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Use of the Hill Gastroplasty for Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Following Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: A Brief Report
by Matthew T. Gust, MD; Kevin M. Reavis, MD; and Valerie J. Halpin, MD All authors are with Legacy Weight and Diabetes Institute in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Reavis is with The Oregon Clinic in Portland, Orgeon. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this […]

Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment: OMA Extends a Virtual Primer for Practitioners
by Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA Dr. Pennings is an associate professor and Chair of Family Medicine at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine; director of the Campbell University Health Center; and executive director of clinical education for the Obesity Medicine Association. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant […]

The Guidelines—They Are A-changin’!
by Adrian G. Dan, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Dan is Medical Director, Weight Management Institute at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, Ohio Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]

Raising the Standard: The Future of Robotic Surgery
by Karen P. Placeres-Rodríguez, MD; David Pechman, MD; Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Placeres-Rodríguez is currently a 4th year Surgical Resident at Metropolitan Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Dr. Pechman is a Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgeon at South Shore University Hospital, Hofstra/Northwell in Bay Shore, New […]
The Role of Facebook Support Groups in Bariatric Surgery
by Spyridon Giannopoulos, MD, and Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD Drs. Giannopoulos and Stefanidis are with the Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Stefanidis received research support from Becton Dickinson and Intuitive. Dr. Giannopoulos has no conflicts of interest relevant to […]
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