Obesity Surgery

From the Editor's Desk

Mervyn Deitel

"Ignorance-Based Review", and Even More

George S M Cowan Jr

Economic Theory and Physician Behavior in Bariatric Surgery

Alex M C MacGregor, Callum C MacGregor

Current Practices in the Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism in Bariatric Surgery

Eugene C Wu, Carlos A Barba

Invited Commentary: Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism in Bariatric Patients

Alex M C MacGregor

The Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band: Laparoscopic Technique and Preliminary Results

Antonio Catona, Luigi La Manna, Peter Forsell

Disaster with a New Type of Band for Gastric Banding

Jürgen Zieren, Bernd Ablassmaier, Christian Enzweiler, Jochen M Müller

Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding: A Series with Three Cases of Band Erosion

Ingrid C D Y M de Jonge, K Gie Tan, Rob J Oostenbroek

Root Surface Caries: A Complication of the Jejunoileal Bypass

Scott E Greenway, Frank L Greenway

Dietary Changes after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

Stephan Kriwanek, Wolfgang Blauensteiner, Elfriede Lebisch, Philipp Beckerhinn, Rudolf Roka

Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Long-term Results Comparing Three Different Techniques

M Suter, C Jayet, A Jayet

Invited Commentary: Variation in VBG

Edward E Mason

Some Hormonal Changes Before and After Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Severe Obesity

Yury I Yashkov, Leonid I Vinnitsky, Marina V Poroykova, Nina T Vorobyova

Report on Bariatric Surgery in the Ukraine

Valeriy F Sayenko, Andriy S Lavryk, Oleksandr P Stetsenko

Intragastric Balloons for Preoperative Weight Reduction

B De Waele, H Reynaert, D Urbain, G Willems

Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Staple-line Dehiscence After Blunt Trauma to the Abdomen

S Oyogoa, I Komenaka, L Wise

Hypopharyngeal Perforation during Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Ninh T Nguyen, Bruce M Wolfe

Modified VBG vs Gastric Bypass

Edward E Mason

Reply

Fotis Kalfarentzos

650 Year Anniversary of Charles University, Prague

Martin Fried

Public Relations as a Means of Public Education on the Role of Bariatric Surgery

Jay Geer, Milton Owens

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