Bariatric Times

Bariatric surgery in adolescents with obesity—Careful consideration of each patient a must

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Dear Readers: Welcome to the August 2010 issue of Bariatric Times! Two very interesting articles, a difficult case presentation, and the 2010 Buyers Guide are the core contents of this month’s issue. First, I’d like to comment on an excellent review article on bariatric surgery in adolescents presented by Dr. Daniel DeUgarte. I respectfully disagree [...]

Usefulness of Upper Gastrointestinal Contrast Studies in Post-Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

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by Holly M. Thompson, MD, MPH, and Robert A. Andrews, MD Dr. Thompson, is from the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Andrews is from the Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Funding: There was no funding for the development of this article. Financial [...]

The Role of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescent Morbid Obesity

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by Daniel DeUgarte, MD; Wendy Slusser, MD; and Amir Mehran, MD Dr. DeUgarte is Surgical Director, UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program and Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Slusser is Medical Director, UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program [...]

Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery

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Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery This month’s dilemma: Complications following sleeve gastrectomy This month’s expert: Gregg H. Jossart, MD Dr. Jossart is Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(8)19–20 The Dilemma A 42-year-old man with morbid obesity and portal hypertension underwent a sleeve gastrectomy. He [...]

Bariatric News and Trends—August 2010

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New Data Shows Investigational Triple Antihypertensive Combination Therapy Significantly Lowers Blood Pressure in Hard-to-Treat Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes PARSIPPANY, New Jersey—PRNewswire—Preliminary results of a prespecified subgroup study analysis of patients with diabetes and hypertension demonstrated that the investigational triple combination therapy of olmesartan medoxomil/amlodipine/hydrochlorothiazide (40/10/25mg) resulted in a statistically significant greater Least Squares (LS) [...]