Goodbye to the BMI Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times Editor: At last—we finally have federal recognition that access to bariatric surgery should no longer be limited by an arbitrary
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Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to our readers on various dilemmas in bariatric surgery. We invite questions from our readers.
This CE activity is expired. by Shannon Michael Gallagher, BA; William Charney, DOH; and Laurie D. McGinley, RN, MS, CNS-BC, APN, CBN Author Affiliation: Mr. Gallagher is an independent consultant
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