Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Philip R. Schauer Stacy A. Brethauer Introduction The field of bariatric surgery continues to grow at a rapid pace. Worldwide, over 350,000 bariatric procedures are performed yearly…
GENERAL SURGERY
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Revision
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Revision Eric J. DeMaria James W. Maher Introduction Although vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) remains one of the two procedures recognized by the National Institutes of Health as…
Open Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
Open Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity Ronald H. Clements Introduction Morbid obesity continues to be a major nutritional health crisis for most of the world despite the relatively recent exponential…
Complications of Gastric Bypass and Repair
Complications of Gastric Bypass and Repair Robert B. Lim Introduction The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures today in the United States. With…
Subtotal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Subtotal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer John T. Mullen Although the incidence of gastric cancer in the United States has dramatically decreased during the past several decades, gastric cancer remains an…
Vascular Compression of the Duodenum
Vascular Compression of the Duodenum Stanley W. Ashley Matthew T. Menard Compression of the duodenum between the vertebral column and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is a relatively rare clinical…
Postgastrectomy and Postvagotomy Syndromes
Postgastrectomy and Postvagotomy Syndromes David W. Mercer Matthew R. Goede Introduction Although gastric surgery has decreased over the past several decades given the improved understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment…
The Laparoscopic Gastric Band Technique of Placement
The Laparoscopic Gastric Band Technique of Placement Paul E. O’Brien Introduction Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was introduced in 1992 by Favretti and Cadiere as a major innovation in bariatric surgery…
Selective Vagotomy and Pyloroplasty
Selective Vagotomy and Pyloroplasty Steven D. Schwaitzberg John L. Sawyers William O. Richards Surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease is uncommon today, but was once one of the most frequent…
Perioperative Management of Morbid Obesity
Perioperative Management of Morbid Obesity Daniel B. Jones Stephanie B. Jones C Morbid Obesity More and more Americans are overweight, one-third of the population is obese, and the disease is…
