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    João Ettinger, Euler Ázaro, Rudolf Weiner, Kelvin D. Higa, Manoel Galvão Neto, Andre Fernandes Teixeira, Muhammad Jawad, editors.
    Summary: This book presents and describes the various uses of gastric bypass in bariatric and metabolic surgery and outlines the different techniques currently available. Furthermore, the possible complications with the procedure and ways to avoid them are also discussed. The use of the gastric bypass for the treatment of diabetes is emphasized and the new indications for the operative treatment of diabetes are featured in detail. Endoscopic uses concerning the gastric bypass are also addressed, covering preoperative evaluation, complications treatment, weight regain treatment and endoscopic treatment of obesity. The most advanced techniques and new technologies available for performing gastric bypass surgeries are presented in the most didactic possible way, making use of value-added learning features throughout the text. Gastric Bypass - Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Perspectives is intended as a practical guide for all those interested and involved with bariatric surgery, including general surgeons, bariatric surgeons, GI surgeons and surgery residents.

    Contents:
    History of the gastric bypass
    Gastric bypass
    Mechanisms of functioning
    Rationale for gastric bypass
    Morbid obesity
    Obesity and related diseases
    Preparing the patient for gastric bypass
    Preoperative weightloss in gastric bypass
    Preoperative testing
    Patient Selection in Metabolic Surgery
    Psychological and psiquiatric issues
    Sleep apnea management
    The superobese patient
    Airway evaluation and management
    Positioning the patient before the procedure
    Developing the laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
    Systemic Inflammation in the Morbidly Obese Patient
    Banded Gastric Bypass by Fobi Ring- Technique and Results
    Psychological and psychiatric issues
    Simplified gastric bypass
    Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the elderly patient
    Gastric bypass reoperation for weight regain
    Conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to gastric bypass
    Gastrojejunostomy testing
    Closing the mesenteric defects
    Preventing complications
    ^Laparoscopic gastric bypass
    Tricks and tips
    Psychiatric assistance in bariatric surgery
    Intraoperative complications
    Abdominal Pain after gastric bypass
    Marginal ulceration after (laparoscopic) Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, Treatment and Prevention
    Rhabdomyolisis
    Depressive Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorders and Suicidality in Bariatric Surgery
    Nutritional complications
    Eating disorders
    Gallbladder stones and Choledocholitiasis
    Hypoglycemia after Gastric Bypass
    Dumping Syndrome
    Endoscopic treatment of Roux en Y gastric bypass complications
    Endoscopic treatment of weight regain
    Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Training and the Credentialing Process
    Training and Credentialing the Robotic Bariatric Surgeon
    Mechanisms of control of diabetes 2 with gastric bypass
    Type 2 diabetes and the gut
    Shifts in The Intestinal Microbiota after Gastric Bypass
    Selecting patients
    ^Gastric bypass in patients with metabolic syndrome^ 35kg/m2
    Gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes BMI <35kg/m2
    Postoperative care
    Mini Gastric Bypass- Why it is better in India than gastric bypass?
    Can Bariatric surgery improve the Microvascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes?
    Digital Access Springer 2020