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Spotlight on Technology December 2024

Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

Category: Bariatric Surgery
Qnexa (phentermine/topiramate): Past, Present, and Future

New Column! Medical Methods in Obesity Treatment This month: QNEXA: Past, Present, and Future by Craig Primack, MD, FAAP, and Wendy Scinta, MD, MS, FAAFP, FASBP

Myths Associated with Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

Exclusive Series: The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy Initiative Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption Myth 1: “Weight can be reliably controlled by voluntarily adjusting energy balance through diet and exercise.”

Coding for Laboratory Testing

by Christine Napora, CPC Ms. Napora is the Owner of Bariatric Billing, Coding and Consulting (BBC) Services in Los Angeles, California. She also resides on the ASMBS insurance committee.

Obesity, Surgery, and Perioperative Inflammation Research: Where is it Going?

Dr. Schumann is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

ASMBS News and Update—April 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.

Postoperative Care and the Self-Paying Patient: Sometimes Surgeons Need to Compromise to Save Patients the Expense of Presenting to the Emergency Room with Unclear Symptoms

Dear Readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: I just returned from San Diego, California, where I attended the annual meeting of the The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic

How to Place an Adjustable Gastric Band

Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This month’s technique: Adjustable Gastric Banding: Part 1—How to Place an Adjustable Gastric Band This

Bariatric Surgery: The Road Ahead

The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy Initiative—Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption Part 1: Bariatric Surgery: The Road Ahead by Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, and Randy J. Seeley, PhD Abstract