Pathophysiology of Obesity Comorbidity: The Effects of Chronically Increased Intraabdominal Pressure -- The Medical Management of Obesity -- Evolution of Bariatric Minimally Invasive Surgery -- Essential Characteristics of the Successful Bariatric Surgeon: Skills, Knowledge, Advocacy -- Bariatric Surgery Program Essentials -- Essential Bariatric Equipment: Making Your Facility More Accommodating to Bariatric Surgical Patients -- Bariatric Surgery Training -- Patient Selection, Preoperative Assessment, and Preparation -- The Evolving Role of the Psychologist -- Operating Room Positioning, Equipment, and Instrumentation for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery -- Access to the Peritoneal Cavity -- Comparison of Open Versus Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery -- Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery: What a Surgeon Needs to Know -- Pneumoperitoneum in the Obese: Practical Concerns -- Postoperative Assessment, Documentation, and Follow-Up of Bariatric Roux-en-Y Surgical Patients -- Bariatric Data Management -- The Current Role of Open Bariatric Surgery -- Technical Pearls of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery -- Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty -- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Technique -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Postoperative Management and Nutritional Evaluation -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Complications -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Revisional Surgery -- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Controversies -- Circular Stapler Technique for Gastroenterostomy -- Circular Stapled Transabdominal Technique -- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Hand-Sewn Gastrojejunostomy Technique -- Linear Stapled Technique for Gastrojejunal Anastomosis -- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Postoperative Management and Nutritional Evaluation -- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Complications -- Gastric Bypass as a Revisional Procedure -- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Controversies -- Laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: The Technique of Biliopancre atic Diversion -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Postoperative Management and Nutritional Evaluation -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Complications -- Laparoscopic Malabsorption Procedures: Controversies -- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery -- Risk-Benefit Analysis of Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures -- Alternative Minimally Invasive Options: Gastric Pacing -- The BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon for the Nonsurgical Treatment of Obesity and Morbid Obesity -- The Emerging Field of Endoluminal and Transgastric Bariatric Surgery -- Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism -- Role of Flexible Endoscopy in the Practice of Bariatric Surgery -- Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents -- Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly -- The High-Rsisk Bariatric Patient -- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Gallbladder Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Diabetes in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Sleep Apnea in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Ventral Hernias in the Bariatric Patient -- Plastic Surgery Following Weight Loss -- The Female Patient: Pregnancy and Gynecologic Issues in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Medicolegal Issues: The Pitfalls and Pratfalls of the Bariatric Surgery Practice.