Myth 2: “Bariatric surgery induces weight loss primarily by mechanical restriction and nutrient malabsorption.” by Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD; Randy J. Seeley, PhD; and Jason L. Harris, PhD

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