Obesity Surgery

Consensus Statement on the Adoption of the COPE Guidelines

Conversion from Sleeve Gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass—Indications and Outcome

Felix B. Langer, Arthur Bohdjalian, Soheila Shakeri-Leidenmühler, Sebastian F. Schoppmann, Johannes Zacherl, Gerhard Prager

Improved Surgical Technique for Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Reduces Complications at the Gastrojejunostomy

Michel Suter, Andrea Donadini, Jean-Marie Calmes, Sébastien Romy

Transoral Technique for Gastrojejunostomy in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGBP) Can Accelerate Learning Curve and Reduce Cost

Luis Felipe Chavarriaga, Michael W. Cook, Brent White, Louis Jeansonne, Nana Gletsu, Cheryl B. Parker, John Sweeney, S. Scott Davis, Edward Lin

Kidney Transplantation and Gastric Bypass: A Better Control of Comorbidities

Rafael H. Arias, Liliana Mesa, Juan Guillermo Posada, José Pablo Vélez

Post-Bariatric Abdominoplasty: Skin Sensation Evaluation

Rodolpho Alberto Bussolaro, Elvio Bueno Garcia, Marcus Vinicius Jardini Barbosa, Ivan Rene Viana Omonte, Juliana Perez Rodrigues Huijsmans, Roberta Lopes Bariani, Lydia Masako Ferreira

The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Comorbidities and Medication Use Among Obese Patients

Pierre-Yves Crémieux, Severine Ledoux, Christine Clerici, Francois Cremieux, Marric Buessing

Effect of Weight Loss on Aerobic Capacity in Patients with Severe Obesity Before and After Bariatric Surgery

Shirley Aparecida Fabris de Souza, Joel Faintuch, Antonio Fernando Sant’Anna

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting with Application of Postoperative Continuous Positive Airway Pressure after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Li Meng

Prevalence and Persistence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Biliopancreatic Diversion Patients: A Retrospective Study

Birgit N. Khandalavala, Pierce P. Hibma, Xiang Fang

Supplemental Postoperative Oxygen and Tissue Oxygen Tension in Morbidly Obese Patients

Barbara Kabon, Romana Rozum, Corinna Marschalek, Gerhard Prager, Edith Fleischmann, Astrid Chiari, Andrea Kurz

Influence of -55CT Polymorphism of UCP3 Gene on Surgical Results of Biliopancreatic Diversion

D. A. de Luis, D. Pacheco, R. Aller, M. González Sagrado, O. Izaola, M. C. Terroba, L. Cuellar, R. Conde, T. Martin, J. L. Perez Castrillon

Chronically Increased Intra-abdominal Pressure: Validating a Model

Theodossis S. Papavramidis, Thomai P. Lazou, Angeliki Cheva, Orestis J. Gamvros

Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines in Steatosis and Steatohepatitis

Fabiola Rabelo, Claudia P. M. S. Oliveira, Joel Faintuch, Daniel F. C. Mazo, Vicencia M. R. Lima, Jose Tadeu Stefano, Hermes V. Barbeiro, Francisco G. Soriano, Venancio A. Ferreira Alves, Flair J. Carrilho

Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication: Initial Results of an Alternative Restrictive Bariatric Procedure

Almino Ramos, Manoel Galvao Neto, Manoela Galvao, Luis Fernando Evangelista, Josemberg Marins Campos, Álvaro Ferraz

The Cost, Quality of Life Impact, and Cost–Utility of Bariatric Surgery in a Managed Care Population

Laura N. McEwen, Renuka B. Coelho, Lauren M. Baumann, Dori Bilik, Betsy Nota-Kirby, William H. Herman

Report: Asian Consensus Meeting on Metabolic Surgery. Recommendations for the use of Bariatric and Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery for Treatment of Obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus in the Asian Population

Muffazal Lakdawala, Aparna Bhasker

To Cut or Not to Cut: Physicians’ Perspectives on Referring Adolescents for Bariatric Surgery

Susan J. Woolford, Sarah J. Clark, Achamyeleh Gebremariam, Matthew M. Davis, Gary L. Freed

Trends in Morbid Obesity and in Bariatric Surgeries Covered by the Brazilian Public Health System

Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Isabella Vasconcellos de Oliveira, Lilian Rose Peters, Wolney Lisboa Conde

Effect of Gastric Bypass on Vitamin D and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Carina Signori, Kerstyn C. Zalesin, Barry Franklin, Wendy L. Miller, Peter A. McCullough

César Roux and His Original 1893 Paper

Richard L. Hutchison, Alan L. Hutchison

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Insertion via Gastro-Gastric Fistula in a Gastric Bypass Patient

Gintaras Antanavicius, Daniel Leslie, Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos, Todd Kellogg, Sayeed Ikramuddin

Revision of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Complicated by a Large Para-esophageal Hernia

Mansoor Khan, Fred Lee, Roger Ackroyd

Faster Gastric Emptying after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Michel Gagner

Scintigraphic Evaluation of Gastric Emptying in Obese Patients Submitted to Sleeve Gastrectomy Compared to Normal Subjects

Italo Braghetto

Erratum to: Gastric MALT Lymphoma and Grade II Obesity: Gastric Bypass Surgery as a Therapeutic Option

Ricardo Helman, Priscila Pereira dos Santos Teixeira, Carlos José Lazzarini Mendes, Thomas Szegö, Nelson Hamerschlak