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Category: Bariatric Surgery
Sleeve Gastrectomy is Technically Simple, Requires Minimal Follow Up, and Results in Negligible Long-term Complications— What More Can We Ask For?

Dear Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: This month we share with you reviews and comments from Drs. Ed Mason and Walter Pories on the recent studies published in

NEJMx2

NEJMx2 Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times Editor: In March, the New England Journal of Medicine published two important, prospective, randomized, and controlled series[1,2] that compared the outcomes of patients

Myths Associated with Obesity and Bariatric Surgery—Myth 2: “Bariatric surgery induces weight loss primarily by mechanical restriction and nutrient malabsorption.”

May 2012 Exclusive Series: The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy Initiative Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption Myth 2: “Bariatric surgery induces weight loss primarily by mechanical restriction and nutrient malabsorption.”

Closure of the mesenteric defects in an ante-colic ante-gastric Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

May 2012 Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This month’s technique: Closure of the mesenteric defects in an ante-colic ante-gastric Roux-en-Y

Trends in the Perception of Obesity

NEW COLUMN: The Mentored Student Clinical Casebook First year medical students at Harvard Medical School are paired with a faculty member and a patient for the year. The student assignment

Ed Mason at Large

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

ASMBS News and Update—May 2012

by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Taste Changes after Bariatric Surgery: What to Do when Your Patients Cannot Stand the Taste of Their Food

Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient This month: Taste Changes after Bariatric Surgery: What to Do when Your Patients Cannot Stand the Taste of Their Food This Month’s Contributor: Jennifer

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Declines to Provide Coverage for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Disappointing News for Patients, Surgeons, and Advocates

Dear Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: I would like to start this editorial by relaying the disappointing news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has

How to Place an Access Port

Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This month’s technique: Adjustable Gastric Banding: Part 2—How to Place an Access Port