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Obesity Surgery

Issue 1/2012

Content (30 Articles)

Editorial

A New Year—A New Outlook

Scott A. Shikora

Clinical Research

The Prevalence of Body Contouring Surgery After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Hugo B. Kitzinger, Sara Abayev, Anna Pittermann, Birgit Karle, Harald Kubiena, Arthur Bohdjalian, Felix B. Langer, Gerhard Prager, Manfred Frey

Clinical Research

Symptoms Suggestive of Dumping Syndrome After Provocation in Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

George Tzovaras, Dimitris Papamargaritis, Eleni Sioka, Eleni Zachari, Ioannis Baloyiannis, Dimitris Zacharoulis, George Koukoulis

Review

Training Programs Influence in the Learning Curve of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity: A Systematic Review

Raquel Sánchez-Santos, Sergio Estévez, Catherine Tomé, Sonia González, Antonia Brox, Raul Nicolás, Rosario Crego, Miguel Piñón, Carles Masdevall, Antonio Torres

Clinical Research

Reinforcing the Staple Line During Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Prospective Randomized Clinical Study Comparing Two Different Techniques. Preliminary results

Konstantinos Albanopoulos, Leonidas Alevizos, John Flessas, Evangelos Menenakos, Konstantinos M. Stamou, Joanna Papailiou, Maria Natoudi, George Zografos, Emmanuel Leandros

Clinical Research

Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of BMI-Based Preoperative Administration of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Kuldeep Singh, Erica R. Podolsky, Scott Um, Salim Saba, Irfan Saeed, Lakshmi Aggarwal, Melody Zaya, Andres Castellanos

Clinical Research

Reducing Cost of Surgery by Avoiding Complications: the Model of Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Monika E. Hagen, Francois Pugin, Gilles Chassot, Olivier Huber, Nicolas Buchs, Pouya Iranmanesh, Philippe Morel

Clinical Research

Prevalence of Endocrine Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients and the Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Endocrine and Metabolic Parameters

Draženka Janković, Peter Wolf, Christian-Heinz Anderwald, Yvonne Winhofer, Miriam Promintzer-Schifferl, Astrid Hofer, Felix Langer, Gerhard Prager, Bernhard Ludvik, Alois Gessl, Anton Luger, Michael Krebs

Clinical Research

Preoperative Predictors of Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery: Systematic Review

Masha Livhits, Cheryl Mercado, Irina Yermilov, Janak A. Parikh, Erik Dutson, Amir Mehran, Clifford Y. Ko, Melinda Maggard Gibbons

Clinical Research

Can a Protocol for Glycaemic Control Improve Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes After Gastric Bypass?

Wiebke K. Fenske, Dimitri J. Pournaras, Erlend T. Aasheim, Alexander D. Miras, Nicola Scopinaro, Samantha Scholtz, Carel W. le Roux

Physiology Research

Sexual Dimorphism in Clock Genes Expression in Human Adipose Tissue

P. Gómez-Abellán, J. A. Madrid, J. A. Luján, M. D. Frutos, R. González, O. Martínez-Augustín, F. Sánchez de Medina, J. M. Ordovás, M. Garaulet

Clinical Research

Role of Thrombolestagrophy in Monitoring Perioperative Coagulation Status and Effect of Thromboprophylaxis in Bariatric Surgery

Francesco Forfori, Baldassare Ferro, Biancamaria Mancini, Ricci Letizia, Antonio Abramo, Marco Anselmino, Claudio Di Salvo, Francesco Giunta

Clinical Report

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is a Novel and Effective Treatment for Obesity in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Helen L. MacLaughlin, Wendy L. Hall, Ameet G. Patel, Iain C. Macdougall

Allied Care

Food Tolerance in Patients Submitted to Gastric Bypass: The Importance of Using an Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approach

Cynthia Meira de Almeida Godoy, Alex L. Caetano, Kátia R. S. Viana, Eudes Paiva de Godoy, André Luis Costa Barbosa, Edmundo M. Ferraz

Basic Science Research

Only C-Reactive Protein, but not TNF-α or IL6, Reflects the Improvement in Inflammation after Bariatric Surgery

Eva Pardina, Roser Ferrer, Juan Antonio Baena-Fustegueras, Joaquín Rivero, Albert Lecube, Jose Manuel Fort, Víctor Vargas, Roberto Catalán, Julia Peinado-Onsurbe

Animal Research

Carbohydrate Content of Post-operative Diet Influences the Effect of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Body Weight Reduction in Obese Rats

Maximilian Bielohuby, Kerstin Stemmer, José Berger, Juliane Ramisch, Kathleen Smith, Jenna Holland, Kenneth Parks, Paul T. Pfluger, Kirk M. Habegger, Matthias H. Tschöp, Randy J. Seeley, Martin Bidlingmaier

Open Access Clinical Research

A Mid-term Experience with the Cousin Bioring—Adjustable Gastric Band

Erik Niville, Anne Dams, Steven Reremoser, Hans Verhelst

Review

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Possible Surgically Reversible Intestinal Dysfunction

Priscila C. Sala, Raquel S. Torrinhas, Steven B. Heymsfield, Dan L. Waitzberg

Review

Technical Controversies in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Manuel Ferrer-Márquez, Ricardo Belda-Lozano, Manuel Ferrer-Ayza

Letter to the Editor

Veress Needle: A Simple Liver Retraction Technique for Lap Band Positioning in (Single Incision Laparoscopic Technique) SILS

Segato Gianni, Maurizio De Luca, Banzato Oscar, Ceoloni Andrea, Busetto Luca, Ashton David, Favretti Franco

Erratum

Erratum to: ESR1, FTO, and UCP2 Genes Interact with Bariatric Surgery Affecting Weight Loss and Glycemic Control in Severely Obese Patients

Tsan-Hon Liou, Hsin-Hung Chen, Weu Wang, Shu-Fen Wu, Yi-Chih Lee, Wei-Shiung Yang, Wei-Jei Lee