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New Column! Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient. This month: Pica: An Ancient Disorder with Modern Casualties

New Column! Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient. This month: Pica: An Ancient Disorder with Modern Casualties

| November 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient Pica: An Ancient Disorder with Modern Casualties This Month’s Contributor: Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN Ms. Goldenberg is a nutritionist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York, New York. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(11)22–23 This ongoing column is dedicated to […]

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Bariatric Patient Postoperative Pain: A Potentially Promising New Route

Bariatric Patient Postoperative Pain: A Potentially Promising New Route

| November 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Susannah M. Wyles, MSc, MRCS; Sherif Hakky, MSc, MRCS; Ahmed R. Ahmed, BSc, FRCS; and   Jonathan M. Cousins, BSc, FRCA

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Editorial Message: The decision to discharge patients should be the physician’s, not insurance carriers

| October 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Dear Friends: I am writing to you on my flight back from Washington, DC, where I attended the 96th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Although I have plenty to share with you, I will try to concentrate on what I believe are the most important issues. First, I would like […]

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Making Sense of the Research Regarding Binge Eating and Bariatric Surgery Outcomes

| October 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Alëna A. Balasanova, MS III Author affiliation: Ms. Balasanova is third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Funding: There was no funding for the development of this article. Financial disclosure: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article.

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The Professional’s Guide to Nutritional Supplements: Understanding Quality and Regulatory Issues

| October 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Jacqueline Jacques, ND Dr. Jacqueline Jacques is a Naturopathic Doctor with more than a decade of expertise in medical nutrition. Dr Jacques has spent much of her career in the dietary supplement industry as a formulator, speaker, writer and educator. She is the Chief Science Officer for Catalina Lifesciences LLC, a company dedicated to […]

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Management of Proximal Gastrogastric Fistula Due to Staple Line Dehiscence

| October 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

This Month’s Featured Expert: Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC Dr. Pomp is a Leon C. Hirsch Professor, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, and Chief, Section of Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. This Month’s Dilemma: Management of Proximal Gastrogastric Fistula Due to Staple […]

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5 Minutes With… Evan P. Nadler, MD

| October 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Dr. Nadler is Co-Director, Children’s National Obesity Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Principal Investigator, Systems Biology Initiative, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Washington, DC; Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Integrative Systems Biology, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences Bariatric Times. 2010;7(10):22

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“Medical Tourism”—Dangerous for Patients and Difficult to Manage for Surgeons in the United States

| September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

Dear Readers: Welcome to the September 2010 issue of Bariatric Times. I just returned from Long Beach, California, where I attended the 15th Annual International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) meeting under the direction and organization of Dr. Mal Fobi. This was the first time the conference took place in […]

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Endoluminal Management of Morbid Obesity

Endoluminal Management of Morbid Obesity

| September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Matthew J. Kruse, MD, and Miguel A. Burch, MD, FACS Dr. Kruse is  from the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Burch is Associate Director of General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Funding: There was no funding […]

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Standardizing Presurgical Psychological Evaluations with the PsyBari Psychological Test

Standardizing Presurgical Psychological Evaluations with the PsyBari Psychological Test

| September 21, 2010 | 7 Comments

by David Mahony, PhD, ABPP Dr. Mahony is a clinical psychologist from Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Funding: There was no funding for the development of this article. Financial Disclosures: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(9):18–20

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