Difficult decisions in bariatric surgery / John Alverdy, Yalini Vigneswaran, editors.
Alverdy, John C., editor.; Vigneswaran, Yalini, editor.
2021
RD540
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Title Difficult decisions in bariatric surgery / John Alverdy, Yalini Vigneswaran, editors.
ISBN 9783030553296 (electronic bk.)
3030553299 (electronic bk.)
9783030553302 (print)
3030553302
9783030553319 (print)
3030553310
9783030553289
3030553280
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55329-6
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 438 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-55329-6 doi
Call Number RD540
Dewey Decimal Classification 617.4/3
Summary This book provides a practical guide to decision making within bariatric surgery. Through uniform and well-structured chapters, topics relating to patient selection, preoperative preparation, the ethics of bariatric surgery, choice of procedure, complications, late failure and management, malabsorptive procedures, and pediatric bariatric surgery are discussed and examined. Difficult Decisions in Bariatric Surgery aims to help readers navigate an increasingly complex surgical specialty and come to reasoned and evidence-based conclusions. This book is of interest to practicing and trainee surgeons, endocrinologists, endoscopists, and pediatricians.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 17, 2021).
Added Author Alverdy, John C., editor.
Vigneswaran, Yalini, editor.
Series Difficult decisions in surgery. 2198-7750
Available in Other Form 3030553280
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A patient, a surgeon, and an insurance agent walk into a bar
Evidence-Based Medicine and Decision Making
Bariatric surgery for uncontrolled hypertension
Diabetes is an indication for bariatric surgery
Procedure choice for treatment of diabetes
Should patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome undergo bariatric surgery
Heart failure and bariatric surgery
Cornary Artery Disease and bariatric surgery
What are there nutritional "red flags" to look out for prior to bariatric surgery?
Are there psychiatric diagnoses that preclude safe bariatric surgery?
Does weight loss prior to surgery accurately predict success following bariatric surgery?
The ideal weight loss diet for preparing a patient for bariatric surgery
Is routine upper endoscopy and H. pylori testing indicated in advance of bariatric surgery?
Manometry is useful prior to bariatric surgery
Smoking cessation is essential prior to bariatric surgery
Is the insurance requirement for supervised weight loss prior to bariatric surgery an ethical strategy to prevent non-compliant patients from undergoing surgery?
Bariatric surgery in the young pediatric population
Gastric banding, what happened?
What is the role of bariatric surgery in the management of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?
Is Roux in Y gastric bypass less safe than sleeve gastrectomy?
The national shift to sleeve gastrectomy
long term disappointment and recidivism?
Single-stage Duodenal Switch Is Better Than Two-Stage
Reoperation for repair of anastomotic leak
Gastric sleeve stricture, twist or kink, now what?
Hiatal hernia complicating bariatric surgery
Duodenal switch and reflux control
Endoscopic management of the dilated gastrojejunal anastomoses
When to include medical therapy for late failure after bariatric surgery
Does resizing the gastric pouch aid in weight loss?
Does stoma size matter after gastric bypass?
Indications, choice of operation and outcomes of metabolic and bariatric surgery in children.
Pediatric bariatric surgery and developmental milestones
Surgical approaches for adolescents vs adults, which specialist should perform bariatric surgery in adolescents?
Will deep brain stimulation eventually replace bariatric surgery?
How manipulating the microbiome can affect the outcome following bariatric surgery.

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