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Category: Bariatric Surgery
Checklists in Bariatric Surgery: Staple Line Disruption after Sleeve Gastrectomy

This month: Checklist #3: Staple Line Disruption after Sleeve Gastrectomy Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2012;9(11):24

Defining Success and Failure after Bariatric Surgery and Exploring Patterns that Predispose Patients to Obesity

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I just returned from Chicago, Illinois, where I attended the 100th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. This gathering was a milestone for

The At-risk Gastric Remnant Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

by Terrence M. Fullum, MD; Purnell Traverso, MD; Gezzer Ortega, MD, MpH; Kenedy Foryoung, BS; Tolulope A. Oyetunji, MD, MPH; and Edward E. Cornwell, III, MD All authors are from

The American Society of Bariatric Physicians: Growth and Change

by David A. Bryman, DO Dr. Bryman is the 2011-2013 president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians and maintains his own obesity treatment clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. He also

NEW COLUMN! Checklists in Bariatric Surgery

This month: Checklist #2 Failure of Weight Loss or Weight Regain after Bariatric Surgery

Endoscopic Removal of Eroded Gastric Band Using Standard Endoscopy Equipment

by Peter M. Bertin, DO, and Marc L. Costa, MD Drs. Bertin and Costa are from Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

XVII World Congress of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

September 11 to 15, 2012, Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, India by Pradeep Chowbey, MS, MNAMS, FRCS (London),FIMSA, FICS, FACS, FIAGES, FALS Dr. Chowbey is the Congress President of IFSO

Ed Mason at Large-October 2012

This ongoing column is dedicated to sharing with readers the life and experiences of Dr. Edward Mason. Column Editor: Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Ms. Martinez is the Program Director

Introducing “Checklists in Bariatric Surgery”— A Column Aimed at Helping Bariatric Surgeons Quickly Review the Reasons for Potential Problems When Caring for Bariatric Patients

Dear Friends, By the time you read this editorial, we might be at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago, Illinois. If you have not done so yet,