Category: Commentary
Myth? Myth? Yes! Top 10 Myths About Laparoscopic Gastric Bands
by Jeff Allen, MD Dr. Allen is Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Struggling to Maintain Lost Weight
by Kathy Keenan Isoldi, MS, RD, CDE; and Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP Dr. Aronne is Former President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has authored more than 40 papers and book chapters on obesity, and edited the National Institutes of […]
Revision Procedures for Failed Gastric Bypass
by Manish Parikh, MD; Marc Bessler, MD Both from Center for Obesity Surgery, Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Thighlift After Bariatric Body Contouring Surgery
by Michele Shermak, MD, FACS Dr. Shermak is Chief of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
Urinary Calculi and Bariatric Surgery
by Carolyn F. Langford, DO; Verena Mueller; and Gamal M. Ghoniem, MD, FACS All from Cleveland Clinic Florida
The Value of Support
by Margaret Houk, RN, BSN Margi Houk, RN, BSN, is a case manager with Saint Mary’s Health Plans, Reno, Nevada. My Journey to Surgery I have struggled with my weight since my birth. It is a family disease; my older brother has also dealt with a lifelong battle against morbid obesity and all of its […]
The Endocannabinoid System as a Mechanism Regulating Appetite and Energy Balance
by Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP,and Kathy Keenan Isoldi, MS, RD, CDE Dr. Aronne is Former President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has authored more than 40 papers and book chapters on obesity, and edited the National Institutes of Health […]
The LAP-BAND AP™ System: The Platform Advances
by Paul E. O’Brien, MD Dr. O’Brien is from the Centre for Obesity Research and Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Background Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has now been available through most of the world for more than 12 years with the introduction of the LAP-BAND® System in 1993.[1] By the mid-1990s, this approach […]
The International Bariatric Surgery Registry
by Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD, FACS; and Kathleen E. Renquist, BS Dr. Mason and Ms. Renquist are from The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Department of Surgery; The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Abstract Objective: To report the 20-year experience of a large data repository for surgical treatment of […]
Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Footnote in the History of Bariatric Surgery or a Viable Entity?
by Kenneth B. Jones, Jr., MD, FACS Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana.
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