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Leaks and Single Anastomosis Duodenoileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy (SADI)

Leaks and Single Anastomosis Duodenoileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy (SADI)

| June 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

by Paul E. Enochs, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Enochs is with WakeMed Bariatric Specialists of NC in Cary, North Carolina. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract: The single anastomosis duodenoileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI) is the latest surgical procedure […]

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The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Calcium and Vitamin D Status

The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Calcium and Vitamin D Status

| June 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

This activity expired June 1, 2022. Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN, is Program Director of Wittgrove Bariatric Center in La Jolla, California A Message from the Department Editor Dear Colleagues: It is with great pleasure that I introduce the third article in a four-part series highlighting key areas affected by […]

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Surgical Management of Complications after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Surgical Management of Complications after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

| May 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

by Julietta Chang, MD, and Edward Felix, MD, FACS, FASMBS Drs. Chang and Felix are with the Weight Loss Surgical Institute of the Central Coast, Marian Regional Medical Center, A Dignity Hospital, in Santa Maria, California. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this […]

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Management of the Contained Sleeve Leak

Management of the Contained Sleeve Leak

| April 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

 by STEVEN G. LEEDS, MD, FACS, and MARC. A. WARD, MD Dr. Leeds and Ward are Assistant Clinical Professors of Surgery at Texas A&M College of Medicine in Bryan, Texas. Dr. Leeds is the Division Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and Dr. Ward is Medical Director of Minimally Invasive Research and Simulation at Baylor University […]

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The Increasing Prevalence and Dangerous Association Between Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation

The Increasing Prevalence and Dangerous Association Between Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation

| March 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

This activity expired March 1, 2022. Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Ms. Martinez is Department Editor of Integrated Health Continuing Education for Bariatric Times; and Program Director of Wittgrove Bariatric Center in Del Mar, California. A Message from the Department Editor Dear Colleagues: It is with great pleasure to present this month’s continuing education article, titled […]

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Novel Behavioral Approaches to Postoperative Weight Regain: Acceptance-based Behavioral Treatments

Novel Behavioral Approaches to Postoperative Weight Regain: Acceptance-based Behavioral Treatments

| March 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

by Lauren E. Bradley, PhD Dr. Bradley is with the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract: A substantial subset of patients with obesity experience weight regain […]

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Revisional Surgery Evaluation and Contraindications

Revisional Surgery Evaluation and Contraindications

| March 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

by Marguerite Dunham, CRNP, FNP, MSN, CBN Ms. Dunham is Program Coordinator for the Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Abington-Jefferson Health in Abington, Pennsylvania. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract: Bariatric surgery is considered to be an effective […]

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Hemostasis Techniques in Bariatric Surgery

Hemostasis Techniques in Bariatric Surgery

| February 1, 2020 | 0 Comments

by Frank Villa, MD, and Bipan Chand, MD, MBA Drs. Villa and Chand are with the Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Abstract: Bariatric surgery is a well-established means of effective […]

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Hematological Considerations after Bariatric Surgery

Hematological Considerations after Bariatric Surgery

| December 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

This activity has expired. Course Overview Despite the American Society for Metabolic Surgery (ASMBS) Allied Health Nutritional Guidelines first published in 2008 (Aills L, Blankenship J, Buffington C, et al. ASMBS Allied Health Nutritional Guidelines for the Surgical Weigh Loss Patient. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2008;4(5 Suppl): S73-108.), vitamin deficiencies following bariatric and metabolic surgery […]

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Management of Long-Term Complications of Gastric Banding and Gastric Balloon

Management of Long-Term Complications of Gastric Banding and Gastric Balloon

| November 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

by Christine Ren Fielding, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Ren Fielding is Professor of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Bariatric/Minimally Invasive Surgery; and Director, NYU Langone Weight Management Program in New York, New York. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this […]

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