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Review
. 2010 Feb;47(2):79-174.
doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2009.11.003.

Benchmarking best practices in weight loss surgery

Robert B Lim, George L Blackburn, Daniel B Jones
Review

Benchmarking best practices in weight loss surgery

Robert B Lim et al. Curr Probl Surg. 2010 Feb.
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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Mortality after bariatric and other surgery after age 65. AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting. (Reprinted with permission from Flum et al [84]. Adapted with permission from original in Goodney PP, Siewers AE, Stukel TA, Lucas FL, Wennberg DE, Birkmeyer JD. Is surgery getting safer? National trends in operative mortality. J Am Coll Surg 2002;195:219–27.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 2
Fig 2
Adjustable gastric band. (Adapted with permission from Jones and colleagues[33], c2007 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 3
Fig 3
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.(Adapted with permission from Jones and colleagues [33], c2007 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.)(Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 4
Fig 4
Sleevegastrectomy. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 5
Fig 5
Biliopancreatic diversion. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 6
Fig 6
Biliopancreatic diversion-duodenal switch.(Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 7
Fig 7
Vertical banded gastroplasty. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 8
Fig 8
Jejunal-ileal bypass. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 9
Fig 9
Possible internal hernia sites after RYGB. (Adapted with permission from Jones and colleagues [33], c2007 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 10
Fig 10
Gastric prolapse. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 11
Fig 11
Gastric erosion. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 12
Fig 12
Position of AGB port. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 13
Fig 13
Port flip. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 14
Fig 14
Cause of port/tubing leak in AGB. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 15
Fig 15
Potential leak sites after retrocolic RYGB. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlasof Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com .) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 16
Fig 16
Wide drainage of gastrointestinal leak and G-tube placement. (Adapted with permission from Jones DB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
Fig 17
Fig 17
Potential site of intraluminal bleeding after gastric bypass. (Adapted with permission from JonesDB, Olbers T, Schneider B, Atlas of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, c2010 Cine-Med Publishing, Inc., www.cine-med.com.) (Color version of figure is available online.)
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