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Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023

Category: Past Articles
Initial Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in 292 Patients as a Single-stage Procedure for Morbid Obesity

by Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS; Christina Li, MD; Marvin Tan, MD; Adrian Barbul, MD Dr. Gandsas is Professor of Surgery, Chair of the Department of Surgery, University of Medicine

Laparoscopic Revisional Bariatric Surgery

by Ricardo Cohen, MD; Marcelo Cerdan Torres, MD Drs. Cohen and Torres are from the Center for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Hospital Oswaldo Cruz and

Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

by Ninh T. Nguyen, MD; Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD; James Gray, BS; and Brian R. Smith, MD Drs. Nguyen, Hinojosa, and Smith and Mr. Gray are from the Department of

Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery

This month’s dilemma: Internal hernias following gastric bypass operations This month’s expert: Alan Wittgrove, MD, FASMBS Dr. Wittgrove is Medical Director, Bariatric Program, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California.

Be alert to the silent but serious comorbidities of obesity

Dear Readers: In this issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times, we present three articles that discuss frequent medical conditions that relate to the obesity disease and bariatric surgery. These

NEW COLUMN! Ask the Experts: Managing a Leak After Sleeve Gastrectomy

Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery This month’s dilemma: Managing a leak after sleeve gastrectomy This month’s expert: Kelvin Higa, MD Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2010;7(1)10–11

Treatment Considerations for Osteoarthritic Knee Pain in Patients with Obesity

by James Choi, MD; Jonathan Schaffer, MD, MBA Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2010;7(1):12–14

The National Association of Bariatric Nurses (NABN) Sixth Annual Meeting and Conference

The National Association of Bariatric Nurses (NABN) Sixth Annual Meeting and Conference Orlando, Florida, November 4–6, 2009 by Laurie D. McGinley, RN, MS, CNS-BC, APN, CBN Metabolic & Bariatric Care

Nutrition in the Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

by Jacqueline Jacques, ND Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2010;7(1):18–22 This is a CE-accredited article. Instructions and post-test are at the end of the article. A downloadable PDF of instructions