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Open Letter to Insurance Companies, Regarding Mandatory Pre-bariatric Surgery Diet Regimens

Some bariatric surgery policies unfortunately mandated a 6-12 month documented preoperative weight loss before approving bariatric surgery. The mandate falls...
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Anatomy of a Near Miss

A middle-aged super-obese man was hospitalized repeatedly for respiratory failure due to obesity-hypoventilation and obstructive sleep apnea. Multiple other comorbidities...
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GI Bleed Post-RYGB Management Disaster, with Invited Discussion by Shanu Kothari, MD

A male in his late 30s with a high BMI was known to be hypertensive, with OSA for which he...
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Choosing Wisely: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question

Read five points physicians and patients should keep in mind, a resource assembled by the ABIM Foundation as part of...
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ASMBS Position Statement on Prevention, Detection & Treatment of Gastrointestinal Leak

Gastrointestinal (GI) leak is a known complication after both gastric bypass (GB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) with a reported incidence,...
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The Risk of Post-RYGB ‘Plastic Surgery,’ with Invited Discussion by Barry Fisher,...

A woman in her 40s, years after successful open gastric bypass, had her bariatric surgeon perform concurrent ventral hernioplasty, panniculectomy...
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ASMBS Standardized Outcomes Reporting in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to authors and editors who write, review, and publish manuscripts focusing...
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CPT and ICD-9 Codes for Bariatric Surgery

CPT® and ICD-9 are dictated by payer policy guidelines. These codes are for reference only. Please be sure to read...
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A Surgeon’s Nightmare: The Importance of the Consent Process in the Aftermath...

An older patient with symptoms of cholecystitis and an ultrasound completed within the past two years, after appropriate clearance, had...
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A Fatal Cascade: The Importance of ‘History,’ with Invited Discussion by Dan...

A woman who had undergone LRYGB and cholecystectomy had subsequently developed severe malnutrition and a ventral hernia, and five years...