Our Bariatric Surgeon: Dr. Wanda M. Good, DO is a fellowship-trained robotic surgeon specializing in metabolic, bariatric, anti-reflux (hiatal hernia), and robotic surgery. She is a highly experienced and compassionate surgeon, is dedicated to delivering comprehensive surgical care by educating and...
Weight Loss Specialists of North Texas 4400 Long Prairie Rd, Suite 105 Flower Mound, TX 75028 Folahan Ayoola, M.D. Tarik Al-Kalla, M.D. Texas Center for Bariatrics & Advanced Surgery 6020 W Parker Road, Suite 430 Plano, TX 75093 Joe Cribbins, M.D. Edmund Chen, M.D. Houston Phy...
he was invited to speak at the 2nd Annual Obesity Summit and the XVI World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, both prestigious speaking roles. He is also accredited as a Centre of Excellence Surgeon in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by th...
of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS; Pratt et al., 2018), classifies severe obesity in adolescents as follows: Class II obesity – 120% of the 95th percentile height, or an absolute BMI of 35-39.9 kg/m2, whichever is lower* Class III obesity – 140% of the 95th percentile height...
long-term metabolic effects of bariatric surgery in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Surg. 2013;258(4):628-636. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5034b PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 14. Courcoulas AP, King WC, Belle SH, et al. Seven-year weight trajectories...
Patients who are under consideration for or have undergone metabolic and bariatric surgery frequently have comorbid medical conditions that may make their perioperative care more complex. These recommendations address routine intraoperative cholangiography in patients with bypass-type anatomy, the management of...
Mechanick JI, Kushner RF, Sugerman HJ, et al. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery pat...
According to Dr. Schauer, who is also director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, limitations of this study include insufficient statistical power to identify other predictors such as cirrhosis, despite the large sample size. ...