#275 Bariatric Surgery for the Internist with Dr. Vivian Sanchez

Published: May 24, 2021, 7 a.m.

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?\xa0 What if we told you it was offered less than 1% of the time to patients who qualify for it?\xa0 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.\n
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\nCredits
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  • Written and Produced by: Paul Williams MD, FACP
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  • Infographic: Edison Jyang
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  • Cover Art: Edison Jyang
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  • Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP\xa0
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  • Editor: Molly Heublein, MD; Clair Morgan of nodderly.com\n
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  • Guest: Vivian Sanchez, MD
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\nShow Segments
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  • Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
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  • Guest one-liner
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  • Picks of the Week
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  • Case from Kashlak
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  • Criteria for bariatric surgery
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  • Benefits of bariatric surgery
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  • Presurgical workup
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  • Postoperative management
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  • Complications
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  • Outro
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