Fig. 1. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. In a study done by Perez et al., 224 patients who underwent either Nissen fundoplication or Belsey Mark IV (BM4) procedure were followed for 37…
Fig. 1. Armless or larger-sized chairs and benches are used in the waiting area in the outpatient office setting to seat the patients. Fig. 2. An appropriate and accurate weight…
Fig. 1. Normal gastric slow waves. Gastric slow waves recorded from electrodes implanted on the serosal surface of the stomach along the greater curvature in a healthy dog (1.5 min…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Stacy A. Brethauer, Philip R. Schauer and Bruce D. Schirmer (eds.)Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery10.1007/978-1-4939-1637-5_55 55 Medicolegal Issues: The Pitfalls and Pratfalls of the Bariatric Surgery Practice Kathleen M. McCauley1 (1) Goodman…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Stacy A. Brethauer, Philip R. Schauer and Bruce D. Schirmer (eds.)Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery10.1007/978-1-4939-1637-5_54 54 The Female Patient: Pregnancy and Gynecologic Issues in the Bariatric Surgery Patient Karina A. McArthur1, Giselle G. Hamad2 …
Fig. 1. (a, b). Vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Reprinted with the permission of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Medical Art and Photography. Anatomical considerations include super obesity (BMI > 60 kg/m2) in which…
Fig. 1. Mechanisms of decreased cancer risk by metabolic surgery. IGF-1 = Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, AMPK = 5′ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase. (Figure adapted from Ashrafian, et al. [84]…
Disease or symptom % improvement or remission at 2 years, or less if specified % improvement or remission at 5–7 years % improvement or remission at 10 years Diabetes 72…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Stacy A. Brethauer, Philip R. Schauer and Bruce D. Schirmer (eds.)Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery10.1007/978-1-4939-1637-5_48 48 Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Diabetes Ashwin Soni1, 2 , Alpana Shukla1, 2 and Francesco Rubino1, 2 (1)…
Study N Mortality (%) Follow-up (years) Procedure Busetto et al. (2004) Surgery 821 0.97 5 AGB Control 821 4.4 5 Peeters et al. (2007) Surgery 996 0.4 4 AGB Control…
