Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. Perioperative Evaluation of the Obese Patient
(Albert Lecube, Carlos Zafón, Ramon Vilallonga, Vall d’Hebrón Obesity Unit, EASO-Collaborating Center for Obesity Management, Endocrinology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain and others)
CHAPTER 2: Psychopathology Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates
(Carmina Saldaña, Ana Andrés, University of Barcelona, Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Institute for Research on the Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), Spain and others)
CHAPTER 3. Psychological Assessment of Bariatric Surgery Candidates
(Ana Andrés, Carmina Saldaña, University of Barcelona, Department of Methodology for the Behavioural Sciences, Barcelona, Spain and others)
CHAPTER 4. Surgical Techniques in Bariatric Surgery
(J.A. Baena-Fustegueras, M.T. Santamaría Gómez, M.C. Artigas Marco, S.E. Ros López, M. González Duaigües, A. Miró Cugat, A. Montero Matamala, J.J. Olsina Kissler, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, LLeida, Spain)
CHAPTER 5. Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents
(Ramon Vilallonga Puy, Albert Lecube Torelló, José Manuel Fort, Diego Yeste, Endocrine, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Unit, IFSO Centre of Excellence Program in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain and others)
CHAPTER 6. Metabolic Changes in Morbidly Obese Patients after Bariatric Surgery
(Eva Pardina, Roser Ferrer, Roberto Catalán, Albert Lecube, Helena Allende, Víctor Vargas, Jose M. Fort, David Ricart-Jané, M. Dolores López-Tejero, Juan A. Baena-Fustegueras, Julia Peinado-Onsurbe, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Biology Faculty, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain and others)
CHAPTER 7. Adherence to Dietary Recommendations Before and After Bariatric Surgery
(Gemma López-Guimerà, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)
CHAPTER 8. Health-Related Quality of Life Among Morbidly Obese Patients
(Carmina Saldaña, Ana Andrés, University of Barcelona, Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment; Institute for Research on the Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), Spain and others)
Index