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ASMBS Bariatric Emergencies for the General Surgeon Statement

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Consensus Statement on Obesity as a Disease

Obesity is a highly prevalent chronic disease characterized by excessive fat accumulation or distribution that presents a risk to health...
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2022 ASMBS and IFSO: Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Thirty years ago, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened a Consensus Development Conference that pub- lished a Statement on...
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ASMBS Proton Pump Inhibitor Prophylaxis after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A National Survey...

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ASMBS Literature Review on Antiobesity Medication Use for MBS Patients

There are currently 9 FDA-approved AOMs on the market in the United States. These medications have been used and studied...
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ASMBS Consensus Statement on Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Management

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ASMBS Review on Fasting for Religious Purposes After Surgery

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ASMBS First Report Closed-Claims Registry: Prevalence, Causes, and Lessons Learned from Bariatric...

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ASMBS Current State of the Definition and Terminology Related to Weight Recurrence...

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ASMBS 2020 Estimate of Metabolic and Bariatric Procedures Performed in the United...

Background: Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), despite being the only effective durable treatment for obesity, remains underused as approximately 1%...