Spotlight on Technology December 2024
Spotlight on Technology July–August 2023
by Margaret Furtado, MS, RD, LDN Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. 2009;6(11):27–30. INTRODUCTION Probiotics are nonpathogenic live microorganisms that are believed to confer health benefits to the host when ingested.
Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times Editor: Thank you for the opportunity to ask my question on financial transparency to exiting ASMBS President Dr. Scott Shikora in this month’s issue
by Douglas Sutton, EdD, ARNP, NP-C; Deborah A. Raines, PhD, RN, ANEF; and Natalie Murphy, MSN, FNP-BC Introduction Weight reduction is the most obvious—and often most celebrated—outcome that results following
by Babatunde Ogunnaike, MD Dr. Ogunnaike is Associate Professor and Chief of Anesthesia Services at Parkland Health and Hospital System, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. The success of bariatric perioperative
Dr. Edward Mason reviews a new patient safety text…and offers some additional pearls of wisdom on the topic for Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times readers.
by Sherif Hakky, MBBS, MSc, MRCS; Matthew Thompson, MBBS, BSc; and Ahmed R. Ahmed, MBBS, BSc(Hons), FRCS Department of Bariatric Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Ariel U. Spencer, MD; Thomas H. Magnuson, MD, FACS; Hien Nguyen, MD; Kimberley E. Steele, MD, FACS; Anne O. Lidor, MD, FACS; and Michael A. Schweitzer, MD, FACS. From The
by Jacques Himpens, MD; Giovanni Dapri, MD; and Guy-Bernard Cadière, MD, PhD Dr. Himpens and Dr. Dapri are from St. Blasius Hospital Dendermonde and St. Pierre Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Dr.
Retrograde Intussusception (RINT): One Group’s Experience and Ideas
Introduction Retrograde intussusception, known in our bariatric office as RINT, is also called reverse intussusception or antiperistaltic intussusception. Retrograde describes the direction the bowel intussuscepts—from distalto proximal (Figure 1). The
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