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Category: Bariatric Surgery
The Rationale for Preoperative Glycemic Control in Bariatric Surgery

by Adrienne Youdim, MD Dr. Youdim is Medical Director, Comprehensive Weight Loss Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of

Editorial Message: Overcoming insurance coverage barriers for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and follow-up bariatric procedures—hope for 2010

Dear Readers: As I write this message, I am preparing for the 9th Annual Surgery of the Foregut Symposium being held February 14 to 17, 2010, in Coral Gables, Florida.

Publisher’s Message: Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times launches digital edition for United States and international readership

Dear Readers: It is with great pleasure that I introduce a new format for Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times as it becomes available in both print and a new digital

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

Initial Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in 292 Patients as a Single-stage Procedure for Morbid Obesity

by Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS; Christina Li, MD; Marvin Tan, MD; Adrian Barbul, MD Dr. Gandsas is Professor of Surgery, Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of Medicine

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

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

Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery

This month’s dilemma: Internal hernias following gastric bypass operations This month’s expert: Alan Wittgrove, MD, FASMBS Dr. Wittgrove is Medical Director, Bariatric Program, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California.

Be alert to the silent but serious comorbidities of obesity

Dear Readers: In this issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times, we present three articles that discuss frequent medical conditions that relate to the obesity disease and bariatric surgery. These