1. Caring for the Caregiving Surgeon

   • Mervyn Deitel

   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 113 - 113

2. Presidential Musings If We Don't Do It, Who Will?

   • S Ross Fox

   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 114 - 114

3. 15TH ANNUAL MEETING, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, JUNE 24-27,1998 Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 115 - 118

4. Meeting Registration Form

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 119 - 120

5. Hotel Registration Form

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 121 - 121

6. The American Society For Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) Statement on Bariatric Surgeon Qualifications, October 12, 1997

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 122 - 122

7. NEW MEMBERS June 1997-February 1998

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 123 - 123

8. American Society For Bariatric Surgery Executive Council and Committees 1997-1998

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 124 - 126

9. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery Course Wednesday June 24 1998

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   OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 127 - 130

10. Abstracts of Premeeting Allied Health Sciences Sessions June 24 1998

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 131 - 137

11. Allied Health Sciences Workshop Sessions Thursday June 25 1998

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 138 - 138

12. Abstracts of Allied Health Sciences Workshops June 25 1998

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 139 - 140

13. Index of Abstract Authors of Allied Health Sciences Sessions and Workshop

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 141 - 141

14. The Eighth ASBS Postgraduate Masters' Course Wednesday June 24 1998

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 142 - 142

15. Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery June 24-27 1998 Orlando, Florida

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 143 - 149

16. Abstracts of General Meeting Presentations June 25-27

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 150 - 172

17. Index of Authors of Abstracts and Posters of General Meeting

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 173 - 173

18. American Society for Bariatric Surgery Membership List

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 174 - 188

19. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 189 - 189

20. A Surgical Option for Familial Chylomicronemia Associated with Insulin-Resistant Diabetes Mellitus

    • Marco Castagneto
    • Andrea De Gaetano
    • Giovanni Gasbarrini

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 191 - 198

21. Esophageal Anatomy and Function in Laparoscopic Gastric Restrictive Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Patient Selection

    • Robert J Greenstein
    • A Nissan
    • B Jaffin

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 199 - 206

22. Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding: Complications in a Personal Series

    • Marcello Lucchese
    • Fabrizio Alessio
    • Domenico Borrelli

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 207 - 209

23. Periprosthesis Sepsis: An Undesirable Complication of Silicone Gastric Banding

    • Marcello Lucchese
    • Fabrizio Alessio
    • Domenico Borrelli

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 211 - 214

24. Gastrointestinal Complications after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • A Papakonstantinou
    • P Alfaras
    • E Hadjiyannakis

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 215 - 217

25. Converting Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to a Lesser Curvature Gastric Bypass: Technical Considerations

    • Rafael F Capella
    • Joseph F Capella

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 218 - 224

26. The Left Subcostal Incision Revisited

    • Kenneth B Jones Jr.

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 225 - 228

27. Standards of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery: Great Concept, But How?

    • Louis F Martin
    • J Patrick O'Leary

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 229 - 231

28. VBG: Marlex vs Dacron Banding

    • Wim G van Gemert
    • Peter P Soeters
    • Jan Willem M Greve

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 232 - 233

29. Reply

    • Edward E Mason

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 233 - 233

30. Vertical Pouch Ulcers

    • Edward E Mason

    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 234 - 234

31. Executive and Councils of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), 1998

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 235 - 237

32. The Third World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 238 - 248

33. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) Affiliated Individual Member Application

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    OriginalPaper 01 April 1998 Pages: 249 - 249