Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section I: Obesity Overview: Medical and Psychological Issues
Chapter 1. Worldwide Epidemiology of Obesity
(Samuel Hardy and Eyal Sheiner, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel and others)
Chapter 2. Non-operative Medical Treatment of Obesity
(Jonathan A. Waitman and Matthew W. Rosenbaum, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA)
Chapter 3. Psychosocial Considerations of the Bariatric Surgery Patient
(David B. Sarwer, Rebecca J. Dilks, Scott Ritter, Jacqueline C. Spitzer and Reneé H. Moore, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Section II: Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: Theory and Practice
Chapter 4. An Overview of Current Bariatric Procedures
(Barnard J. A. Palmer and Daniel Herron, Department of Surgery,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA and others)
Chapter 5. Preoperative Evaluation and Choice of Operation
(Keith Scharf and John Morton, Loma Linda Medical School, Loma Linda, CA, USA, and others)
Chapter 6. Anesthesia for the Obese Patient
(Shaun E Gruenbaum, Akiva Leibowitz, Yoram Shapira and Alexander Zlotnik, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA and others)
Chapter 7. Mechanisms of Weight Loss and Comorbidity Resolution After Bariatric Surgery
(Gregory Dakin, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA)
Chapter 8. Common Perioperative and Early Postoperative Complications and Management
(Bernadette Laxa and Daniel Herron, Department of General Surgery,
Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Bellflower, CA, USA and others)
Chapter 9. Emerging Operations, Endoscopic Interventions and Devices
(Brendan Marr and Dean Mikami, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA)
Section III: Practical Issues in Postoperative Care of the Bariatric Patient
Chapter 10. Postoperative Nutritional Follow-up and Supplementation
(Mimi Augusta Harrison and Daniel Herron, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA)
Chapter 11. Long-term Complications Following Bariatric Surgery
(Ramsey M. Dallal, Ian Soriano and Alfred Trang, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Section IV: Pregnancy, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery
Chapter 12. Pregnancy Outcome of Obese Women: Maternal Consequences
(Adi Y. Weintraub and Eyal Sheiner, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel)
Chapter 13. Pregnancy Outcomes of Obese Women: Perinatal Consequences
(Adi Y. Weintraub and Eyal Sheiner, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel)
Chapter 14. Pregnancy Management and Interval to Conception after Bariatric Surgery
(Anatte Karmon and Eyal Sheiner, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, and others)
Chapter 15. Bariatric Surgery and Subsequent Pregnancy Outcome
(Anatte Karmon and Eyal Sheiner, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, and others)
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