Category: Departments
Clinical algorithms for identifying and managing complications of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
by Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS; Jeffrey W. Allen, MD, FACS; Sunil Bhoyrul, MD, FACS, FRCS(Eng); Helmuth T. Billy, MD, FACS; Robert Cywes, MD, PhD; Emma J. Patterson, MD, FRCSC, FACS; Christine J. Ren-Fielding, MD, FACS; and Vafa Shayani, MD, FACS
The Impact of Changes in the Diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder
This column is dedicated to covering a variety of topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care of the bariatric surgical patient. Column Editor: Karen Schulz, RN, CBN, MSN President of the Integrated Health Section of the ASMBS; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. This Month: The Impact of Changes in the […]
The 13th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium
Las Vegas, Nevada March 6 to 9, 2013 by Stuart Michaelson Stuart Michaelson is a freelance medical writer
An Update on the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP): A unified program of the ACS and ASMBS
An Update on the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP): A unified program of the ACS and ASMBS by Teresa R. Fraker, MS, BSN, RN Teresa R. Fraker, MS, BSN, RN, is Program Administrator, MBSAQIP, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois. Bariatric Times. 2013;10(11):22. About the American Society for Metabolic and […]
Integrating Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery into the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
An Interview with Dr. Ralph A. DeFronzo Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Diabetes Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.
Let’s Get Real: Where’s the Evidence?
Cartoon Column Editor: Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS Dr. Pories is professor of surgery at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Chapman is professor of surgery at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. This month: Where’s the Evidence? by Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS; […]
