Bariatric Surgery Glossary
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Post-Operative Care
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Weight Loss
Terms starting with "S" (70)
SADI-S (Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileostomy with Sleeve gastrectomy)
Salvage Surgery (after balloon failure)
Satiety
Screening Colonoscopy Age Lowered (BMI >40)
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Selenium Deficiency
Self-Harm
Semaglutide (pre-op “bridging”)
Sequential Compression Devices
Seroma
Seroma (post-lipectomy)
Severe Cardiopulmonary Disease
Sf-36
Short Bowel Syndrome
Short Bowel Syndrome (after repeated revisions)
Single Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB)
Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS sleeve)
Skin Necrosis
Skin Necrosis post-pectoral flap
Skin Tags
Skinfold Thickness (supra-iliac)
Sleep Apnea
Sleeve Gastrectomy
Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG; lap sleeve)
Sleeve Re-staple (re-do for stricture)
Sleeve Stricture (functional gastric outlet obstruction)
Small Bowel Obstruction
Small Frequent Meals
Small Gastric Pouch
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation (must stop 4–8 wks)
Social Determinants of Health (food deserts)
Soft Foods
Solid Foods
Split Thickness Skin Graft (STSG) over panniculectomy site
Staphylococcus port infection MSSA/MRSA
Staple Line Bleeding
Staple Line Leak
Staple-Line Bleed (SLB)
Staple-Line Leak (SLL)
Steakhouse Syndrome (esophageal food impaction)
Steatohepatitis (NASH regression)
Steatorrhea
Stomal Diameter (band stoma calibration)
Stomal Stenosis
Stomal Ulcer (MU)
Stool Softeners
Stricture
Strictureplasty for sleeve stenosis
Subcutaneous Fat
Sublingual B12
Substance Abuse
Subtotal Gastrectomy (rare)
Sugar alcohol intolerance (sorbitol/mannitol)
Suicide Risk
Super Morbid Obesity
Super Obesity
Super Obesity (BMI ≥ 50)
Super-Super Obesity
Super-Super Obesity (BMI ≥ 60)
Support Groups
Support Groups (Diet
Support Groups (diet peer
Surgeon Learning Curve Metrics (>75–100 cases)
Surveillance After Bariatric Surgery
Sutureless technique (Harmonic scalpel only)
Swallowable Gastric Balloon (Obalon)
Sweet Taste
Sweet-eating syndrome (dumping trigger)
Syncope