SOARD
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD) is the official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. This international journal is devoted to the publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts with objective data regarding techniques of the treatment of severe obesity.
Articles document the effects of surgically induced weight loss on obesity physiological, psychiatric and social co-morbidities. The Editorial Board includes internationally prominent individuals who are devoted to the optimal treatment of the severely obese and include internists, psychiatrists, surgeons, and nutritional experts.
To access SOARD articles online, visit www.soard.org to login.
Subscribe to SOARD
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All ASMBS surgeon/physician members receive complimentary subscriptions to SOARD. Integrated health members can subscribe to SOARD for an additional fee. Learn more about ASMBS membership.
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IFSO members of Latin America, European, and Asian Pacific chapters can now take advantage of discounted SOARD subscription pricing. IFSO members can learn more by visiting our online subscription page.
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All others can subscribe to SOARD on the SOARD website.
SOARD Journal Club
The editors of SOARD host a monthly moderated Journal Club discussion group on Facebook. Follow the link from Facebook and request to join this closed group discussion. Your request to join will be approved by the SOARD Social Media Editor, Dr. Richard Peterson. Each month one article is chosen and made available for download from the journal’s official site. At the direction of the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Peterson moderates the monthly journal club, and selects the articles for discussion. The authors of the papers are invited to act as guest moderators for their articles along with Dr. Peterson. Please direct questions about the journal club to info@asmbs.org.
August 2016 Journal Club
"Hosptial variation in rates of acid-reducing mediction use after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy"
Discussion takes place August 25-27, 2016
Moderator: Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS
June 2016 Journal Club
"The effect of pregnancy before and/or after bariatric surgery on weight loss"
Discussion took place June 29-30, 2016
Moderator: Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS
May 2016 Journal Club
"One or two steps for laparoscopic conversion of failed adjustable gastric banding to sleeve gastrectomy: a nationwide French study on 3357 morbidly obese patients"
Discussion took place May 26-28, 2015
Moderator: Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS
January 2016 Journal Club
“Bowel obstruction rates in antecolic/antegastric versus retrocolic/retrogastric Roux limb gastric bypass: a meta-analysis”
Discussion took place January 27-30, 2016
Moderator: Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS
SOARD CME
Access the SOARD CME login pageThe ASMBS would like to welcome you to SOARD Journal CME – a free CME service available to ASMBS members.
Two articles per issue, beginning with July/August 2012, are housed online for members to read, evaluate, complete a post-test for self-assessment, claim credits, and print CME certificates. Additional information and links related to SOARD and the SOARD Journal CME are available on the ASMBS website.
Read the article, complete your evaluations, and claim your credits all in one location!
Be sure to take advantage of this exclusive CME opportunity.
Featured Articles
2015
What could happen if you insert a BioEnterics intragastric balloon after sleeve gastrectomy?
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 11 (2015) e39–e41
What could happen if you insert a BioEnterics intragastric balloon after sleeve gastrectomy?
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , 1004 – 1007
Laparoscopic cyst-gastrostomy after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 11 (2015) 975–977
Gastroesophageal reflux in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: hiatal findings and their management influence outcome
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , 530 – 537
2014
Impact of accreditation in bariatric surgerySurgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 10 (2014)767-773
Three-year weight outcomes from a bariatric surgery registry in a large integrated healthcare system.Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 10 (2014) 396-404
Changes in post-prandial glucose and pancreatic hormones, and steady-state insulin and free fatty acids after gastric bypass surgerySurgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 10 (2014) 1-8
Is selection bias toward super obese patients in the rationing of metabolic surgery justified?Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 981-986 [/tab]
2013
Endoluminal revision of gastric bypass for weight regain—a systematic reviewSurgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 335–343
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutritional, Metabolic, and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient — 2013 UpdateSurgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 159–191
Effects of bariatric surgery on diabetic nephropathy after 5 years of follow-upSurgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 7–14