Difficult Decisions in Bariatric Surgery
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John Alverdy, Yalini Vigneswaran, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2021.
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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 …
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- Other Authors
- Alverdy, John
- Vigneswaran, Yalini
- Responsibility
- John Alverdy, Yalini Vigneswaran, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 438 p.) : 12 illus., 9 illus. in color
- Series
- Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach
- Series Title
- Difficult decisions in surgery
- ISBN
- 9783030553296
- 9783030553289 (Print ed.)
- 9783030553302 (Print ed.)
- 9783030553319 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2198-7750
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bariatric Surgery - methods
- Patient Care Planning
- Abstract
- 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.
- Contents
- Part I. Introductory Materials -- 1. “A Patient, a Surgeon, and an Insurance Agent Walk into a Bar…” -- 2. Evidence-Based Medicine and Decision Making -- Part II. Patient Selection -- 3. Bariatric Surgery for Uncontrolled Hypertension -- 4. Diabetes as an Indication for Bariatric Surgery -- 5. Bariatric Procedure Selection in Diabetics -- 6. Should Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Undergo Bariatric Surgery -- 7. Bariatric Surgery in Heart Failure -- 8. Bariatric Surgery in Those with Coronary Artery Disease -- 9. What Are the Nutritional “Red Flags” to Look Out for Prior to Bariatric Surgery? -- 10. Are There Psychiatric Diagnoses That Preclude Safe Bariatric Surgery? -- 11. Does Weight Loss Prior to Surgery Accurately Predict Success Following Bariatric Surgery? -- 12. Optimization Prior to Knee and Hip Arthroplasty as an Indication for Bariatric Surgery -- Part III. Preoperative Preparation -- 13. The Ideal Preoperative Bariatric Surgery Diet -- 14. Is Routine Upper Endoscopy and H. pylori Testing Indicated in Advance of Bariatric Surgery? -- 15. Manometry is Useful Prior to Bariatric Surgery -- 16. Smoking Cessation Is Essential Prior to Bariatric Surgery -- Part IV. Ethics and Bariatric Surgery -- 17. Is the Insurance Requirement for Supervised Weight Loss Prior to Bariatric Surgery an Ethical Strategy to Prevent Non-compliant Patients from Undergoing Surgery? -- 18. Ethical Concerns of Bariatric Surgery in the Pediatric Population -- Part V. Choice of Bariatric Procedure -- 19. Adjustable Gastric Banding: Why Did It Fail? -- 20. What Is the Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis? -- 21. Is Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Less Safe Than Sleeve Gastrectomy? -- 22. The National Shift to Sleeve Gastrectomy: Long-Term Disappointment and Recidivism or Patient Preference? -- 23. Single-Stage Duodenal Switch is Better than Two-Stage -- Part VI. Complications -- 24. Stenting for Leaks After Sleeve Gastrectomy -- 25. Reoperation for Repair of Anastomotic Leaks and Staple Line Disruptions -- 26. Gastric Sleeve Stricture, Twist or Kink, Now What? -- 27. Hiatal Hernia Complicating Bariatric Surgery -- 28. Management of GERD in Duodenal Switch -- Part VII. Late Failure -- 29. Endoscopic Management of the Dilated Gastrojejunal Anastomosis -- 30. Suboptimal Weight Loss and Weight Regain: Is it Prime Time for Pharmacotherapy? -- 31. Does Resizing the Gastric Pouch Aid in Weight Loss? -- 32. Does Stoma Size Matter After Gastric Bypass? -- Part VIII. The Pediatric Population -- 33. Indications, Choice of Operations and Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Children -- 34. Pediatric Bariatric Surgery and Sexual Developmental Milestones -- 35. Which Surgical Specialist Should Perform Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Children and Adolescents? -- Part IX. The Future -- 36. Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Obesity -- 37. How Manipulating the Microbiome Can Affect the Outcome Following Bariatric Surgery.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
