Bariatric Surgery: From Indications to Postoperative Care

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Christos Iavazzo, MD, PhD (Editor)
Gynaecological Oncology Department, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK

Series: Surgery – Procedures, Complications, and Results
BISAC: MED085070

This book aims to become a useful tool in the field of bariatric surgery providing the most up-to-date research in the field, including the recent data on surgical techniques, the current strategies for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, as well as extensive discussion of the possible complications. More specifically, the following issues are discussed in the chapters of the book: morbid obesity, surgical techniques, bariatric brachioplasty, sleeve gastrectomy, metabolic improvement following bariatric surgery, diabetes mellitus and bariatric surgery, weight loss after bariatric surgery, sleep apnea, diet after bariatric surgery, complications and infections, pregnancy and bariatric surgery, pelvic floor disorders, bariatric surgery in adolescence, oral health after bariatric surgery, and the psychological aspects before and after bariatric surgery. Treatment options as well as possible complications are also discussed. Finally, the authors suggest fields for possible future research. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Intestinal Peptides Involved in T2DM Pathophysiology
(Dominika Stygar, Tomasz Sawczyn, Iwona Karcz-Socha, Krystyna Zwirska-Korczala, W. Konrad Karcz, Department of Physiology in Zabrze, Silesian Medical University, Poland, and others)

Chapter 2: Adipokins and Ghrelin Influenced Glucose Metabolism
(Tomasz Sawczyn, Dominika Stygar, Iwona Karcz-Socha, Krystyna Zwirska.Korczala, W. Konrad Karcz, Department of Physiology in Zabrze, Silesian Medical University, Poland, and others)

Chapter 3: Surgical Anatomy and Bariatric Surgery
(Khaled Hamdan, Omar Khan, Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgeon, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton, England, UK, and others)

Chapter 4: To Have or Not to Have the Ring Banded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
(W. Konrad Karcz, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Videosurgery Division, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany)

Chapter 5: Postoperative Complications after Bariatric Surgery
(Ioannis D. Gkegkes, Christos Iavazzo, Department of Surgery, Korinthos General Hospital, Korinthos, Greece, and others)

Chapter 6: Hepatobiliary Complications of Bariatric Surgery
(Omar Khan, K.M. Reddy, Khaled Hamdan, Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgeon, Department of Upper GI Surgery, St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, and others)

Chapter 7: Intestinal Obstruction after Bariatric Surgery
(Khaled Hamdan, Manish Chand, Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgeon, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton, England, UK, and others)

Chapter 8: Bariatric Surgery and Infectious Diseases
(Fotinie Ntziora, A’ Academic Department of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

Chapter 9: Anemia after Bariatric Surgery
(Silvia Leite Faria, Orlando Pereira Faria, Heloisa Rodrigues de Gouvêa, Mariane de Almeida Cardeal, Gastrocirurgia, Brasilia, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 10: Oral Health after Bariatric Surgery
(Mattheos G. Papakiritsis, Dental Private Practice, Panagouli – Athens, Greece)

Chapter 11: Diet after Bariatric Surgery
(Silvia Leite Faria, Orlando Pereira Faria, Heloisa Rodrigues de Gouvêa, Mariane de Almeida Cardeal, Gastrocirurgia de Brasília, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 12: Bariatric and Metabolic Revisionary Surgery
(W. Konrad Karcz, Simon Kuesters, Centre for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, University of Freiburg, Germany)

Chapter 13: Body-Contouring after Bariatric Surgery
(Franco Migliori, Italian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, and others)

Chapter 14: Bariatric Brachioplasty
(Miguel Modolin, Wilson Cintra Jr., Rodrigo Itocazo Rocha, Division of Plastic Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 15: Pregnancy Complications after Bariatric Surgery Procedures
(Christos Iavazzo, Iaso Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece)

Chaptere 16: Pelvic Floor Disorders and Bariatric Surgery
(Christos Iavazzo, Iaso Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece)

Chapter 17: Bariatric Surgery: A Medicolegal Perspective
(O. A. Khan, K. M. Reddy, and K. A. Hamdan, Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK, and others)

Index

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