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Sleeve Gastrectomy Failure: Just When We Thought We Had the Perfect Operation

| July 22, 2010 | 2 Comments

by Amir Mehran, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Alaa Koleilat Dr. Mehran and Ms. Koleilat are from the University of California, Los Angeles Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, California. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(7):16–17

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Weight Loss before Weight Loss Surgery: What Do We Know About Dropping Those Preoperative Pounds?

Weight Loss before Weight Loss Surgery: What Do We Know About Dropping Those Preoperative Pounds?

| July 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN Ms. Goldenberg is from New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York, New York. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(7):18–20

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Simulation in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Simulation in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

by James D. Adair, MD; Mark A. Gromski, BA; Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, PhD; Suvranu De, ScD, MA; and Daniel Jones, MD

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12-Month Outcomes after Revision of Post Roux-en-Y Bypass Stomal and Pouch Dilation with an Endoscopic Tissue Anchoring System: A Prospective Case Series Report

12-Month Outcomes after Revision of Post Roux-en-Y Bypass Stomal and Pouch Dilation with an Endoscopic Tissue Anchoring System: A Prospective Case Series Report

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Matthew L. Brengman, MD, FASMBS, and Gregory L. Schroder, MD, FACS, FASMBS

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Tackling Tough Topics: Recognizing Societal Bias as a Barrier to Crucial Conversations

Tackling Tough Topics: Recognizing Societal Bias as a Barrier to Crucial Conversations

| June 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

This CE activity is expired. by Susan M. Gallagher, RN, MSN, PhD, CBN, HCRM; Anna K. Steadman, MA, OTR, CHSP; and Shannon Michael Gallagher, BA Dr. Gallagher is a certified bariatric nurse, licensed healthcare risk manager, and wound ostomy continence nurse. She is Clinical Advisor at Celebration Institute, Inc., Houston, Texas. She is author of […]

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Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

This month’s dilemma: WHY BAND A GASTRIC BYPASS?

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Bariatric Care in the Community: Recognizing and Addressing Barriers to Long-term Follow-up Care for Bariatric Surgery Patients

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Karen O’Donnell, RN; James Cavanagh, MBBS, MRCGP; Carel le Roux, MBBS, PhD, MRCPath; and Ahmed R. Ahmed, MBBS, BSc (Hons), FRCS

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Benchmarking Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery: A Commentary

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

by Alan A. Saber, MD, FACS Dr. Saber is Associate Professor in the  Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(6):32–33

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Book Review: Atlas of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery

Book Review: Atlas of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

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The use of robots in bariatric surgery—evaluating the evidence before being glamoured by new technology

| June 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

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