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Obesity Surgery

Issue 9/2008

Content (31 Articles)

Editorial

An Evidenced-based Assessment of Preoperative Weight Loss in Bariatric Surgery

Michael Tarnoff, Lee M. Kaplan, Scott Shikora

Research Article

Micronutrient Deficiencies After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Recommendations

Ke Gong, Michel Gagner, Alfons Pomp, Taghreed Almahmeed, Sergio J. Bardaro

Research Article

Preoperative Endoscopic Screening for Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass has a Low Yield for Anatomic Findings

Cindy Mong, Jacques Van Dam, John Morton, Lauren Gerson, Myriam Curet, Subhas Banerjee

Research Article

Laparoscopic Hand-Sewn Gastrojejunal Anastomoses

Juan Carlos Ruiz-de-Adana, Julio López-Herrero, Alberto Hernández-Matías, Laura Colao-Garcia, Jose-Manuel Muros-Bayo, Agustín Bertomeu-Garcia, Manuel Limones-Esteban

Research Article

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Metabolic Syndrome Following Sleeve Gastrectomy in Severely Obese Subjects

J. Vidal, A. Ibarzabal, F. Romero, S. Delgado, D. Momblán, L. Flores, A. Lacy

Research Article

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy—Volume and Pressure Assessment

Ronit T. Yehoshua, Leonid A. Eidelman, Michael Stein, Suzana Fichman, Amir Mazor, Jacopo Chen, Hanna Bernstine, Pierre Singer, Ram Dickman, Scott A. Shikora, Raul J. Rosenthal, Moshe Rubin

Research Article

The Effect of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery on Plasma Levels of Appetite-Control, Insulinotropic, and Digestive Hormones

Joshua R. Shak, Jatin Roper, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Chi-hong Tseng, Fritz Francois, Zoi Gamagaris, Carlie Patterson, Elizabeth Weinshel, George A. Fielding, Christine Ren, Martin J. Blaser

Erratum

The Effect of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgeryon Plasma Levels of Appetite-Control, Insulinotropic, and Digestive Hormones

Joshua R. Shak, Jatin Roper, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Chi-Hong Tseng, Fritz Francois, Zoi Gamagaris, Carlie Patterson, Elizabeth Weinshel, George A. Fielding, Christine Ren, Martin J. Blaser

Research Article

Laparoscopic Gastric Rebanding for Slippage with Pouch Dilation: Results on 29 Consecutive Patients

Mirto Foletto, Paolo Bernante, Luca Busetto, Fabio Pomerri, Gianluca Vecchiato, Luca Prevedello, Stefania Famengo, Donato Nitti

Research Article

Symmetrical Pouch Dilatation After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Incidence and Management

Wendy A. Brown, Paul R. Burton, Margaret Anderson, Anna Korin, John B. Dixon, Geoffrey Hebbard, Paul E. O’Brien

Research Article

Pregnancy in Formerly Type 2 Diabetes Obese Women Following Biliopancreatic Diversion for Obesity

Gian Franco Adami, Federica Murelli, Lucia Briatore, Nicola Scopinaro

Research Article

Muscle Force and Force Control After Weight Loss in Obese and Morbidly Obese Men

Olivier Hue, Félix Berrigan, Martin Simoneau, Julie Marcotte, Picard Marceau, Simon Marceau, Angelo Tremblay, Normand Teasdale

Research Article

Improvement of Insulin Resistance After Obesity Surgery: A Comparison of Gastric Banding and Bypass Procedures

Wei-Jei Lee, Yi-Chih Lee, Kong-Han Ser, Jung-Chien Chen, Shu Chung Chen

Research Article

Primary Results of Laparoscopic Mini-Gastric Bypass in a French Obesity-Surgery Specialized University Hospital

Ghassan Chakhtoura, Franck Zinzindohoué, Yassine Ghanem, Ivan Ruseykin, Jean-Christophe Dutranoy, Jean-Marc Chevallier

Review

The Bone-Adipose Axis in Obesity and Weight Loss

J. Gómez-Ambrosi, A. Rodríguez, V. Catalán, G. Frühbeck

Research Article

Markers of Bone and Calcium Metabolism Following Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

Mary DiGiorgi, Amna Daud, William B. Inabnet, Beth Schrope, Meredith Urban-Skuro, Nancy Restuccia, Marc Bessler

Research Article

BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon: Clinical Outcomes of the First 100 Patients—A Turkish Experience

Halil Coskun, Ozgur Bostanci, Ece Dilege, Alp Bozbora

Research Article

Is it More Difficult to Cannulate the Right Internal Jugular Vein in Morbidly Obese Patients than in Nonobese Patients?

Masako Fujiki, Cosmin G. Guta, Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens, John G. Brock-Utne

Research Article

Thighplasty After Bariatric Surgery: Evaluation of Lymphatic Drainage in Lower Extremities

Cristina Hachul Moreno, Henrique Jorge Guedes Neto, Américo Helene Junior, Carlos Alberto Malheiros

Modern Surgery: Technical Innovation

Brachioplasty After Bariatric Surgery: Personal Technique

Franco Carlo Migliori, Marco Ghiglione, Gabriele D’Alessandro, Gian Giacomo Serra Cervetti

Research Article

MMPI-2 Profiles of Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Replication and Extension

Bill N. Kinder, Steven Walfish, M. Scott Young, Angela Fairweather

Letter to the editor

Endoscopic Cervical Bariatric Surgery: Follow-up Study in a Porcine Model

Gianmattia del Genio, Michel Gagner, David Nocca, Federico Cuenca-Abente, Laurent Biertho, Anne Waage, Barbara Faife, Federica del Genio, Camilo Boza, Rajesh Aggarwal, Alberto del Genio

Other

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Gastric Bypass Performed in a Cadaver

Atul K. Madan, David S. Tichansky, Khurram A. Khan

Case Report

Gastric Cancer After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

C. Stroh, U. Hohmann, H. Urban, Th. Manger

Case Report

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Complicated by Portal Venous Thrombosis and Severe Neurological Complications

M. Pigeyre, D. Seguy, L. Arnalsteen, F. Pattou, M. Romon

Letter to the editor

Gastropexy in Avoiding Slippage in Laparoscopic Gastric Banding—No Novelty

Jody Valk, Leo Hendrickx, Robrecht Van Hee