The Globesity Challenge to General Surgery

Foreword.- Preface.- 1 Definition, Epidemiology and Social Implications of Obesity.- 2 Organizational Issues, Logistic and Economic Implications of Obesity.- 3 Nursing and Psychological Issues in Obese Patients.- 4 Patient Assessment and Post-Op Management of Obesity from the Physician's Point of View.- 5 Anesthesiology in Obesity: Pre-Op Assessment, OR Strategy, Tips and Tricks for a Successful "Go-Through.- 6 Surgical Practicalities: Fast-Track Lessons from the Bariatric Surgery .- 7 Head and Neck Surgery in Obese patients.- 8 The Impact of Obesity in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery.- 9 Upper GI Tract in Obese Patients.- 10 Lower GI Tract In Obesity.- 11 Pancreas, Liver and Adrenal Glands in Obesity.- 12 Effects of Bariatric Surgery on the Kidneys and Urinary Tract.- 13 OBGYN and Bariatric Surgery.- 14 Considerations on the Abdominal Wall in Obese Patients.- 15 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Obese Patients.- 16 Bariatric Surgery Worldwide: Overview and Results.

After graduating in medicine and a fellowship at Debrecen University Hospital, Dr. Mirto Foletto specialized in General Surgery at Padua University, working as resident in General Surgery. He obtained the ATLS certification by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma in 1999, updated in 2008. He is a F.I.M. certified CMO (Chief Medical Officer). His training in laparoscopic surgery in Chimay (Belgium), under Dr. T. Mignon and his work as surgeon in the community hospitals in the Vicenza district, Italy, lead him to his present high specialization in minimally invasive, laparoscopic and video assisted thoracoscopy (VAT) and bariatric surgery. He has been visiting surgeon at Anderson Cancer Center, Houston USA, Dept of Surgical Oncology, Head Dr. R. Pollock and at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles USA, Dept of minimally invasive and bariatric surgery, Head Dr. E. Phillips. In 2004 nominated Chief Surgeon (Free Surgical Camp) at Dept of Surgery of Pinnamaneni-Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation, Vijaywada (Andhra-Pradesh) India, in the Padova Ospitale humanitarian mission framework. This experience was repeated both in India and in Sierra Leone. Author and co-author more than 60 articles published on International Journals, he is also member of the ESSO (European Society of Surgical Oncology), the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and of IFSO.

Dr. Raul J. Rosenthal completed his medical school and surgical residency in Rosario Argentina. In 1982 he emigrated to Germany he repeated residency and became attending surgeon at the Northwest Hospital.I n 1993 Dr. Rosenthal emigrated to the USA. Three years of fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in LA were followed by another residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NY. Since 1999 he is Chief of MIS and Bariatric Surgery and director of Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He is currently the

From the book reviews:

"This is a prime mover in a field where the unique experience of multidisciplinary specialists in bariatric surgery is distilled for application in general surgery (and medicine in general) at a time when the problem of obesity is assuming global proportions. ... The audience includes general surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, dietitians, psychologists, and hospital administrators." (Isaac Samuel, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)

From the book reviews:"This is a prime mover in a field where the unique experience of multidisciplinary specialists in bariatric surgery is distilled for application in general surgery (and medicine in general) at a time when the problem of obesity is assuming global proportions. ... The audience includes general surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, dietitians, psychologists, and hospital administrators." (Isaac Samuel, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2014)