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Lap Band Placement Gone Awry, and the Cascade That Followed, with Invited...

A woman in her 40s underwent lap band placement and had her stomach perforated in the attempt, confirmed by the...
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Disastrous Team Training and Handoff Management, With Invited Discussion by John Baker,...

A woman in her 50s underwent LYRGB with a 21 EEA circular stapler. A first day blue dye test per...
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A Leak Event Compounded, With Invited Discussion by Eric DeMaria, MD

A woman in her 40s underwent LRYGB, with negative end-procedure endoscopic findings for a leak, and a negative swallow study...
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Research Grant Awards Highlights

The ASMBS Research Grant Award program was initiated in 2004 to encourage research in the field of Metabolic and Bariatric...
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LAGB: A Case With Fatal Pitfalls in Post-Discharge Management

A male in his 50s underwent LAGB with discharge the next day.  Later in the day he reported substernal and...
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DVT Prophylaxis That Wasn’t, a Fatal Story

A male in his 60s, with obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia underwent LRYGB. As per protocol he spent the...
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ASMBS Systematic Review on Reoperative Surgery

Morbid obesity is a chronic disease that requires lifetime treatment. While bariatric surgery is highly effective and durable therapy, as...
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Post Op Bowel Obstruction

A claim was made against a general surgeon who performed a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass using a 25mm EEA stapler...
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Emerging Technologies and Procedures Inventory

You can view the latest information on emerging technologies. Information is provided by the ASMBS Emerging Technologies and Procedures Committee.
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Insurance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The coding, billing and reimbursement of any medical treatment or procedure is highly subjective, and is dependent upon the interpretation...