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The use of robots in bariatric surgery—evaluating the evidence before being glamoured by new technology

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

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Members of The Foundation for Surgical Fellowships meet for the first time— pledge to maintain transparency and continue postgraduate education in bariatric surgery

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

May 2010 Editorial Message Dear Readers: I just returned from the 12th annual World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, meeting in Washington, DC, and, as is always the case, I was impressed with the precise organization and size of the meeting. I would like to congratulate Drs. Salky, Herron, and Schlachta for organizing this fantastic program. […]

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Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication: An Alternative Restrictive Bariatric Procedure

Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication: An Alternative Restrictive Bariatric Procedure

| May 19, 2010 | 7 Comments

by Almino C. Ramos, MD; Manoel Galvão Neto, MD; Josemberg Marins Campos, PhD; and Claudio Cora Mottin, PhD Drs. Neto and Ramos are from the Gastro Obeso Center in São Paulo, Brazil. Drs. Neto and Ramos are international consultants for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Dr. Campos is from Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. Dr. Mottin […]

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Preoperative Progressive Resistance Training Exercise for Bariatric Surgery Patients

Preoperative Progressive Resistance Training Exercise for Bariatric Surgery Patients

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Samuel B. Wollner, BA; James D. Adair, MD; Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS; George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD Mr. Wollner is from the Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Adair is from the Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Jones […]

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Brachioplasty Following Massive Weight Loss

Brachioplasty Following Massive Weight Loss

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Michele A. Shermak, MD, FACS Dr. Shermak is Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(5):16–18

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1st Panamerican Meeting on Diabetes Surgery

1st Panamerican Meeting on Diabetes Surgery

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

São Paulo, Brazil, November 14–16, 2009 by Ricardo Cohen, MD; Luis Berti, MD; and Thomas Szego, MD Dr. Cohen is President of the 1st Panamerican Congress of Diabetes Surgery. Dr. Berti is President of the XI National Meeting of The Brazilian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (SBCBM). Dr. Szego is President of the Brazilian […]

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Awake Tracheal Intubation in Patients with Morbid Obesity: When, Why, and How?

| April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Jeremy Collins, Mb. ChB., FRCA, and Jay B. Brodsky, MD Dr. Collins is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Dr. Borodsky is Professor of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(4):8–10

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The Battle for Access to Care for Treatment of Obesity

The Battle for Access to Care for Treatment of Obesity

| April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is the Medical Director at Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is Co-Chair of Access to Care Committee and Secretary/Treasurer for the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(4):11–15

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Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents

| April 6, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Natan Zundel, MD, FACS; Elias Chousleb, MD; and Soni Chousleb, MD Dr. Zundel is Clinical Professor of Surgery, Florida International University College of Medicine, Miami, Florida; Dr. E. Chousleb is from The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida; and Dr. S. Chousleb is from the Department of Surgery, […]

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Challenges of a Continually Changing Field of Medicine

| April 6, 2010 | 0 Comments

An interview with John Baker, MD, President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Dr. John Baker runs a private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is Medical Director, Baptist Health Weight Loss Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, and co-director of the Baptist Medical Center’s bariatric surgery program, Little Rock, Arkansas.

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