Obesity Surgery

Economic Impact of Bariatrics on a General Surgery Practice

J Kenneth Champion, Michael Williams

Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity: 1,001 Consecutive Bariatric Operations Performed at the Bariatric Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida

Raul J Rosenthal, Samuel Szomstein, Colleen I Kennedy, Flavia C Soto, Natan Zundel

Clinical Evaluation of Fibrin Glue in the Prevention of Anastomotic Leak and Internal Hernia after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Preliminary Results of a Prospective, Randomized Multicenter Trial

G Silecchia, C E Boru, J Mouiel, M Rossi, M Anselmino, R M Tacchino, M Foco, A L Gaspari, P Gentileschi, M Morino, M Toppino, N Basso

Prevention of Pouch Dilatation after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Marco Antonio Zappa, Giancarlo Micheletto, Ezio Lattuada, Enrico Mozzi, Alessandra Spinola, Massimo Meco, Giancarlo Roviaro, Santo Bressani Doldi

Revision of Failed Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

B van Wageningen, F J Berends, B Van Ramshorst, I F M Janssen

Value of Preoperative Upper Endoscopy in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Tallal M Zeni, Constantine T Frantzides, Claudius Mahr, E Woody Denham, Mick Meiselman, Michael J Goldberg, Susannah Spiess, Randall E Brand

Intragastric Balloon for Preoperative Weight Reduction in Candidates for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass with Massive Obesity

Haitham Alfalah, Bulois Philippe, Fadi Ghazal, Thomas Jany, Laurent Arnalsteen, Monique Romon, François Pattou

A Prospective Comparison of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a Non-Superobese Population

Fotis Kalfarentzos, George Skroubis, Ioannis Kehagias, Nancy Mead, Kostas Vagenas

Ethnic Differences in Obesity and Surgical Weight Loss between African-American and Caucasian Females

Cynthia K Buffington, Robert T Marema

Does Gastric Dilatation Limit the Success of Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Sole Operation for Morbid Obesity?

Felix B Langer, Arthur Bohdjalian, Franz X Felberbauer, Edith Fleischmann, Mir A Reza Hoda, Bernhard Ludvik, Johannes Zacherl, Raimund Jakesz, Gerhard Prager

Evaluation of Gastric Greater Curvature Invagination for Weight Loss in Rats

Pedro E B Fusco, Renato S Poggetti, Riad N Younes, Belchor Fontes, Dario Birolini

A Comparison of Wedge and Needle Hepatic Biopsy in Open Bariatric Surgery

Alexandre Vontobel Padoin, Cláudio Corá Mottin, Myriam Moretto, Diovanne Berleze, Carlos Kupski, Luiz Glock, Carlos Luiz Reichel, Vinicius Duval da Silva, Jefferson Braga da Silva

Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Florence Harnois, Simon Msika, Jean-Marc Sabaté, Charlotte Mechler, Pauline Jouet, Jeanine Barge, Benoit Coffin

Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene and Complications after Gastric Banding

Ralph Peterli, Thomas Peters, Markus von Flüe, Matthias Hoch, Alex N Eberle

The Objective of Psychological Evaluation in the Process of Qualifying Candidates for Bariatric Surgery

Agnieszka H Dziurowicz-Kozlowska, Zbigniew Wierzbicki, Wojciech Lisik, Dariusz Wasiak, Maciej Kosieradzki

Intracolonic Penetration of the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Tube

Jens Hartmann, Mark Scharfenberg, Marco Paul, Bernd Ablassmaier

Detachment of the Connecting Tube from the Port and Migration into Jejunal Wall

Kagan Zengin, Bulent Sen, Volkan Ozben, Mustafa Taskin

Late Sigmoid Colon Internal Herniation into the Jejuno-Jejunostomy Mesenteric Defect after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

David Row, Sridevi Maddineni, Leonard Maffucci, Madhu Rangraj

4th International Alpine Obesity Surgery Expert Meeting, Sunday March 12 - Wednesday March 15, 2006, Saalfelden, Austria

Abstracts from VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad (SECO) 8th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery September 28 – 30, 2005, Baiona, Pontevedra, Spain