The weight loss surgeons of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute have published more than 200 informational articles and book chapters on laparoscopic weight loss surgery, obesity and co-morbidities. We have included those publications on our website for your research. Please click on the classifications below to be directed to articles.
General Surgical and Laparoscopic Articles
Articles about general surgery news, laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, surgical management of obesity, gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity and more.
Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Co-Morbidities
Information on bariatric surgery and cirrhosis, early intervention of diabetes, the effect of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery on type 2 diabetes and more.
Outcomes
Articles about the outcomes and approaches for laparoscopic weight loss surgery and laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery for severe and morbid obesity.
Equipment, Techniques and Training
Information on the operating room setup for laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic gastric banding; equipment, instrumentation, training, credentialing, and the learning curve for laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, and current techniques.
Complications from Bariatric Surgery
Articles about gastric bypass leading to an increase in bone turnover and decrease in bone mass; prevention and management of complications of laparoscopic bariatric surgery and laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.
General Surgical and Laparoscopic Articles
Does Weight Loss Surgery Lower the Risk of Getting Cancer?
Obesity Surgery is Called Cost-Effective
A Study on the Economic Impact of Bariatric Surgery
General Surgery News: Bariatric Surgery A Review
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Morbidly Obese Adolescents
Interview with Dr. Philip Schauer
The Surgical Management of Obesity
Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity: Benefits, Techniques, Complications, and Considerations
Open and Laparoscopic Surgical Modalities for the Management of Obesity
Medical and Surgical options in the Treatment of Severe Obesity
Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity
Perioperative Management of the Bariatric Surgery Patient
Incidence of marginal ulcers and the use of absorbable anastomotic sutures in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Treatment of Refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease with radio frequency energy (Stretta) in patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Acute changes in renal function after laparoscopic gastric surgery for morbid obesity
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as an initial weight-loss procedure for high-risk patients with morbid obesity
The impact of laparoscopic bariatric workshops on the practice patterns of surgeons
Reducing Obesity-Related Comorbidities through Bariatric Surgery
Risks and Benefits of bariatric surgery: Current Evidence
Recruiting Referring Physicians in the War Against "Diabesity"
Special Report: Rome Diabetes Surgery Summit
Metabolic Surgery, The Rome Diabetes Surgery Summitt, and our Future
STAMPEDE Study
Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Co-Morbidities
Surgically Induced Weight Loss Significantly Improves Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome
Results of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Cirrhosis
Surgery as an Effective Early Intervention for Diabesity
Effective Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
The Chronic Inflammatory Hypothesis for the Morbidity Associate with Morbid Obesity: Implications and Effects of Weight Loss
GERD and Obesity
Effect of Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Obese Patients
Bariatric Surgery: Can it Cure Type II Diabetes?
Outcomes
Systematic Review of Sleeve Gastrectomy as Staging and Primary Bariatric Procedure
Outcomes after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
Equipment, Techniques and Training
Operating Room Setup and Patient Positioning for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
Equipment and Instrumentation for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Training and Credentialing for the Performance of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
The Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass is 100 Cases
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery: Current Techniques (2003)
Endoscopic Balloon Dilation of Gastroenteric Anastomotic Stricture after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Elective Cholecystectomy During Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Is it Worth the Wait?
Complications from Bariatric Surgery
Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity Leads to an Increase in Bone Turnover and a Decrease in Bone Mass
Prevention and Management of Complications of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Management of Complications after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Gastrointestinal Complications of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery; Clinical and Imaging Findings
