ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery: Bariatric Surgery Volume

Editors: Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS; Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS; Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS; Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS

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Year Produced: 2019

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The American College of Surgeons Division of Education and Ciné-Med have developed the interactive Multimedia Atlas of Surgery: Bariatric Surgery Volume.

A comprehensive, atlas-style text, this volume includes 48 chapters presenting open and laparoscopic surgical techniques for treating bariatric disorders. Expert surgeons provide detailed, step-by-step instruction using a combination of video, illustration, and intraoperative photos to clarify specific points of the procedure.

Section I: Basic Principles of Weight Loss Surgery

Chapter 1. Metabolic Syndrome and the Obesity Disease: Weight-Loss or Metabolic Surgery?
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, FACS; Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FACS

Chapter 2. Value of Accreditation
Dan E. Azagury, MD; John M. Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 3. Anatomic Considerations for Weight-Loss and Metabolic Surgery
Eric J. DeMaria, MD; Omar Bellorin, MD; Alfons Pomp, MD

Chapter 4. Operating Room Setup
Daniel M. Herron, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Darshak Shah, MD

Chapter 5. Preoperative Evaluation
Manish Parikh, MD, FACS; Collin Creange, MD

Section II: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band

Chapter 6. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Christine Ren Fielding, MD, FACS, FASMBS; George Fielding, MD, FRCS, FASMBS

Chapter 7. Band Erosion: Removal and Treatment
David M. Williams, MD; Marina Kurian, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 8. Revision of Band for Port and Tubing Complications and Prolapse
Emma Patterson, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Section III: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Chapter 9. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Overview
Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS; Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 10. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Technique
Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 11. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Management of Complications - Leak
Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS; Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 12. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Laparoscopic Management of Complications - Sleeve Stenosis
Julietta Chang, MD; Matthew Kroh, MD, FACS

Chapter 13. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Management of Complications - GERD
Italo Braghetto, MD, FACS; Owen Korn, MD, FACS; Héctor Valladares, MD

Section IV: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Chapter 14. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Open Technique
Bruce Schirmer, MD, FACS

Chapter 15. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Basic Laparoscopic Technique
Enrique F. Elli, MD, FACS; Kristen Patton, MD

Chapter 16. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Single Incision Techniqu
Alan A. Saber, MD, FACS

Section V: Constructing the Gastrojejunostomy

Chapter 17. Hand-sewn Gastrojejunostomy: Anastomosis
Kelvin Higa, MD, FACS; Subhash Reddy

Chapter 18. Constructing the Gastrojejunostomy: Transgastric Stapled End-to-End Anastomosis
Jaisa Olasky, MD; Daniel B. Jones, MD, FACS

Chapter 19. Constructing the Gastrojejunostomy: Linear Stapled Technique
Tammy Fouse, DO; Philip Schauer, MD, FACS

Chapter 20. Constructing the Gastrojejunostomy: Transoral Circular Stapler
Alan Wittgrove, MD, FACS

Chapter 21. Constructing the Jejunostomy
Aurora Dawn Pryor, MD; Dana Telem, MD; Vamsi Alli, MD

Chapter 22. Closing Mesenteric Defects
Robert Brolin, MD, FACS

Chapter 23. Banded Gastric Bypass
Mathias Fobi MD, FACS, FICS, FACN, FASMBS; Muffazal Lakdawala

Section VI: Management of Complications of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Chapter 24. Management of Complications of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Short-Term Postoperative Complications
Pedro Paulo Caravatto, MD; Ricardo Cohen, MD

Chapter 25. Management of Long-Term Complications After RYGB: Internal Hernias, Ulcers, Nutrition, Dumping, and Others
Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Steve Bowers, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 26. Management of Complications of RYGB: Gastrogastric Fistulaes (GGFs)
Kelly Haisley, MD; Laura E. Fischer, MD, MS; Gene Bakis, MD; Samer G. Mattar, MD

Chapter 27. Management of Complications of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Abdominal Pain
Michel Suter, MD, FACS

Chapter 28. Management of Complications of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Endoscopy Complications
Manoel Galvão Neto; Lyz Bezerra Silva; Josemberg Marins Campos

Chapter 29: Management of Complications: Nutritional Complications
Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN

Section VII: Biliopancreatic Diversion and Duodenal Switch

Chapter 30. Biliopancreatic Diversion - Scopinaro Procedure
Luigi Angrisani, MD; Ariola Hasani, MD; Marco Raffaelli, MD

Section VIII: Unusual Surgical Approaches

Chapter 31. The Duodenal Switch By Laparoscopy: Technique
Jacques Himpens, MD, PhD

Chapter 32. Unusual Surgical Approaches: Gastrostomy/Jejunostomy
David Anders Provost, MD, FACS

Chapter 33. Gallstones and Bile Duct Pathology After Weight-Loss Surgery
J. Paul Sanders, MD, FACS; Pornthep Prathanvanich MD, FACS; Bipan Chand, MD, FACS; Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS

Section IX: Conversions

Chapter 34. Conversion of Gastric Bypass for Inadequate Weight Loss or Weight Regain
Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS

Chapter 35. Conversions: Band to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Cheguevara Afaneh, MD; Gregory Dakin, MD, FACS; Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS

Chapter 36. Conversions: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Removal with Conversion to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Leonardo Claros, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Maher El Chaar, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 37. Conversions: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Amir Aryaie, MD; Tomasz Rogula, MD, PhD; Philip Schauer, MD

Chapter 38. Conversions: Conversion of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS; Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Section X: Hiatal Hernia Overview

Chapter 39. Hiatal Hernia Overview
Shanu Kothari, MD, FACS

Section XI: Robotics

Chapter 40. Robotics: Setup and Overview
Omar Kudsi, MD, FACS

Chapter 41. Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Keith C. Kim, MD, FACS; Michele L. Young, PA-C

Chapter 42. Single Dock Robotically-Assisted Biliopancreatic Diversion With Duodenal Switch
Ranjan Sudan, MD, FACS; Shaina R. Eckhouse, MD

Section XII: New Treatment Approaches

Chapter 43. Laparoscopic Gastric Plication
Michael J. Mulcahy, MD; Stacy A. Brethauer, MD, FACS

Chapter 44. Conversion of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Stomach Intestinal Pylorus-Sparing (SIPS) Surgery—Single-Anastomosis Duodenoileal Bypass (SADI)
Mitchell S. Roslin; Andrew R. Brownlee

Chapter 45. Reversible Vagal Nerve Blocking (vBloc) for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity and Related Comorbid Conditions
Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Section XIII: Endoluminal Surgery

Chapter 46. Endoluminal Surgery: Suturing
Shinil K. Shah, DO; Erik B. Wilson, MD; Natan Zundel, MD

Chapter 47. Intragastric Balloon
Jeff W. Allen, MD, FACS; John M. Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS

Chapter 48. Laparoscopic One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (Mini Gastric Bypass/ One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass)
Jean-Marc Chevallier, MD, PhD; Matthieu Bruzzi, MD; Richard Douard, MD, PhD