Obesity Surgery by Louis F. Martin is a comprehensive and authoritative guide on the operative techniques for the treatment of obesity. Covering all surgical procedures in the obese patient, both laparoscopic and open, this technique-oriented text includes over 200 illustrations of step-by-step operations.
This book is essential reading for enlightened medical students and residents, whose future is inescapably linked to the obesity epidemic; for pediatricians and family physicians, who struggle daily with the care of the morbidly obese adolescent and with the adult patient's sensitivities and denials; for hospital administrators and third-party payers, who require a working understanding of obesity; for surgeons, who are expected to provide competent care; and above all, for morbidly obese patients, who are exuberant at the prospect of an improved image and quality of life after surgery, but whose interests are best served by being well read and informed.
About the Author
Louis F. Martin, M.D. is a Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70122. Dr. Martin is also at the forefront of this subspecialty, and serves as one of the chairpersons on an American College of Surgeon’s sub-committee for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
Book Details
This book is essential reading for enlightened medical students and residents, whose future is inescapably linked to the obesity epidemic; for pediatricians and family physicians, who struggle daily with the care of the morbidly obese adolescent and with the adult patient's sensitivities and denials; for hospital administrators and third-party payers, who require a working understanding of obesity; for surgeons, who are expected to provide competent care; and above all, for morbidly obese patients, who are exuberant at the prospect of an improved image and quality of life after surgery, but whose interests are best served by being well read and informed.
About the Author
Louis F. Martin, M.D. is a Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70122. Dr. Martin is also at the forefront of this subspecialty, and serves as one of the chairpersons on an American College of Surgeon’s sub-committee for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (November 28, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071406409
- ISBN-13: 9780071406406
- List Price: $107.00
