Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Surgery

Overview Major Guidelines and Recommendations Surgical Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Diabetes Metabolic Surgery vs....
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ASMBS / SAGES Bariatric Endoscopy Verification Certificate

ASMBS and SAGES have worked together to develop a verification process for members with experience in performing bariatric endoscopy to...
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ASMBS IH Webinar: Keeping Patients Engaged in Bariatric Support Groups

Recorded January 31, 2018. Our expert panel discussed the difficult obstacles faced with support groups and practical ways to overcome...
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ASMBS Updated Position Statement on Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Bariatric Procedure

The Clinical Issues Committee and Executive Council of ASMBS have determined that the emergence of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as the...

Public Service Announcement regarding Discontinuation of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Curved Adjustable Gastric...

Public Service Announcement from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) regarding Discontinuation of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Curved...

General and Foregut Surgery Committee

Sergio Bardaro, MD FACS DABS-FPMBS FASMBSChair Karen Gibbs, MD FACS DABOM FASMBSCo-Chair Federico Serrot, MD FACS FASMBSCo-Chair Helmuth Billy, MDBoard...
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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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International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

IFSO is a federation composed of national associations of bariatric surgeons. Currently, there are over 72 official member associations of...
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Risks of Non-Standard Surgery, with Invited Discussion by Jaime Ponce, MD

A truck driver in his 50s, without insurance coverage, underwent lap band surgery in Mexico, at a quarter of the...
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Certified Bariatric Nurse (CBN)

Vision Our vision is to provide the premier credential to professional nurses caring for patients affected by severe obesity, and...