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Obesity Surgery

Issue 7/2007

Content (28 Articles)

Research Articles

Effect of Weight Loss following Bariatric Surgery on Myocardial Dispersion of Repolarization in Morbidly Obese Patients

Vincenzo Russo, Ernesto Ammendola, Ilaria De Crescenzo, Danilo Ricciardi, Pasquale Capuano, Assunta Topatino, Ludovico Docimo, Lucio Santangelo, Raffaele Calabrò

Treatment of Gastric Leaks with Coated Self-Expanding Stents after Sleeve Gastrectomy

Carlos Serra, Aniceto Baltasar, Luis Andreo, Nieves Pérez, Rafael Bou, Marcelo Bengochea, Juan José Chisbert

Pregnancy after Gastric Bypass Surgery in Adolescents

Helmut R. Roehrig, Stavra A. Xanthakos, Jenny Sweeney, Meg H. Zeller, Thomas H. Inge

Predictors, Treatment, and Outcomes of Gastrojejunostomy Stricture after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity

Mark C. Takata, Ruxandra Ciovica, John P. Cello, Andrew M. Posselt, Stanley J. Rogers, Guilherme M. Campos

Three-Year Follow-Up Study of Retrocolic versus Antecolic Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Markus K. Müller, Josef Guber, Stefan Wildi, Ivo Guber, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Markus Weber

Gastro-Esophageal Reflux and Esophageal Motility Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients before and after Bariatric Surgery

Mohamed Merrouche, Jean-Marc Sabaté, Pauline Jouet, Florence Harnois, Stefano Scaringi, Benoit Coffin, Simon Msika

Laparoscopic Conversion of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty with an Antireflux Wrap into Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Antonio Iannelli, Pietro Addeo, Moucef Dahman, Massimo Senni Buratti, Imed Ben Amor, Thierry Piche, Jean Gugenheim

Waist Circumference is Useless to Assess the Prevalence of Metabolic Abnormalities in Severely Obese Women

Vicky Drapeau, Isabelle Lemieux, Denis Richard, Jean Bergeron, Angelo Tremblay, Simon Biron, Picard Marceau, Pascale Mauriège

Treatment with Lavender Aromatherapy in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit reduces Opioid Requirements of Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Jung T. Kim, Christine J. Ren, George A. Fielding, Abhishek Pitti, Takeo Kasumi, Michael Wajda, Allen Lebovits, Alex Bekker

Ala55Val Polymorphism on UCP2 Gene Predicts Greater Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Gastric Banding

Hsin-Hung Chen, Wei-Jei Lee, Weu Wang, Ming-Te Huang, Yi-Chih Lee, Wen-Harn Pan

Adipose Tissue Distribution and Quantification of PPARβ/δ and PPARγ1-3 mRNAs: Discordant Gene Expression in Subcutaneous, Retroperitoneal and Visceral Adipose Tissue of Morbidly Obese Patients

Josiane Woutheres Bortolotto, Rogério Margis, Ângela Cristine Bersch Ferreira, Alexandre Vontobel Padoin, Cláudio Cora Mottin, Regina Maria Guaragna

Psychological Predictors of Outcome in Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: a 6 Months Prospective Pilot Study

Paolo Leombruni, Andrea Pierò, Davide Dosio, Alessia Novelli, Giovanni Abbate-Daga, Mario Morino, Mauro Toppino, Secondo Fassino

Sleeve Gastrectomy Model in Wistar Rats

João de Bona Castelan F°, Jane Bettiol, Armando José d’Acampora, João Vicente Edom Castelan, Jonathan Caon de Souza, Vinicius Bressiani, Simone Batisti Giroldi

Review Article

Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity

Andrew A. Gumbs, Michel Gagner, Gregory Dakin, Alfons Pomp

Review Article

Nutritional Status of Vitamin A in Morbid Obesity before and after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Gabriela Villaça Chaves, Silvia Elaine Pereira, Carlos José Saboya, Andréa Ramalho

Case Report

Intussusception Complicating Pregnancy following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Joseph R. Wax, Renee Wolff, Roy Cobean, Michael G. Pinette, Jacquelyn Blackstone, Angelina Cartin

Case Report

Drain-Associated Intestinal Obstruction after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Ann M. Rogers, Jovenel Cherenfant, Seth Kipnis, Randy S. Haluck

Case Report

Bilateral Sciatic Nerve Palsy following a Bariatic Operation

Athar Yasin, Ameet G. Patel

Case Report

Esophageal Perforation during Gastric Bypass: Delayed Diagnosis and Management

Santiago A. Endara, Armando J. Serrano, Bernardo A. Sandoval, Gerardo A. Davalos

Case Report

Carcinoid Syndrome Misdiagnosed as a Malabsorptive Syndrome after Biliopancreatic Diversion

E. M. López-Tomassetti Fernández, I. Arteaga González, H. Díaz Luis, A. Carrillo Pallarés

Correspondence

Adequate Biopsy Sampling for Exclusion of Columnar-Lined Esophagus in the Obese

Johannes Lenglinger, Gerhard Prager, Martin Riegler

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