Difficult Decisions in Bariatric Surgery

✍ Scribed by John Alverdy, Yalini Vigneswaran

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 423
• Series: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
“A Patient, a Surgeon, and an Insurance Agent Walk into a Bar…” (John Alverdy)....Pages 3-4
Evidence-Based Medicine and Decision Making (Grace F. Chao, Justin B. Dimick)....Pages 5-14
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
Bariatric Surgery for Uncontrolled Hypertension (Kathleen Lak, Jon Gould)....Pages 17-24
Diabetes as an Indication for Bariatric Surgery (Andrea Stroud, Ryland Stucke)....Pages 25-38
Bariatric Procedure Selection in Diabetics (Andrea Stroud, Ryland Stucke)....Pages 39-47
Should Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Undergo Bariatric Surgery (Maximiliano Tamae-Kakazu)....Pages 49-57
Bariatric Surgery in Heart Failure (Mark Belkin, John Blair)....Pages 59-66
Bariatric Surgery in Those with Coronary Artery Disease (Nathan W. Kong, John E. A. Blair)....Pages 67-73
What Are the Nutritional “Red Flags” to Look Out for Prior to Bariatric Surgery? (Jessica Schultz)....Pages 75-80
Are There Psychiatric Diagnoses That Preclude Safe Bariatric Surgery? (Emily R. Fink, Leslie J. Heinberg)....Pages 81-90
Does Weight Loss Prior to Surgery Accurately Predict Success Following Bariatric Surgery? (Maria E. Linnaus, Tammy Lyn Kindel)....Pages 91-97
Optimization Prior to Knee and Hip Arthroplasty as an Indication for Bariatric Surgery (Alexander S. McLawhorn, David C. Landy)....Pages 99-108
Front Matter ....Pages 109-109
The Ideal Preoperative Bariatric Surgery Diet (Megan Miller, Deborah Hutcheon, Shanu N. Kothari)....Pages 111-129
Is Routine Upper Endoscopy and H. pylori Testing Indicated in Advance of Bariatric Surgery? (Matthew August Odenwald, Robert T. Kavitt)....Pages 131-142
Manometry is Useful Prior to Bariatric Surgery (Anna M. Lipowska)....Pages 143-153
Smoking Cessation Is Essential Prior to Bariatric Surgery (Shushmita M. Ahmed, Victoria Lyo)....Pages 155-166
Front Matter ....Pages 167-167
Is the Insurance Requirement for Supervised Weight Loss Prior to Bariatric Surgery an Ethical Strategy to Prevent Non-compliant Patients from Undergoing Surgery? (Colston Edgerton, Scott A. Shikora)....Pages 169-179
Ethical Concerns of Bariatric Surgery in the Pediatric Population (Saunders Lin, Manish Tushar Raiji)....Pages 181-190
Front Matter ....Pages 191-191
Adjustable Gastric Banding: Why Did It Fail? (Elizaveta Walker, Bruce Wolfe)....Pages 193-199
What Is the Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis? (Adam C. Sheka, Sayeed Ikramuddin)....Pages 201-211
Is Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Less Safe Than Sleeve Gastrectomy? (Mikhail Attaar, Stephen P. Haggerty)....Pages 213-230
The National Shift to Sleeve Gastrectomy: Long-Term Disappointment and Recidivism or Patient Preference? (Randal Zhou, John M. Morton)....Pages 231-246
Single-Stage Duodenal Switch is Better than Two-Stage (L. Kasey Welsh, Ranjan Sudan)....Pages 247-254
Front Matter ....Pages 255-255
Stenting for Leaks After Sleeve Gastrectomy (Betty Li, Uzma D. Siddiqui)....Pages 257-271
Reoperation for Repair of Anastomotic Leaks and Staple Line Disruptions (Andres Felipe Sanchez, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szomstein, Raul J. Rosenthal)....Pages 273-286
Gastric Sleeve Stricture, Twist or Kink, Now What? (Laurel L. Tangalakis, Jonathan A. Myers)....Pages 287-293
Hiatal Hernia Complicating Bariatric Surgery (Priya Rajdev, Phylicia Dupree, Farah Husain)....Pages 295-305
Management of GERD in Duodenal Switch (Michelle Campbell, Mustafa Hussain)....Pages 307-312
Front Matter ....Pages 313-313
Endoscopic Management of the Dilated Gastrojejunal Anastomosis (Ye Eun Kwak, Christopher G. Chapman)....Pages 315-337
Suboptimal Weight Loss and Weight Regain: Is it Prime Time for Pharmacotherapy? (Silvana Pannain)....Pages 339-354
Does Resizing the Gastric Pouch Aid in Weight Loss? (Michael S. McCormack, Michael B. Ujiki)....Pages 355-370
Does Stoma Size Matter After Gastric Bypass? (Michael Keating, Philip Omotosho)....Pages 371-380
Front Matter ....Pages 381-381
Indications, Choice of Operations and Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Children (Katherine S. Blevins, Janey S. A. Pratt)....Pages 383-392
Pediatric Bariatric Surgery and Sexual Developmental Milestones (Kimberley Eden Steele)....Pages 393-400
Which Surgical Specialist Should Perform Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Children and Adolescents? (Alexander Trenk, Mark B. Slidell)....Pages 401-408
Front Matter ....Pages 409-409
Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Obesity (Micaela Esquivel, Casey Halpern, Dan Azagury)....Pages 411-417
How Manipulating the Microbiome Can Affect the Outcome Following Bariatric Surgery (Romina Pena, José M. Balibrea)....Pages 419-429
Back Matter ....Pages 431-438

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Surgery; Endocrinology; Pediatrics