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C l i n i c a l D e v e l o p m e n t s a n d M e t a b o l i c I n s i g h t s i n To t a l B a r i a t r i c P a t i e n t C a r e
Volume 11, Number 9 September 2014
A P e e r - R e v i e w e d P u b l i c a t i o n
Also Inside
EDITORIAL MESSAGE........................3
A Memorable Visit with
Dr. Edward E. Mason and Family
EDITORIAL BOARD ............................4
ASK THE LEADERSHIP ......................8
The First Annual National Obesity
Collaborative Care Summit
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.......10
The State of Obesity and Bariatric
Surgery in Germany: An Interview
with Dr. Rudolf Weiner
CHECKLISTS IN BARIATRIC
SURGERY ........................................13
Checklist #24: Unusual Clinical
Challenges in Bariatric Patients
THE HOLE IN THE WALL ..................14
Bovine Pericardium in Complex
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in
Patients with Obesity or Morbid
Obesity
JOURNAL WATCH............................20
NEWS AND TRENDS........................22
CARTOON CORNER .........................24
CALENDAR OF EVENTS...................24
MARKETPLACE...............................25
AD INDEX........................................26
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O
besity is considered a risk
factor for the
development of primary
and incisional ventral hernias.
1–7
Repairing complex defects in
patients with morbid obesity with
a body mass index (BMI) greater
than 40kg/m
2
who often present
with comorbidities (e.g.,
diabetes, hypertension, poor
vascular bed perfusion/
circulation, severe wound
infections) is challenging. In the
obese population, one of the
most significant challenge is
recurrence, with rates as high as
50 percent.
8
The factors that
predispose patients with obesity
to development of hernia may
also be a factor in recurrence.
THIS MONTH:
Bovine Pericardium
in Complex
Abdominal Wall
Reconstruction in
Patients with Obesity
or Morbid Obesity
THIS MONTH'S FEATURED EXPERT
MOSES K. SHIEH,
DO, FACOS
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Dr. Shieh is from Lee Memorial Health
System, Fort Myers, Florida. He is also
the Medical Director, Surgical Healing
Arts, Fort Myers, Florida
T h i s M o n t h ' s I n t e r v i e w w i t h
JOHN M. MORTON, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS
Chief of the Section of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Presient-Elect of ASMBS
The First Annual
National Obesity
Collaborative
Care Summit
September 19 and 20, 2014
JW Marriott, Chicago, Illinois
This column is dedicated to sharing the vast knowledge and opinions of the American Society for
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery leadership on relevant topics in the field of bariatric surgery.