Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Management of Complications

Jun 13, 2017 by in ABDOMINAL MEDICINE Comments Off on Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Management of Complications

Technical Bleeding Staple misfire Positive air leak test Anesthesia/medically related complications Peripheral neuropathy Rhabdomyolysis Venous thromboembolism Cardiac arrhythmias, CAD Hypertensive crisis Hypoxia, hypercarbia Malignant hyperthermia Allergic reaction Technical Staple Misfiring…

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Controversies

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© 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_23 23 Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Controversies George Fielding1   (1) Department of Surgery, New York University, 530…

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Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Revisional Procedure

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Reasons of performing revisional LSG Weight loss failure Intolerable symptoms Band slippage Band erosion Band infection Esophageal dilatation Esophageal motility disorder Good candidates for revisional LSG Patients who prefer the…

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Medical Management of Obesity

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Type Description Average weight loss, kg (95 % CI) Mediterranean diet Fruits, nuts, red wine, fiber, whole grains, fish, and vegetable fat (extra virgin olive oil) −4.4 kg (−5,9 to…

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The Global Burden of Obesity and Diabetes

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(1) Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Clinical Obesity Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia   KeywordsPandemicDiabesityGlobalBurdenEpidemiologyWeight lossRegional variation One could only wonder what aliens who visited Earth briefly 40 years ago…

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Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery

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Fig. 1. Acceleromyography. (a) Monitor indicates TOF (train-of-four) ratio of 17 % as the depth of neuromuscular blockade. (b) Placement of electrodes. Source: AnaesthesiaUK http://​www.​frca.​co.​uk/​article.​aspx?​articleid=​101113. With permission of Blue Starent….

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