Bariatric Surgery Complications and Emergencies

Introduction and Overview of Current and Emerging Operations.-Anesthesia for the bariatric patient: optimizing safety and managing complications.- Optimizing perioperative management: Perioperative care & protocols to prevent & detect early complications.- Thromboembolic disease in the bariatric patient: Prevention, diagnosis and management.- Hemorrhage after bariatric surgery: evaluation and management.- Enteric Leaks after Gastric Bypass: Prevention and Management.- Enteric Leaks After Sleeve Gastrectomy: Prevention and Management.- Workup of abdominal pain in the gastric bypass and vertical sleeve gastrectomy patient.- Work-up of Abdominal Pain or Vomiting in the Gastric Band Patient.- Internal hernias: prevention, diagnosis & management.- Marginal and Peptic Ulcers: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management.- Gastrointestinal Obstruction in the Bypass Patient.- Food intolerance in the sleeve patient: prevention, evaluation and management.- Gallstones and Common Bile Duct Stones in the Bariatric Surgery Patient: Surgical and Endoscopic Management.- Management of Abdominal Wall Hernias in the Bariatric Patient.- Band Prolapse: Diagnosis and Management.- Band erosion: surgical and endoscopic management.- Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Evaluation and Management of Complications.- Inadequate Weight Loss after Bypass and Sleeve.- Failed weight loss after lap band surgery.- Post-Gastric Bypass Hypoglycemia: Diagnosis and Management.- Nutritional complications and emergencies.- Excessive Skin After Massive Weight Loss: Body Contouring and Bariatric Surgery.- The Psychological complications after bariatric surgery (eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, body image, etc.).- Medical Malpractice in the 21st Century.