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ASMBS Insurance Committee’s Bariatric Health Care Ideal Insurance Policy – December 2024

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Cannabis use before and after metabolic and bariatric surgery: literature review

Abstract As accessibility and legalization of cannabis rise throughout the United States (US), programs have sought guidance about whether its...
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Compensation and Practice...

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ASMBS Review of the Body Mass Index

Introduction The American Medical Association designated obesity as a disease in 2013 [1]. In 2022, 6 leading organizations with a...
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ASMBS Review of Body Composition

Introduction Although the body mass index (BMI) has been used as a measure of obesity for decades, it is now...
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery literature review on risk factors,...

Abstract Background Marginal ulcers (MU) are a significant postoperative complication following anastomotic metabolic and bariatric surgeries including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass...
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ASMBS literature review on the treatment of marginal ulcers after metabolic and...

Abstract Marginal ulcers (MUs) encompass a group of mucosal disruptions and subsequent inflammatory changes and their sequala found after Roux-en-Y...
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ASMBS Intra-Operative Care Pathway for Minimally Invasive Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Clinical care pathways help guide and provide structure to clinicians and providers to improve healthcare delivery and quality. The Quality...
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on describing and...

This paper is intended to build on the paper previously published by ASMBS in 2015, “National Correct Coding Initiative Enacts...
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Scientific evidence for the updated guidelines on indications for metabolic and bariatric surgery...

The 2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic...