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Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

Category: Bariatric Surgery
Clinical algorithms for identifying and managing complications of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

by Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS; Jeffrey W. Allen, MD, FACS; Sunil Bhoyrul, MD, FACS, FRCS(Eng); Helmuth T. Billy, MD, FACS; Robert Cywes, MD, PhD; Emma J. Patterson, MD, FRCSC, FACS;

The Impact of Changes in the Diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder

This column is dedicated to covering a variety of topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care of the bariatric surgical patient. Column Editor: Karen Schulz, RN, CBN, MSN President of the

The 13th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium

Las Vegas, Nevada March 6 to 9, 2013 by Stuart Michaelson Stuart Michaelson is a freelance medical writer

An Update on the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP): A unified program of the ACS and ASMBS

An Update on the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP): A unified program of the ACS and ASMBS by Teresa R. Fraker, MS, BSN, RN Teresa

Multimodal Analgesia in Patients with Morbid Obesity

This ongoing column is authored by members of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP), an organization dedicated to the bariatric patient.

Checklist #14 Small Bowel Obstruction after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: The Cleveland Clinic Florida “ABC” or “123” Classification

by Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS; and Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS Column Editor Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS Clinical Editor,

Integrating Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery into the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

An Interview with Dr. Ralph A. DeFronzo Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Diabetes Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.

Lafayette General Medical Center—Lafayette, Louisiana

by Brooke Doucet, RN, BSN, CBN Brooke Doucet, RN, BSN, CBN is the Bariatric Program Manager at Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana and the Allied Health Chair for the

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Decision to Nix Accreditation Requirement a Major Setback to Our Patients, Specialty, and Society

Dear Readers: Welcome to another great edition of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. In this month’s “Checklists in Bariatric Surgery,” I decided to include the Cleveland Clinic Florida classification of

Let’s Get Real: Where’s the Evidence?

Cartoon Column Editor: Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS Dr. Pories is professor of surgery at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Chapman is professor