Obesity Surgery: Principles and Practice

Synopsis

A complete full-color overview of obesity surgery ?written by the field's foremost experts


A Doody's Core Title for 2011!

Obesity Surgery: Principles and Practice brings together the top minds in the discipline who, collectively, deliver a
benchmark reference that will prove indispensable for general and bariatric surgeons and residents. In page after page,
the book's esteemed editors take you step by step through the very latest, most advanced surgical techniques and
clinical protocols.

Using full color throughout, this logically organized guide begins with an insightful look at the general principles of
obesity surgery뾬ne that provides a vital theoretical framework for subsequent chapters. The next sections of the book
offer an in-depth review of surgical procedures and postoperative management that no other text can match.

Features:


뷫nequaled coverage that delivers an up-to-date, comprehensive survey of today's obesity surgery practice
뷬aluable, skill-building insights that reflect the expertise of an international pool of editors and authors in the
field of bariatric surgery
뷚ocus on topics not covered in other books, including Surgery in Adolescents, Cost Analysis of Laparoscopic versus
Open Surgery, and Surgery in the 밪uper Obese?
뷫nique DVD with videoclips of critical need-to-know procedures
뷚ull-color art program to clarify surgical protocols


Table of Contents
Contributors


Foreword, Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD, FACS


Preface

Part I: BASIC PRINCIPLES


1. Evolution of Surgery for Morbid Obesity, Henry Buchwald and Jane N. Buchwald


2. Pathophysiology of Severe Obesity and the Effects of Surgically Induced Weight Loss, Harvey J. Sugarman


3. Rationale for Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, Ninh T. Nguyen, Esteban Varela, and Samuel E. Wilson


4. Current Role of Open Bariatric Surgery, Kenneth B. Jones, Jr.


5. Central Nervous System Regulation and Hormonal Signaling, Cid Pitombo

Part II: OPERATIVE ISSUES


6. Requirements of the Clinic and Institution, Luiz Henrique de Sousa, Edson Lemes Sardinha, and Luiz Henrique de Sousa
Filho


7. Preoperative Evaluation of Patients, Marcos Tambascia


8. Intraoperative Issues, Marcel Milcent, Angelo Loss, and Jose E. Manso


9. Bariatric Surgery Psychology, Melodie Moorehead


10. Anesthetic Concerns, Jay B. Brodsky and Luiz C. Lerner

Part III: Physiology of Bariatric Operations


11. Restrictive Surgery, Edward E. Mason


12. Physiology and Metabolism in Obesity Surgery: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Carolina G. Goncalves, Francesco Rubino,
Stacy A. Brethauer, and Philip R. Schauer


13. Malabsorptive Procedures: Biliopancreatic Diversion-Scopinaro Procedure, Nicola Scopinaro

14. Malabsorptive Procedures: Duodenal Switch, Picard Marceau, Simon Biron, Frederic-Simon Hould, Stefane Lebel, Simon
Marceau, Odette Lescelleur, Christine Simard, and Serge Simard


15. Possible Hormonal Mechanisms Mediating the Effects of Bariatric Surgery, David E. Cummings, Karen E. Foster-
Schubert, Molly J. Carlson, Michael H. Shannon, and Joost Overduin


16. Metabolic Syndrome: Diagnosis, Clinical Presentations, and Surgical Treatment, Bruno Geloneze


17. The Learning Curve, Michael L. Schwartz and Raymond L. Drew

Part IV: TECHNICAL PROCEDURES


18. Laparoscopic Restrictive Procedures: Adjustable Gastric Banding, Karl Miller


19. Laparoscopic Restrictive Procedures: Sleeve Gastrectomy, Camilo Boza and Michel Gagner