Issue 7/2005
Content (33 Articles)
International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP)
Jay B Brodsky, Adrian Alvarez
Current Indications for Preoperative Inferior Vena Cava Filter Insertion in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Morbid Obesity
W Brent Keeling, Krista Haines, Patrick A Stone, Paul A Armstrong, Michel M Murr, Murray L Shames
Postural Changes in Morbidly Obese Patients
Shirley Aparecida Fabris de Souza, Joel Faintuch, Antonio Carlos Valezi, Antonio Fernando Sant'Anna, Joaquim José Gama-Rodrigues, Inês Cristina de Batista Fonseca, Roberta Donadio de Melo
Pre- and Post-prandial Plasma Ghrelin Levels Do Not Correlate with Satiety or Failure to Achieve a Successful Outcome after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Nicolas V Christou, Didier Look, Alexander Peter McLean
Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Banding: Effects on Plasma Ghrelin Levels
F B Langer, M A Reza Hoda, A Bohdjalian, F X Felberbauer, J Zacherl, E Wenzl, K Schindler, A Luger, B Ludvik, G Prager
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as an Initial Bariatric Operation for High-Risk Patients: Initial Results in 10 Patients
Philippe Mognol, Denis Chosidow, Jean-Pierre Marmuse
Minimal Reporting Requirements for Weight Loss: Current Methods Not Ideal
John B Dixon, Tracey McPhail, Paul E O'Brien
Adjustable Gastric Banding in an Ambulatory Surgery Center
Brad M Watkins, Kevin F Montgomery, Jessie H Ahroni, Marc D Erlitz, Ronald E Abrams, James E Scurlock
Reduction in Slippage with 11-cm Lap-Band® and Change of Gastric Banding Technique
B Wölnerhanssen, B Kern, T Peters, C Ackermann, M von Flüe, R Peterli
Endothelial Function and Weight Loss in Obese Humans
Ian L Williams, Philip J Chowienczyk, Stephen B Wheatcroft, Ameet G Patel, Roy A Sherwood, Aziz Momin, Ajay M Shah, Mark T Kearney
Comparative Analysis of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Duodenal Switch at Five Years Follow-Up
Nieves Pérez, Aniceto Baltasar, Carlos Serra, Lirios Ferri, Rafael Bou, Marcelo Bengochea
Patients Postoperatively Forget Aspects of Preoperative Patient Education
Atul K Madan, David S Tichansky
Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Class II and Class III Obesity
Pedram Sendi, Ricarda Brunotte, Natascha Potoczna, Ruth Branson, Fritz F Horber
Staged Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y: A Novel Two-Stage Bariatric Operation as an Alternative in the Super-Obese with Massively Enlarged Liver
Ninh T Nguyen, Mario Longoria, Dmitri V Gelfand, Allen Sabio, Samuel E Wilson
Reduction of a Total Propofol Consumption in Morbidly Obese Patients during General Anesthesia due to BIS Monitoring
T Gaszynski, J Strzelczyk, W Machala, W Gaszynski