Here are some terms and their meanings that are used frequently in the Weight Loss Surgery community. If you’d like to see additions to this list, please let me know by leaving a comment below in the comment form.
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Term |
Meaning |
| ACS | American College of Surgeons |
| AGB | Adjustable Gastric Band |
| ASBMS | American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons |
| BPD/DS | Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch |
| COE | Center of Excellence |
| CV | Curriculum vitae – a doctor’s resume |
| DS | Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch |
| EWL | Excess Weight Lost |
| GB | Gastric bypass |
| GBS | Gastric bypass surgery |
| IDA | Iron Deficiency Anemia |
| IFSO | International Federation of Obesity Surgeons |
| MO | Morbidly Obese |
| Nadir | Lowest Weight Reached |
| NPO | Nothing by Mouth |
| PS | Plastic Surgery and/or Plastic Surgeon |
| RNY | Roux-en-Y or gastric bypass |
| SMO | Super Morbidly Obese |
| VBG | Vertical Banded Gastroplasty |
| WLS | Weight Loss Surgery |
