Bariatric Surgery Complications The Medical Practitioner’s Essential Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blackstone, Robin P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Emergency medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; General Surgery.; Emergency Services.

This text provides a background of scientific evidence to understand the complications that occur after bariatric surgery for all providers responsible for care after surgical intervention. Written by experts and based on current peer reviewed literature, the text provides a focused approach to the...

Table of Contents:

• The Surgical Management of Obesity
• Thirty-Day (Early) Complications of Bariatric Surgical Procedures
• Late Complications of Bariatric Procedures
• Failure to Rescue the Patient with a Complication
• Management of the Patient with a History of Bariatric Surgery and Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
• Postoperative Management of Obesity Related Diseases
• International Perspective on the Endoscopic Treatment of Bariatric Surgery Complications
• Role of Endoscopy, Stenting, and Other Non-operative
• Interventions in the Management of Bariatric Complications in the United States
• Postoperative Bariatric Complications Not Related to the Bariatric Surgical Procedure
• Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery
• Pregnancy in the Woman with a History of Bariatric Surgery
• General Surgery Procedures in the Obese Patient with and Without a History of Bariatric Surgery
• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation: Why It Matters to Your Patient.