Obesity Surgery

Progress of the Obesity Surgery Journal

Mervyn Deitel

First Simultaneous Meeting… BARIATRIC SURGERY/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

General Information

Hotel Reservation and Meeting Registration Forms

ASBS Foundation Banquet

Allied Health Sciences Section Program and Abstracts, June 9

Essentials of Bariatric Surgery Course, June 9, 1999, 8:00 a.m.-12:OO noon, P. Benotti, Director

Ninth ASBS Postgraduate Masters' Course, June 9, 1999, l:OO-5:30 p.m., G. S. M. Cowan, Jr., Director

16th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery General Session

Abstracts of Presentations of the General Session

Index of Authors of Abstracts and Posters of General Meeting

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

American Society for Bariatric Surgery Executive Council and Committees 1998-l999

American Society for Bariatric Surgery NEW MEMBERS

Survey of Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation after Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Diversion for Morbid Obesity

Robert E Brolin, Michael Leung

A Preliminary Comparison of the Psychological Impact of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding and Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity

Catherine R Delin, Paul G Anderson

Biliopancreatic Diversion for Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Experience in 180 Consecutive Cases

Erik Totté, Leo Hendrickx, Robrecht van Hee

Technical Alternatives Laparoscopic Distal Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity in a Porcine Model

J C Cagigas, E Martino, C F Escalante, A Ingelmo, R Estefanía, J M Gutierrez, M Gomez Fleitas

Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band (SAGB)-Distal Gastric Bypass: A New Variant of an Old Technique in the Treatment of Superobesity and Failed Band Restriction

R Steffen, F Horber, Ph Hauri

Divided Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Either for Correction or as a First-Choice Operation

C Vassallo, L Negri, A Della Valle, C Dono, R Martinotti, P Mussi, C Vegezzi

Anesthesia with Sevoflurane in Bariatric Surgery

Renata Martinotti, Carlo Vassallo, F Ramaioli, D De Amici, M E Della Marta

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: A Prospective 4-Year Follow-up Study

K Miller, E Hell

Results and Complications of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: An Early and Intermediate Experience

Subhi Abu-Abeid, Amir Szold

Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding and Band Erosion: Personal Experience and Hypotheses

Eric Meir, Marc Van Baden

Treatment of Morbid Obesity with Adjustable Gastric Band: Preliminary Report

A Sérgio Silva, Helena Cardoso, Carlos Nogueira, Jorge Santos, Hernâni Vilaça

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band: First Experience in Slovakia

Pavol Holéczy, Juraj Payer Jr., Alžbeta Králová

A New Surgical Technique for the Silicone Gastric Band in the Presence of a Large Hiatus Hernia

Paul G Anderson, David I Watson

Invited Commentary

Ruedi Stieger

The World's First Obesity Surgery Performed by a Surgeon at a Distance

G B Cadiere, J Himpens, M Vertruyen, F Favretti

A Plea for Professionalism

Otto L Willbanks

First Bariatric Operations

Marc Van Baden

Reply

Nicolla Scopinaro

SURGERY FOR THE MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENT