Part I: Basic Considerations -- Epidemiology and Discrimination in Obesity -- The Pathophysiology of Obesity and Obesity-Related Disease -- History of the Development of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery -- The History of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery -- Physiological Mechanisms of Bariatric Procedures -- Indications and Contraindications for Bariatric Surgery -- Preoperative Care of the Bariatric Patient -- Anesthetic Considerations -- Components of a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center -- Evaluation of Preoperative Weight Loss -- ASMBS Position Statements -- Primary Bariatric Surgery and Management of Complications -- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Technique and Outcomes -- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Technique and Outcomes -- Biliopancreatic Diversion With Duodenal Switch: Technique and Outcome -- Single Anastomosis Duodeno-ileostomy -- Laparoscopic One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: History of the Procedure Surgical Technique and Outcomes -- Part III: Management of Bariatric Complications -- Management of Gastrointestinal Leaks and Fistula -- Gastrointestinal Obstruction After Bariatric Surgery -- Postoperative Bleeding in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Management of Marginal Ulcers -- Gastric Banding Complications: Management -- Management of Nutritional Complications -- Early and Late Dumping Syndromes -- Part IV Reoperative Bariatric Surgery for Weight Regain and Complications -- Reoperative Bariatric Surgery -- Reoperative Options After Gastric Banding -- Reoperative Options After Sleeve Gastrectomy -- Reoperative Options After Gastric Bypass -- Revisional Bariatric Surgery for Management of Late Complications -- Revisional Surgery Data and Guidelines -- Part V: Metabolic Surgery -- Operation of Choice for Metabolic Surgery -- Outcomes of Metabolic Surgery -- Operative Outcomes of Metabolic/ Bariatric Surgery in Subjects With Type One Obesity Index (30-35 kg/m2) -- Part VI: Endoscopic Bariatric Surgery -- The Role of Preoperative Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery -- Intragastric Balloon Therapy -- Endoluminal Gastric Pouch Revision -- Endoscopic Primary Bariatric Procedures -- Endoscopic Management of Stomal Stenosis -- Part VII: Quality in Bariatric Surgery -- Patient Safety -- LABS Project -- Quality in Bariatric Surgery -- Patient Experience and Perioperative Pathway in Bariatric Surgery -- Decreasing Readmissions in Bariatric Surgery -- Enhanced Recovery in Bariatric Surgery -- Part VIII: Specific Considerations -- Biliary Tract Disease in the Bariatric Surgery Patient -- Joint Disease and Obesity: Opportunity for Multi-Disciplinary Investigation and Collaboration -- Cardiac Risk Factor Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery -- Critical Care Considerations in the Bariatric Patient -- Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents -- Pregnancy Issues and Bariatric Surgery -- Robotics in Bariatric Surgery -- Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss -- The Practice of Bariatric Coding and Reimbursement -- Medical Malpractice in Bariatric Surgery: The ASMBS Journey to a Closed Claims Registry -- Obesity Prevention -- Training in Bariatric Surgery -- Adjuvant Pharmaceutical Therapy for Perioperative Use in Bariatric Surgery. .