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Surgical Weight Loss

3:37  |   May 2, 2008  |  Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Public Health & Prevention, Surgery
Thomas K. Byrne, MD, Professor, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Director, Bariatric Surgery Program, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses surgical weight loss.

References and Resources
Blanc PM, Lagoutte JM, Picot MC, Denève E, de Seguin C, Fabre JM, Nocca D. Preliminary Results of the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Procedure by a New Generation of Silicone Band: MIDBAND. Obes Surg. 2008 May 14;569-572.

Mathier MA, Zhang J, Ramanathan RC. Dramatic functional improvement following bariatric surgery in a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension and morbid obesity. Chest. 2008 Mar;133(3):789-92.

Dallal RM, Bailey L. Outcomes with the adjustable gastric band. Surgery. 2008 Mar;143(3):329-33.

For more information on this physician visit:
Thomas K. Byrne, M.D.

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