Category: Review
Prevention of Anastomotic Leaks in Bariatric Surgery
by Aydin H. Pooli, MD, and Edward H. Phillips, MD, FACS Dr. Aydin H. Pooli is Research Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Phillips is Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Bariatric Times. 2010;7(3):8–13
Overweight but Undernourished: Refeeding Syndrome after Bariatric Surgery
by Lucy Jones, BSC, Hons, RD Ms. Jones is Specialist Bariatric Dietitian, Clinical Nutrition Department at The Whittington Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(3):18–21
The History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
by Gregg H. Jossart, MD, FACS; Gary Anthone, MD, FACS Dr. Jossart is Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California. Dr. Anthone is Director Bariatric Surgery Program, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):9–10
Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery
by Ricardo Cohen, MD; Marcelo Cerdan Torres, MD Drs. Cohen and Torres are from the Center for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hospital Oswaldo Cruz and Baros Surgical Associates, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):16–18
Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
by Ninh T. Nguyen, MD; Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD; James Gray, BS; and Brian R. Smith, MD Drs. Nguyen, Hinojosa, and Smith and Mr. Gray are from the Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(2):20–22
Treatment Considerations for Osteoarthritic Knee Pain in Patients with Obesity
by James Choi, MD; Jonathan Schaffer, MD, MBA Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):12–14
Nutrition in the Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver
by Jacqueline Jacques, ND Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):18–22 This is a CE-accredited article. Instructions and post-test are at the end of the article. A downloadable PDF of instructions and post-test are also available here.
Marginal Ulcers after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Pain for the Patient…Pain for the Surgeon
by Camellia Racu, MD, MPH; Amir Mehran, MD, FACS, FASMBS Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):23–25
Maximizing Skin Antisepsis in the Challenging Bariatric Patient
by Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., PhD, SM (ASCP), CIC (CBIC) Dr. Charles Edmiston is Professor of Surgery and Hospital Epidemiologist at Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Director of the Surgical Microbiology Research Laboratory in the Department of Surgery, and fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of American, Surgical Infection Society, and the […]
Implementation of a New Standard Practice for Pain Management—Reduced Narcotic Use among Bariatric Patients—Lessons Learned by a Bariatric Clinic
by Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN, is Program Director at the Wittgrove Bariatric Center in La Jolla, California. Bariatric Times. 2009;6(12):16–19