Category: Original Research
How Do Postoperative Bariatric Patients Stay on Task with Nutrition Goals and Physical Activity to Prevent Weight Regain?
by Anthony L. Heard, EdD, RRT Dr. Heard is a Registered Respiratory Therapist at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the contents of this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(7–12):16–21. Abstract Objective: The purpose of this research […]
Analyzing the Efficacy of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using BODY-Q
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 […]
A Survey on Scope of Practice Among Members of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
by Abdulaziz A. Arishi, MD; Jean F. Salem, MD; Pavel Burskii, MD; Jill Stoltzfus, PhD; Anthony T. Petrick, MD; Ranjan Sudan, MD; and Maher El Chaar, MD Drs. Arishi, Salem, Burskii, Stoltzfus, and El Chaar are with the Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s University Hospital and Health Network, Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Bethlehem, […]
Lack of Weight Loss Differences with Differing Bougie Sizes in SADI-S: A Prospectively Collected, Retrospectively Analyzed, Matched Cohort Analysis
by Austin Cottam, MD; Daniel Cottam, MD; Olivia Johnson; Samuel Cottam, BS; Amit Surve, MD; Christina Richards, MD; Walter Medlin, MD, FACS All authors are with Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Daniel Cottam does consulting work for Medtronic outside of this work. […]
Impact of a Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Phone Call Quality Improvement Intervention on 30-day Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits
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 […]
Normative Data for the Brief Symptom Inventory in a Bariatric Surgery-seeking Patient Sample
by Jeremy E. Mirsky, PhD, ABPP Dr. Mirsky is with Massachusetts General Brigham Integrated Care in Watertown, Massachusetts. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Bariatric Times. 2023;20(1):11–15. Abstract Objective: Previous literature has suggested that between 50 and 66 percent of bariatric […]
The Growing Knowledge Gap in the Treatment and Management of the Disease of Severe Obesity in Medical Training
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 […]
Does the Number of Follow-ups After Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy Influence Weight Loss?
by Amit Surve, MD; Samuel Cottam, CNA; Daniel Cottam, MD; Walter Medlin, MD, FACS; Christina Richards, MD, FACS; and Legrand Belnap, MD Drs. Surve, Daniel Cottam, Medlin, Richards, and Belnap and Mr. Samuel Cottam are with Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Daniel Cottam, MD, […]
Intuitive Eating is Associated with a Healthier Relationship with Food in Postsurgical Bariatric Patients
by Narmin Virani, RDN, CSOWM; Kasey P.S. Goodpaster, PhD; and Richard Perugini, MD, FACS Ms. Virani and Dr. Perugini are with the University of Massachusetts Memorial Bariatric Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Goodpaster is with the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no […]
Patient-reported Short-term Barriers to and Facilitators of Adherence to Behavioral Recommendations Following Bariatric Surgery
by Aviva H. Ariel-Donges, PhD, MPH; Carlysa K. Oyama, BA; and Megan M. Hood, PhD Drs Ariel-Donges and Hood and Ms. Oyama are with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]
