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Obesity Surgery

Issue 12/2008

Content (33 Articles)

Editorial

Farewell

Mervyn Deitel

Editorial

Bariatric Surgery in Liver Transplant Patients: Weighing the Evidence

M. Susan Mandell, Michael Zimmerman, Jeffrey Campsen, Igal Kam

Research Paper

Pregnancy Following Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity: Effect of Surgery-to-Conception Interval on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

Joseph R. Wax, Angelina Cartin, Renee Wolff, Sharon Lepich, Michael G. Pinette, Jacquelyn Blackstone

Research Article

Evaluation of Gastric Bypass Patients 1 Year After Surgery: Changes in Quality of Life and Obesity-Related Conditions

Dawn Sears, Geoffrey Fillmore, Michael Bui, Joaquin Rodriguez

Research Article

Effect of Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass on Bone Metabolism in Patients with Morbid Obesity: Mansoura Experiences

Tarek Mahdy, Samir Atia, Mokhtar Farid, Atef Adulatif

Other

Ursodeoxycholic Acid in the Prevention of Gallstone Formation after Bariatric Surgery: A Meta-analysis

Manley C. Uy, Marilyn C. Talingdan-Te, Wendell Z. Espinosa, Ma. Lourdes O. Daez, Janus P. Ong

Research Article

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass as a Revision Procedure after Restrictive Bariatric Surgery

Hugo Sanchez, Alfredo Cabrera, Karina Cabrera, Carlos Zerrweck, Maureen Mosti, Mauricio Sierra, Guillermo Dominguez, Miguel F. Herrera

Research Article

Is a Pouch Compulsory in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass After Failed Adjustable Gastric Banding?

A. Perathoner, H. Weiss, W. Santner, G. Brandacher, E. Laimer, E. Höller, F. Aigner, A. Klaus

Research Article

Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery—A Comparative Study of Laparoscopic Banding vs. Bypass

Markus K. Müller, Christa Wenger, Marc Schiesser, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Markus Weber

Research Article

Results and Complications After Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding in Older Patients

Reinhard P. Mittermair, Franz Aigner, Sabine Obermüller

Research Article

Bowel Habits after Gastric Bypass Versus the Duodenal Switch Operation

Nir Wasserberg, Nahid Hamoui, Patrizio Petrone, Peter F. Crookes, Howard S. Kaufman

Research Article

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Minimal Morbidity Early Results in 120 Morbidly Obese Patients

Moshe Rubin, Ronit Tzioni Yehoshua, Michael Stein, Doron Lederfein, Suzana Fichman, Hanna Bernstine, Leonid A. Eidelman

Research Article

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Ethnic Obese Chinese

Wilfred Lik-Man Mui, Enders Kwok-Wai Ng, Bonnie Yuk-San Tsung, Candice Chuen-Hing Lam, Man-Yee Yung

Research Article

Continuous Infusion of Intraperitoneal Bupivacaine after Laparoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Danny A. Sherwinter, Amir M. Ghaznavi, David Spinner, Richard H. Savel, Jerzy M. Macura, Harry Adler

Research Article

Preoperative Gender Differences in Pulmonary Gas Exchange in Morbidly Obese Subjects

Gerald S. Zavorsky, Nicolas V. Christou, Do Jun Kim, Franco Carli, Nancy E. Mayo

Current Concept

Dealing with the Mass: A New Approach to Facilitate Panniculectomy in Patients with Very Large Abdominal Aprons

Matthias A. Reichenberger, Alexander Stoff, Dirk F. Richter

Case Report

Post-prandial Hypoglycemia after Bariatric Surgery: Pharmacological Treatment with Verapamil and Acarbose

Rodrigo O. Moreira, Rustan B. M. Moreira, Nikolas A. M. Machado, Tatiana B. Gonçalves, Walmir F. Coutinho

Case Report

Adjustable Gastric Banding in a Morbidly Obese Patient During Liver Transplantation

Jeffery Campsen, Michael Zimmerman, Johnathan Shoen, Michael Wachs, Thomas Bak, M. Susan Mandell, Igal Kam

Case Report

Intra-Gastric Band Erosion from an Un-inflated Lap-Band: A Case Report

L. D. George Angus, Kaleem Rizvon, Dahua Zhou, Eric Seitelman, Supriya Cardoza

Case Reports

Peripheral Neuropathy and Severe Malnutrition following Duodenal Switch

Erlend T. Aasheim, Dag Hofsø, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Rune Sandbu

Case Report

Perforated Duodenal Ulcer After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Bart J. Gypen, Guy J. A. Hubens, Vera Hartman, Lee Balliu, Thièry C. G. Chapelle, Wouter Vaneerdeweg

Case Report

Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome and Morbid Obesity

Nelson Guardiola Meinhardt, Kátia Elisabete Pires Souto, Alexis Vasiluk Knebel, Airton Tetelbom Stein

Case Report

Hepatic Evisceration After Cholecystectomy in a Superobese Patient

José Ignacio Rodríguez-Hermosa, Bartomeu Ruiz-Feliú, Josep Roig-García, Jordi Gironès-Vilà, Pere Planellas-Giné, Pedro Ortuño-Muro, Antoni Codina-Cazador

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: First Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Douglas S. Hess