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Part of the book series: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach (DDSURGERY)
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Difficult Decisions in Bariatric Surgery aims to help readers navigate an increasingly complex surgical specialty and come to reasoned and evidence-based conclusions. This book is of interest to practicing and trainee surgeons, endocrinologists, endoscopists, and pediatricians.
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Introductory Materials
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Patient Selection
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Preoperative Preparation
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Alverdy attended medical school at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara and Loyola University and received his surgical training at the Michael Reese Hospital/University of Chicago. He completed a surgical research fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. Dr Alverdy has an active gastrointestinal surgery practice involving minimally invasive surgery of the foregut including esophagus, stomach and pancreatobiliary tree.
Dr. Vigneswaran is an assistant professor of advanced gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery in the department of surgery at the University of Chicago. She received degrees in chemical engineering and molecular & cellular biology at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and received her medical degree from Rush University. She completed surgical training at the University of Chicago and surgical fellowship in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery at the Oregon Health & Sciences University. In addition, she received a masters in public health sciences at the University of Chicago with which she continues to study clinical outcomes in gastrointestinal surgery. Dr Vigneswaran maintains a busy clinical practice in bariatric and advanced gastrointestinal surgery, including complex esophageal and foregut diseases as well as revisional bariatric surgery. Her practice of minimally invasive surgery includes a robust robotic surgery practice and she continues to advance the field in minimally invasive surgery.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Difficult Decisions in Bariatric Surgery
Editors: John Alverdy, Yalini Vigneswaran
Series Title: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55329-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55328-9Published: 08 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55331-9Published: 09 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55329-6Published: 07 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2198-7750
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7769
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 438
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgery, Endocrinology, Pediatrics