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Obesity Surgery

Issue 5/2011

Content (22 Articles)

Clinical Research

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for High-Risk Patients: Weight Loss and Comorbidity Improvement—Short-Term Results

Conor J. Magee, Jonathan Barry, Mayilone Arumugasamy, Shafiq Javed, Robert Macadam, David D. Kerrigan

Clinical Research

Intragastric Balloon Treatment for Obesity: Results of a Large Single Center Prospective Study

Davor Štimac, Sanja Klobučar Majanović, Tamara Turk, Borivoj Kezele, Vanja Licul, Željka Crnčević Orlić

Clinical Research

Vitamin D Deficiency Before Bariatric Surgery: Should Supplement Intake Be Routinely Prescribed?

Roxane Ducloux, Estelle Nobécourt, Jean-Marc Chevallier, Hervé Ducloux, Negib Elian, Jean-Jacques Altman

Physiology Research

Trace Element Status and Inflammation Parameters after 6 Months of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Pamela Rojas, Fernando Carrasco, Juana Codoceo, Jorge Inostroza, Karen Basfi-fer, Karin Papapietro, Attila Csendes, Jorge Rojas, Fernando Pizarro, Manuel Olivares, Manuel Ruz

Clinical Research

Change in Predicted 10-Year Cardiovascular Risk Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: Who Benefits?

Simara P. Donadelli, Wilson Salgado Jr., Julio S. Marchini, Andre Schmidt, Cristiana A. F. Amato, Reginaldo Ceneviva, Jose Ernesto Dos Santos, Carla Barbosa Nonino

Clinical Research

Outcomes, Satiety, and Adverse Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms Following Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Paul R. Burton, Wendy Brown, Cheryl Laurie, Minjae Lee, Anna Korin, Margaret Anderson, Geoff Hebbard, Paul E. O’Brien

Clinical Research

Long-Term Results of a Prospective Study on Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity

Y. Van Nieuwenhove, W. Ceelen, A. Stockman, H. Vanommeslaeghe, E. Snoeck, K. Van Renterghem, D. Van de Putte, P. Pattyn

Clinical Research

Development of a Group Therapy to Enhance Treatment Motivation and Decision Making in Severely Obese Patients with a Comorbid Mental Disorder

Beate Wild, Wolfgang Herzog, Daniela Wesche, Dorothea Niehoff, Beat Müller, Bernhard Hain

Clinical Research

What Is My Goal? Expected Weight Loss and Comorbidity Outcomes Among Bariatric Surgery Patients

Shahzeer Karmali, Huseyin Kadikoy, Mary L. Brandt, Vadim Sherman

Clinical Research

Subfascial Port Placement in Gastric Banding Surgery

Anthony Clough, Laurent Layani, Mayenaaz Sidhu, Lucas Wheatley, Abha Shah

Physiology Research

Gastric Emptying and Postprandial PYY Response After Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch

Jakob Hedberg, Hans Hedenström, F. Anders Karlsson, Britt Edén-Engström, Magnus Sundbom

Clinical Research

Weight Loss and Changes in Salivary Ghrelin and Adiponectin: Comparison Between Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding

Frank Benedix, Sabine Westphal, Robert Patschke, Dennis Granowski, Claus Luley, Hans Lippert, Stephanie Wolff

Clinical Research

Gastric Emptying of Orally Administered Glucose Solutions and Incretin Hormone Responses Are Unaffected by Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Lotte Usinger, Katrine B. Hansen, Viggo B. Kristiansen, Steen Larsen, Jens J. Holst, Filip K. Knop

Expression Profile in Omental and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue from Lean and Obese Subjects. Repression of Lipolytic and Lipogenic Genes

Carmen Hurtado del Pozo, Rosa María Calvo, Gregorio Vesperinas-García, Javier Gómez-Ambrosi, Gema Frühbeck, Miguel Angel Rubio, Maria Jesus Obregon

Economic Aspects

A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Bariatric Surgery on the South Plains Region of Texas

Bradley T. Ewing, Mark A. Thompson, Mitchell S. Wachtel, Eldo E. Frezza

New Concepts

A Nomogram for Predicting Surgical Complications in Bariatric Surgery Patients

Patricia L. Turner, Leif Saager, Jarrod Dalton, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Dmitry Roberman, Pamela Melara, Andrea Kurz, Alparslan Turan

Clinical Report

A Novel Technique for Liver Retraction in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Chih Kun Huang, Chi-Hsien Lo, Shabbir Asim, Jer-Yiing Houng, Shiou-Feng Huang

Case Report

Narcotic Addiction Following Gastric Bypass Surgery—A Case Study

Andrea Wendling, Andrea Wudyka

Case Report

Reduced Phenytoin Levels in an Epileptic Patient following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass for Obesity

Dimitrios J. Pournaras, David Footitt, David Mahon, Richard Welbourn