Gastric Bypass: Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Perspectives

Description:

This book presents and describes the various uses of gastric bypass in bariatric and metabolic surgery and outlines the different techniques currently available. Furthermore, the possible complications with the procedure and ways to avoid them are also discussed.  The use of the gastric bypass for the treatment of diabetes is emphasized and the new indications for the operative treatment of diabetes are featured in detail. Endoscopic uses concerning the gastric bypass are also addressed, covering preoperative evaluation, complications treatment, weight regain treatment and endoscopic treatment of obesity. The most advanced techniques and new technologies available for performing gastric bypass surgeries are presented in the most didactic possible way, making use of value-added learning features throughout the text. Gastric Bypass - Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Perspectives is intended as a practical guide for all those interested and involved with bariatric surgery, including general surgeons, bariatric surgeons, GI surgeons and surgery residents.

Table of Contents:

1. History of the Gastric Bypass

2. Gastric Bypass: Mechanisms of Functioning

3. Morbid Obesity

4. Obesity and Related Diseases

5. Preparing for Gastric Bypass

6. Preoperative Weight Loss in Gastric Bypass

7. Preoperative Testing and Counseling

8. Patient Selection for Metabolic Surgery

9. Psychiatric Issues During the Postoperative Period of Bariatric Surgery

10. Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Bariatric Surgery

11. The Superobese Patient

12. Airway Evaluation and Management

13. Positioning the Bariatric Surgical Patient

14. Developing the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

15. Systemic Inflammation in the Morbidly Obese Patient

16. Banded Gastric Bypass by Fobi Ring: Technique and Results

17. Mini-Gastric Bypass and One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: Rationale

18. Simplified Gastric Bypass: The Brazilian Technique

19. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Elderly Patient

20. Gastric Bypass Reoperation for Weight Regain

21. Conversion from Sleeve to Bypass

22. Gastrojejunostomy Testing

23. Closing the Mesenteric Defects

24. Preventing Complications

25. Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Tricks and Tips

26. Psychiatric Assistance in Bariatric Surgery

27. Perioperative Complications

28. Abdominal Pain After Gastric Bypass

29. Marginal Ulceration After (Laparoscopic) Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, Treatment, and Prevention

30. Rhabdomyolysis

31. Depressive Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Suicidality in Bariatric Surgery

32. Nutritional Complications

33. Eating Disorders

34. Gallbladder Stones and Choledocholitiasis

35. Hypoglycemia After Gastric Bypass

36. Dumping Syndrome

37. Endoscopic Treatment of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Complications

38. Endoscopic Treatment of Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass

39. Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Training and the Credentialing Process

40. Training and Credentialing the Robotic Bariatric Surgeon

41. Mechanisms of Control of Type 2 Diabetes with Gastric Bypass

42. The Gut and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

43. Shifts in the Intestinal Microbiota After Gastric Bypass

44. Infection: Diagnosis and Treatment

45. Gastric Bypass in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

46. Gastric Bypass for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on BMI >35

47. Gastric Bypass for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on BMI < 35

48. Postoperative Care

49. Mini Gastric Bypass: Why It Is Better than Gastric Bypass in India

50. Can Bariatric Surgery Improve the Microvascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes?

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