List of Contributors viiiPreface xPart I Introduction to Obesity 11 Introduction to Obesity and Obesity- Related Diseases 3Iskandar Idris2 Diagnosis and Classification of Obesity 16Brijesh Madhok3 The Epidemiology of Obesity 20Benjamin Reed and Salim Abunnaja4 Public Health Aspects of Obesity and Related Co- Morbidities 27Waleed Al- Khyatt5 Non- Surgical Management of Obesity 33Petra Hanson and Thomas M. Barber6 Organisation of Care for Complex Obesity 46David Hughes7 The History of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 53Jordan Robinson and Abdelrahman Nimeri Copyrighted MaterialPart II Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 598 Indications and Contraindications of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery 61Sherif Awad9 Pre- Operative Medical Management 64Iskandar Idris10 Pre- Operative Management of a Bariatric Patient (Nutritional) 77Lindsay Parry11 Pre- Operative Management: Psychological Aspects 95Chris Gillespie12 Pre- Operative Management: Anaesthetic 107Nick Reynolds13 Pre- Operative Management: Surgical Considerations 113Sherif Awad14 Mechanism of Action of Bariatric Procedures 119Ahmad Bashir15 Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding - Technique and Outcomes 132Paul Leeder16 Sleeve Gastrectomy 140Sherif Awad17 Roux- en- Y Gastric Bypass 147Selwan Barbat and Abdelrahman Nimeri18 Alternative Bariatric Procedure 161Ashraf Haddad19 Early Surgical Complications after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 170Vilok Vijayanagar and Abdelrahman Nimeri20 Post- Operative Management and Follow- Up 176Sherif AwadPart III Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 18521 Metabolic Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery 187Petra Hanson and Thomas M. Barber22 Non- Metabolic Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery 195Iskandar Idris23 Medical Management of Nutritional Complications 206David Hughes24 Metabolic Complications of Bariatric Surgery 215Iskandar Idris25 Long- Term Surgical Complications of Bariatric Surgery 225Tahir E. Yunus and Ahmad G. Jan26 Psychological Considerations Post- Surgery 235Paul Davidson27 Consideration for Revisional Surgery 243Kai Tai Derek Yeung and Sanjay Purkayastha28 Weight Regain 249Lindsay Parry29 Patient Perspective 257Paul StevensonIndex 261
Iskandar Idris, M.D. is Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine at the University of Nottingham, UK and Honorary Consultant Physician at the Derby Teaching Hospital, Derby, UK.Sherif Awad is Consultant Upper GI, Bariatric and Laproscopic Surgeon at East-Midlands Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (EMBMI), Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK and Council Member and Trustee of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS).Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD, FACS, FASMBS is Associate Professor & Section chief of Bariatric Surgery. Medical director of Atrium Health Weight Management and Program director of the Atrium Health Bariatric fellowship at Atrium Health. He is the secretary/treasurer of the Internal Federation for Surgery of Obesity [IFSO] and an Associate editor of the Obesity Surgery Journal.