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Mesh Fixation Devices and Techniques: A Review of the Literature

Dedicated to providing a venue for interactive exchange of ideas, interesting topics, and surgical pearls from experts in repair of abdominal wall defects as they relate to bariatric surgery This

ASMBS Foundation News and Update—June 2012

by David Provost, MD Dr. Provost is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation. He maintains a private practice, Provost Bariatrics in Denton, Texas. Dr.

Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery: Addressing Challenges

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. Column Editor: Stephanie

Advice on Creating and Maintaining a Successful Bariatric Practice

Part 1 Ascending to Accreditation by Jama Stinnett, LPN, CPHQ Ms. Stinnett is the Office Manager, New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2012;9(6):22–26

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Committee: Highlights and Year in Review

Column Editor: Laura Boyer, RN, CBN President of the Integrated Health Section of the ASMBS; Director of Clinical Systems for The Surgical Specialists of Louisiana in Covington, Louisiana This month:

The 13th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April 23–27, 2012 by Elias Chousleb, MD, and Natan Zundel, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Chousleb is on the Scientific and Organizing Committee of WCES. He is Assistant

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