Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
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Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

  1. 338 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

About this book

Bariatric surgery has gained importance in the last 20 years because of the high prevalence of global obesity, and the vast understating of the physiological and pathological aspects of obesity and associated metabolic syndromes. This book has been written by a number of highly outstanding authors and pioneering bariatric surgeons from all over the world. The intended audience for this book includes all medical professionals involved in caring for bariatric patients. The chapters cover the choice of operation, preoperative preparation including psychological aspect, postoperative care and management of complication. It also extends to concept and result of metabolic surgery and scarless bariatric surgery.

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Information

Publisher
IntechOpen
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9789533079264
eBook ISBN
9789535167648
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Surgery & Surgical Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 Surgical Procedures to Achieve Weight Loss
  5. Chapter 2 Effect of Obesity on Circulating Adipokines and Their Expression in Omental Adipose Tissue of Female Bariatric Surgery Patients
  6. Chapter 3 The Economic Impact of Bariatric Surgery
  7. Chapter 4 Medical Assessment and Preparation of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
  8. Chapter 5 Rethinking the Preoperative Psychological Evaluation – A New Paradigm for Improved Outcomes and Predictive Power
  9. Chapter 6 Bariatric Surgery – Anesthesiologic Concerns
  10. Chapter 7 Gastric Banding and Bypass for Morbid Obesity – Preoperative Assessment, Operative Techniques and Postoperative Monitoring
  11. Chapter 8 BPD and BPD-DS Concerns and Results
  12. Chapter 9 Body Weight and Energy Intake and Expenditure in Bariatric Surgery
  13. Chapter 10 Origins for Micronutrient Deficiencies
  14. Chapter 11 Foot Drop as a Complication of Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery – Is It Preventable?
  15. Chapter 12 Diabetes Improvement Following Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
  16. Chapter 13 Bariatric Surgery on Obese Type 2 Diabetes Patients
  17. Chapter 14 Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery for Asians
  18. Chapter 15 Robotic-Assisted Bariatric Surgery
  19. Chapter 16 Scarless Bariatric Surgery