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SURGICAL PEARLS: TECHNIQUES IN BARIATRIC SURGERY ....................................................................................8 How to Perform an Antiobstruction Stitch by Robert E. Brolin, MD, FACS
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CASE SERIES .....................................................................................................................................................10 Early Complications of 120 Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication Procedures by Youssef Andraos, MD; Dany Ziade, MD; Rana Achcouty, MD; and Mariette Awad, PhD
REVIEW..............................................................................................................................................................18 Gastric Banding and the Art of Eating by Paul O'Brien, MD
ASMBS UPDATE .................................................................................................................................................22 September 2011
18 by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS
ASK THE EXPERTS: DILEMMAS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY......................................................................................24 Management of Large Left Upper Quadrant Air-Fluid Collection after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, FACS
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TOTAL BARIATRIC CARE .....................................................................................................................................26 Part 1 of 2
A Proposal: Why We Need a New Aftercare Plan by Eric J. DeMaria, MD
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NEWS AND TRENDS............................................................................................................................................28 CALENDAR OF EVENTS .......................................................................................................................................29 MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ..........................................................................................................29 ADVERTISER INDEX............................................................................................................................................31
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