Obesity Surgery

It's a Fat, Fat, Fat, Fat World!

M Deitel

9th World Congress of the International Federation For the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

The Impact of Weight Reduction Surgery on Health-Care Costs in Morbidly Obese Patients

John S Sampalis, Moishe Liberman, Stephane Auger, Nicolas V Christou

Preoperative Evaluation for Bariatric Surgery using Transesophageal Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Geetha Bhat, Kathy Daley, Margaret Dugan, Gerald Larson

Liver Damage in Severely Obese Patients: a Clinical-Biochemical-Morphologic Study on 1,000 Liver Biopsies

Francesco Saverio Papadia, Giuseppe M Marinari, Giovanni Camerini, Federica Murelli, Flavia Carlini, Cesare Stabilini, Nicola Scopinaro

Gastro-esophageal Reflux and Esophageal Motility Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients

M Suter, G Dorta, V Giusti, J M Calmes

Altered Olfactory Acuity in the Morbidly Obese

Brynn E Richardson, Eric A Vander Woude, Ranjan Sudan, Jon S Thompson, Donald A Leopold

Prevention of Deep Wound Infection in Morbidly Obese Patients by Infusion of an Antibiotic into the Subcutaneous Space at the Time of Wound Closure

J Wesley Alexander, Rosemary Rahn

Psychosocial Outcome of Gastric Bypass Surgery for Patients With and Without Binge Eating

Ann E -C Green, Maureen Dymek-Valentine, Scott Pytluk, Daniel le Grange, John Alverdy

Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity by Adjustable Gastric Band: the Case for a Conservative Strategy in the Case of Failure – a 9-Year Series

Jérôme Dargent

Brazilian Multicenter Study of the Intragastric Balloon

José A Sallet, João B Marchesini, Dyker S Paiva, Keila Komoto, Carlos E Pizani, Maurélio L B Ribeiro, Pablo Miguel, Álvaro M Ferraz, Paulo C Sallet

Are We Closer to Finding the Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Morbid Obesity? Are the Incretins the Key to Success?

Ermenegildo Eldo Frezza

Dysphagia Lusoria: A Complication Following Gastric Bypass Surgery?

Thomas Fabian, Riivo Ilves, Neil S Devejian

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

David Goitein, Daniel J Gagné, Pavlos K Papasavas, Ramsey Dallal, Brian Quebbemann, Josef K Eichinger, Douglas Johnston, Philip F Caushaj

Gastric Actinomycosis: a Rare Complication after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

M J Fernández-Aceñero, V Silvestre, R Fernández-Roldán, L Cortés, G García-Blanch

Laparoscopic Splenectomy Combined with Revision of Previous Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Dominick Artuso, Michael Wayne, Kumar Pradhan, Robert Grossi

Bolus Obstruction of Pouch Outlet by a Granular Bulk Laxative after Gastric Banding

Florian Herrle, Thomas Peters, Claudio Lang, Markus von Fluee, Beatrice Kern, Ralph Peterli

Fatigue, Weakness, and Sexual Dysfunction after Bariatic Surgery – Not an Unusual Case but an Unusual Cause

Philipp Schuetz, Ralph Peterli, Christian Ludwig, Thomas Peters