Issue 4/2013
Content (24 Articles)
Overweight/Obese Patients Referring to Plastic Surgery: Temperament and Personality Traits
Chiara Pavan, Mariafrancesca Azzi, Luca Lancerotto, Massimo Marini, Luca Busetto, Franco Bassetto, Vincenzo Vindigni
Preoperative Fat-Free Mass: A Predictive Factor of Weight Loss after Gastric Bypass
Maud Robert, Elise Pelascini, Emmanuel Disse, Philippe Espalieu, Gilles Poncet, Martine Laville, Christian Gouillat
Usefulness of X-Ray in the Detection of Complications and Side Effects After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
M. Gnecchi, G. Bella, A. R. Pino, I. Staltari, N. Di Leo, N. A. Polli, F. M. Drudi
Gastric Bypass is a Cost-Saving Procedure: Results from a Comprehensive Markov Model
Gil R. Faria, John R. Preto, José Costa-Maia
Robot-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes
Stephan R. Myers, John McGuirl, Jillian Wang
The Hedonic Drive to Consume Palatable Foods Appears to be Lower in Gastric Band Carriers than in Severely Obese Patients Who Have Not Undergone a Bariatric Surgery
J. Ullrich, B. Ernst, B. Wilms, M. Thurnheer, M. Hallschmid, B. Schultes
Pericardial Patch Ring Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Preliminary Report
Rena Moon, Andre Teixeira, Muhammad A. Jawad
Serum Vitamin D Increases with Weight Loss in Obese Subjects 6 Months After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Muriel Coupaye, Marie Christine Breuil, Pauline Rivière, Benjamin Castel, Catherine Bogard, Thierry Dupré, Simon Msika, Séverine Ledoux
Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery in Insulin-Sensitive Morbidly Obese Subjects
Amanda Jiménez, Verónica Perea, Ricard Corcelles, Violeta Moizé, Antonio Lacy, Josep Vidal
Influence of Eating Profile on the Outcome of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Eleni Sioka, George Tzovaras, Konstantinos Oikonomou, Georgia Katsogridaki, Eleni Zachari, Dimitrios Papamargaritis, Ourania Pinaka, Dimitrios Zacharoulis
Weight-Related Quality of Life in Spanish Obese Subjects Suitable for Bariatric Surgery is Lower Than in Their North American Counterparts: a Case–Control Study
Assumpta Caixàs, Albert Lecube, María-José Morales, Alfonso Calañas, José Moreiro, Fernando Cordido, María-Jesús Díaz, Lluís Masmiquel, Basilio Moreno, Josep Vidal, Albert Goday, Juan-José Arrizabalaga, Pedro-Pablo García-Luna, Paloma Iglesias, Bartolomé Burguera, Miguel-Angel Rubio, Susana Monereo, Ross D. Crosby, Ronette L. Kolotkin
Multi-Centre European Experience with Intragastric Balloon in Overweight Populations: 13 Years of Experience
Alfredo Genco, Gontrand López-Nava, Christian Wahlen, Roberta Maselli, Massimiliano Cipriano, Maria Mara Arenas Sanchez, Chantal Jacobs, Michele Lorenzo
Effects of Modified Biliopancreatic Diversion on Glucose Tolerance of GK Rats
Shan-geng Weng, Bin Zhang, Su Feng, Chang-guo Xu, Chun-zhong Lin
Longitudinal Assessment of Food Intake, Fecal Energy Loss, and Energy Expenditure After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in High-Fat-Fed Obese Rats
Andrew C. Shin, Huiyuan Zheng, R. Leigh Townsend, Laurel M. Patterson, Gregory M. Holmes, Hans-Rudolf Berthoud
Initial Experience with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by a Novice Bariatric Team in an Established Bariatric Center—A Review of Literature and Initial Results
Ashish Dey, Tarun Mittal, Vinod K. Malik
Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: a Double Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study
Aparna Sinha, Lakshmi Jayaraman, Dinesh Punhani
Fibronectin Gene Expression in Human Adipose Tissue and Its Associations with Obesity-Related Genes and Metabolic Parameters
Seoung Hee Lee, Hye Soon Park, Jung Ah Lee, Young Sook Song, Yeon Jin Jang, Jong-Hyeok Kim, Yeon Ji Lee, Yoonseok Heo
Quality of Life and Body Image After Circumferential Body Lifting of the Lower Trunk: a Prospective Clinical Trial
Matthias Koller, Silvia Schubhart, Thomas Hintringer
Radical Resection of the Pyloric Antrum and Its Effect on Gastric Emptying After Sleeve Gastrectomy
David Michalsky, Petr Dvorak, Jaromir Belacek, Mojmir Kasalicky
Obesity-Related Female Infertility in Medieval Persian Manuscripts
Feridoon Abbasnejad, Samad E. J. Golzari, Kamyar Ghabili, Saeid Aslanabadi, Reza Rikhtegar, Younes Ranjbar
Letter to the Editor and Comments on the Article “Gastric Histopathologies in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies” by Salam Al Sabah et al.
Christine Stroh, K. Ludwig, H. Lippert, Th. Manger
ProSeal™ LMA Increases Safe Apnea Period in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Surgery under General Anesthesia
Aparna Sinha, Lakshmi Jayaraman, Dinesh Punhani
Simultaneous Intra-gastric Balloon Removal and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for the Super-Super Obese Patients—a Prospective Feasibility Study
Omar Khan, Shashidhar Irukulla, Nimalan Sanmugalingam, Georgios Vasilikostas, Marcus Reddy, Andrew Wan