Bariatric Surgery Complications (eBook)

As a practicing surgeon, dedicated researcher, author and medical school professor, Dr. Blackstone is recognized as a leading expert in the medical and surgical treatment of obesity, metabolic disease, and obesity-related diseases. She has performed more than 5,000 surgeries in the 13 years since she established the original Scottsdale Bariatric Center, one of the first institutions in the U.S. to be nationally accredited as a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. As Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Dr. Blackstone has over the past years established a didactic “obesity course” for second year medical students. She also established clinical practice model rotations in obesity medicine for third and fourth year medical students and family practice residents.

ForewordPreface1. The Surgical Management of ObesityShanu N. Kothari and Julie J. Kim2. Thirty-Day (Early) Complications of Bariatric Surgical ProceduresGiselle G. Hamad and Veronica T. Guerrero3. Late Complications of Bariatric ProceduresMarina S. Kurian and Collin R. Creange4. Failure to Rescue the Patient with a ComplicationD. Brandon Williams and Matthew D. Spann5. Management of the Patient with a History of Bariatric Surgery and Abdominal Pain in the Emergency DepartmentAurora D. Pryor and Dana A. Telem6. Postoperative Management of Obesity Related DiseasesAnn M. Rogers and Toms Augustin7. International Perspective on the Endoscopic Treatment of Bariatric Surgery ComplicationsManoel Galvao Neto,  Lyz Bezerra Silva, and Josemberg Marins Campos8. Role of Endoscopy, Stenting, and Other Non-operative Interventions in the Management of Bariatric Complications in the United StatesAmber L. Shada, Kristin W. Beard, and Kevin M. Reavis9. Postoperative Bariatric Complications Not Related to the Bariatric Surgical Procedure David A. Provost10. Weight Regain After Bariatric SurgeryRobin P. Blackstone11. Pregnancy in the Woman with a History of Bariatric Surgery Melissa M. Davis and Robin L. Parry12. General Surgery Procedures in the Obese Patient with and Without a History of Bariatric SurgeryRachel L. Moore13. Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation:  Why It Matters to Your PatientWayne J. English