Obesity Surgery

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Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Patients 60 Years and Older: Early Postoperative Morbidity and Resolution of Comorbidities

Alan C. Wittgrove, Tracy Martinez

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding as Revisional Procedure to Failed Vertical Gastroplasty

Viviane Thill, Roudabeh Khorassani, Christian Ngongang, Nele Van De Winkel, Pierre Mendes da Costa, Christian Marie Simoens

Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Submitted to Banded Gastric Bypass: Greater Incidence of Dumping Syndrome

Alexandre Vontobel Padoin, Manoel Galvão Neto, Myriam Moretto, Fabiano Barancelli, Caroline Eckerdt Schroer, Cláudio Corá Mottin

Short-Term Morbidity and Mortality After Open Versus Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery. A Population-Based Study from Sweden

Richard Marsk, Per Tynelius, Finn Rasmussen, Jacob Freedman

Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Iron Indices: 1 Year Follow-Up

Hakeam A. Hakeam, Patrick J. O’Regan, Abdulrahman M. Salem, Fahad Y. Bamehriz, Abdelmoneim M. Eldali

Bone Mass Decreases in Morbidly Obese Women after Long Limb-Biliopancreatic Diversion and Marked Weight Loss Without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism. A Physiological Adaptation to Weight Loss?

Dimitrios D. A. Tsiftsis, Panagiotis Mylonas, Nancy Mead, Fotis Kalfarentzos, Theodore K. Alexandrides

Treatment with Sibutramine prior to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass leads to an Improvement of Metabolic Parameters and to a Reduction of Liver Size and Operative Time

Jens Aberle, Anna Freier, Philipp Busch, Nina Mommsen, Frank U. Beil, Viola Dannheim, Oliver Mann

Effects of Gastric Band Adjustments on Intraluminal Pressure

Paul Robert Burton, Wendy A. Brown, Cheryl Laurie, Melissa Richards, Geoff Hebbard, Paul E. O’Brien

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

Italo Braghetto, Cristóbal Davanzo, Owen Korn, Attila Csendes, Héctor Valladares, Eduardo Herrera, Patricio Gonzalez, Karin Papapietro

Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance Measurement of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Patients with Different Stages of Morbid Obesity

Juliane M.E. Schneider, Björn L.D.M. Brücher, Markus Küper, Kathrin Saemann, Alfred Königsrainer, Joachim H. Schneider

Radiological Findings in Symptomatic Internal Hernias After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Ahmed R. Ahmed, Gretchen Rickards, Joseph Johnson, Thad Boss, William O’Malley

Cost-Effective Restrictive Bariatric Surgery: Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Versus Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band

Peter Ojo, Elmer Valin

Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of Obesity Surgery in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Three European Countries(II)

Marco Anselmino, Tanja Bammer, José Maria Fernández Cebrián, Frederic Daoud, Giuliano Romagnoli, Antonio Torres

Plasma Glucose and Insulin Regulation Is Abnormal Following Gastric Bypass Surgery with or Without Neuroglycopenia

Sun H. Kim, Teresa C. Liu, Fahim Abbasi, Cindy Lamendola, John M. Morton, Gerald M. Reaven, Tracey L. McLaughlin

YKL-40 is Elevated in Morbidly Obese Patients and Declines After Weight Loss

Moritz Hempen, Hans-Peter Kopp, Marie Elhenicky, Clemens Höbaus, Johanna-Maria Brix, Renate Koppensteiner, Guntram Schernthaner, Gerit-Holger Schernthaner

Differential Intra-abdominal Adipose Tissue Profiling in Obese, Insulin-resistant Women

Alice Liu, Tracey McLaughlin, Teresa Liu, Arthur Sherman, Gail Yee, Fahim Abbasi, Cindy Lamendola, John Morton, Samuel W. Cushman, Gerald M. Reaven, Philip S. Tsao

Apelin Levels Are Increased in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Federico Soriguer, Lourdes Garrido-Sanchez, Sara Garcia-Serrano, Jose M. Garcia-Almeida, Juan Garcia-Arnes, Francisco J. Tinahones, Eduardo Garcia-Fuentes

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Splanchnic Nerve Stimulation on Body Composition and Food Intake in Rats

Xiaojun Wu, Leslie McLaughlin, J. Patrick Polk, Meghana Chalasani, Frank L. Greenway, Jolene Zheng

A Surgical Rat Model of Sleeve Gastrectomy with Staple Technique: Long-Term Weight Loss Results

Panagiotis Patrikakos, Konstantinos G. Toutouzas, Despoina Perrea, Evangelos Menenakos, Alkistis Pantopoulou, Theodore Thomopoulos, Stefanos Papadopoulos, John I. Bramis

Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy—Initial Experience

J. Wesley Alexander, Lisa R. Martin Hawver, Hope R. Goodman

Case Reports—Resolution of Barrett’s Disease and Esophageal Epithelial Atypia After Gastric Bypass and LAP-BAND

Craig G. Chang, Edward Perez

Pseudotumors after Primary Abdominal Lipectomy as a New Sequela in Patients with Abdominal Apron

Adrian Dragu, Alexander D. Bach, Elias Polykandriotis, Ulrich Kneser, Raymund E. Horch