Issue 11/2009
Content (23 Articles)
Editors’ Comment
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