What if we told you there was a powerful tool that could help promote significant weight loss, correct uncontrolled diabetes, improve quality of life, and even improve patient mortality? What if we told you it was offered less than 1% of the time to patients who qualify for it? Listen as our esteemed guest Dr. Vivan Sanchez (Boston University) talks us through the patient selection, preoperative workup, and postoperative considerations for bariatric surgery, and how it might benefit your patients.

Credits

Written and Produced by: Paul Williams MD, FACP
Infographic: Edison Jyang
Cover Art: Edison Jyang
Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Molly Heublein, MD; Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Vivian Sanchez, MD

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Show Segments

Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner
Picks of the Week
Case from Kashlak
Criteria for bariatric surgery
Benefits of bariatric surgery
Presurgical workup
Postoperative management
Complications
Outro