Ch 01: The Epidemiology of Obesity
Kervin Arroyo, Daniel M. Herron
Ch 02: Pathophysiology of Obesity
Alpana P. Shukla, Marlus Moreira, Francesco Rubino
Ch 03: Medical Weight Management
Mark H. DeLegge, Jeanette Newton-Keith
Ch 04: Pre-Surgical GI Evaluation in Bariatric Surgery
Nabil Tariq, Bipan Chand
Ch 05: Surgical Management of Obesity: Surgical Procedures, Preoperative Evaluation, Patient Selection
Dan E. Azagury, David B. Lautz
Ch 06: Basic Postoperative Management of the Bariatric Patient
Mitchell S. Roslin, Diana McPhee, Sujit Kulkarni
Ch 07: Normal Post-Surgical Anatomy
Jeffrey M. Marks, Chike Chukwumah
Ch 08: Early GI Bleeding after Bariatric Surgery
Lincoln E.V.V. Ferreira, Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Todd H. Baron
Ch 09: Management of Post-Surgical Leaks and Fistulae
Javier E. Andrade, Jose M. Martinez
Ch 10: Ulceration in the Bariatric Patient
Gloria Fernández-Esparrach, Carlos Guarner-Argente, Josep M. Bordas
Ch 11: Management of Strictures
Ninh T. Nguyen, Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen
Ch 12: Accessing the Pancreatobiliary Limb and ERCP
Abed Houmod Al-Lehibi, Steven A. Edmundowicz
Ch 13: Endoscopic Management of Post-Bariatric Foreign Bodies: Dysfunctional Sutures, Staples, and Bands
Ali Shams and Marvin Ryou
Ch 14: Nutritional Management of the Bariatric Patient: Diets and Deficiencies
Erin Sisk, Phyllis Thomas, Malcolm K. Robinson
Ch 15: Anemia
Thadeus L. Trus, David A. Klibansky
Ch 16: Diagnosis and treatment of Dumping Syndrome after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
Haidy G. Rivero, Abraham Abdemur, Raul J. Rosenthal
Ch 17: Rare Complications
Deborah Abeles, Scott A. Shikora
Ch 18: Endoscopic Therapy for Weight Regain after Bariatric Surgery
Nitin Kumar and Christopher C. Thompson
Ch 19: Primary Endoluminal Techniques for Weight Loss
Joseph A. Talarico, Stacy A. Brethauer, Philip R. Schauer
Ch 20: Imaging in the Bariatric Patient
Raoul Uppot
Ch 21: Procedural Sedation in the Obese Patient
Nitin Kumar, Priyajit Bobby Prasad
Ch 22: Special Nursing Considerations in Caring for the Bariatric Patient
James Slattery
Ch 23: Endoscopy Unit Considerations
Gregory G. Ginsberg, Noel N. Williams
About the Author: Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, FASGE
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Boston, MA, USA
