Obesity Surgery

Report of the 7th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, São Paulo, Brazil, August 27-31, 2002

M Deitel

From the Editors' Desk ….. The International Obesity Task Force and "Globesity"

M Deitel

Presidential Address, 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Las Vegas, June 27, 2002. Quo Vadis?

Kenneth B Jones Jr.

Relationships of Serum Leptin to Clinical and Anthropometric Findings in Obese Patients

Gian Franco Adami, Dario Civalleri, Franca Cella, Giuseppe Marinari, Giovanni Camerini, Francesco Papadia, Nicola Scopinaro

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Technique and Analysis of the First 140 Cases

Peter Van De Walle, Luc Van Outryve

Flexible Endoscopy in the Management of Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Bruce Schirmer, Cengiz Erenoglu, Anna Miller

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass – Evaluation of Three Different Techniques

Essam Abdel-Galil, Alaa Abbas Sabry

Short-Term Results of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Patients with BMI ≥60

David Oliak, Garth H Ballantyne, Richard J Davies, Annette Wasielewski, Hans J Schmidt

Ultrasound Measurement of Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat in Morbidly Obese Patients Before and after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Comparison with Computerized Tomography and with Anthropometric Measurements

A E Pontiroli, P Pizzocri, M Giacomelli, M Marchi, P Vedani, E Cucchi, C Orena, F Folli, P Paganelli, G Ferla

The Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (Lap-Band®): A Prospective Study of Medium-Term Effects on Weight, Health and Quality of Life

Paul E O'Brien, John B Dixon, Wendy Brown, Linda M Schachter, Leon Chapman, Anthony J Burn, Maureen E Dixon, Carlos Scheinkestel, Christine Halket, Lisa J Sutherland, Anna Korin, Peter Baquie

Quality of Life in Bariatric Surgery

Denise Arcila, David Velázquez, Rosa Gamino, Mauricio Sierra, Rafael Salin-Pascual, Jorge González-Barranco, Miguel F Herrera

The Role of Brief Strategic Therapy on the Outcome of Gastric Banding

Dorina Caniato, Branka Skorjanec

The LM Proring Band® and Left Approach in Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Preliminary Results in 44 Cases

P H Lointier, Ph H Verdier, A Verdier

Intra-operative Ultrasound Guidance of Vena Caval Umbrella Placement in a Super Obese Patient

John M Snyder, Adam Arita, Chakri Inampudi, Juli A Gwin-Stewart

Laparoscopic Repair of Access Port Site Hernia after Lap-Band® System Implantation

Sergio Susmallian, Tiberiu Ezri, Ilan Charuzi

Severe Metabolic Bone Disease as a Long-Term Complication of Obesity Surgery

Whitney S Goldner, Thomas M O'Dorisio, Joseph S Dillon, Edward E Mason

Adenocarcinoma of the Pouch after Silastic Ring Vertical Gastroplasty

Christophe Zirak, Jean Lemaitre, Eric Lebrun, Stephane Journé, Patrick Carlier

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Remnant Gastrectomy for Focal Intestinal Metaplasia of the Gastric Antrum

David C Voellinger, William B Inabnet

Band Infection with Splenoportal Venous Thrombosis: An Unusual but Severe Complication of Gastric Banding

J M Calmes, V Bettschart, W Raffoul, M Suter

A Technique Developed by a Morbidly Obese Patient to Eat More Despite an Adjustable Gastric Band

Mustafa Cömert, Yücel Üstünda, L Oktay Erdem

Evolution of Operative Procedures for the Management of Morbid Obesity 1950-2000

Henry Buchwald, Jane N Buchwald

Silastic Ring Vertical Gastroplasty: A Modest Personal Series with Modest Long-Term Results

Jonah Manny, Zvi Gimmon, Zvi Eyal

Balance in Reporting Lap-Band® in the USA

Barry L Fisher

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