EHB Access Toolkit

Published June 2014

Obesity Treatment Needs Coverage in All State Health Exchanges. Current healthcare exchanges clearly do not sufficiently cover weight loss and bariatric surgery programs. Over half of states cover neither bariatric surgery nor weight loss programs. Despite the undeniable evidence of the dangers of obesity and the efficacy of metabolic and bariatric surgery, coverage is minimal across the United States.

Lap Band Placement Gone Awry, and the Cascade That Followed, with Invited Discussion by Robert Lim, MD

Published June 2014

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Disastrous Team Training and Handoff Management, With Invited Discussion by John Baker, MD

Published May 2014

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A Leak Event Compounded, With Invited Discussion by Eric DeMaria, MD

Published April 2014

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Research Grant Awards Highlights

Published April 2014

The ASMBS Research Grant Award program was initiated in 2004 to encourage research in the field of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The program has been primarily supported by the ASMBS Foundation, which has provided over 1 million research dollars since its inception.

LAGB: A Case With Fatal Pitfalls in Post-Discharge Management

Published March 2014

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DVT Prophylaxis That Wasn’t, a Fatal Story

Published February 2014

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ASMBS Systematic Review on Reoperative Surgery

Published February 2014

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Post Op Bowel Obstruction

Published January 2014

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Emerging Technologies and Procedures Inventory

Published November 2013

You can view the latest information on emerging technologies. Information is provided by the ASMBS Emerging Technologies and Procedures Committee.

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