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
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
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
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.
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
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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
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 Orlando, Florida, November 4–6, 2009 by Laurie D. McGinley, RN, MS, CNS-BC, APN, CBN Metabolic & Bariatric Care
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