abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to excellent weight loss success in the short-time follow-up, sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has gained popularity as sole and definitive bariatric procedure. In the long-term follow-up, weight loss failure and intractable severe reflux can necessitate further surgical intervention. METHODS:A retrospective ana...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Langer FB,Bohdjalian A,Shakeri-Leidenmühler S,Schoppmann SF,Zacherl J,Prager G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity has been proven to be a significant independent risk factor for hiatal hernia. In morbidly obese patients, the usual techniques to improve gastroesophageal reflux after hiatal hernia repair could have poorer outcomes than in the general population. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGBP) has been demons...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Salvador-Sanchis JL,Martinez-Ramos D,Herfarth A,Rivadulla-Serrano I,Ibañez-Belenguer M,Hoashi JS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study the effects of two variants of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) on plasma ghrelin concentrations according to different exposure of gastric fundus to the nutrient pathway. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal 2-year follow-up study was conducted. Ninety-six morbidly obese (MO) patients (age range: 41...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Pérez-Romero N,Serra A,Granada ML,Rull M,Alastrué A,Navarro-Díaz M,Romero R,Fernández-Llamazares J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity has proven to be associated with respiratory symptoms and impaired pulmonary function, which could increase the incidence of postoperative complications after bariatric surgery. However, the component of obesity that has the most influence on pulmonary function has not been identified, especially in ...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Wei YF,Wu HD,Chang CY,Huang CK,Tai CM,Hung CM,Tseng WK,Wu CC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, especially in its morbid form. Bariatric surgery is an effective therapeutic option for sustained weight loss. However, there is no consensus in these cases regarding the performance of functional tests for preoperative evaluations. The aim of...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Fornitano LD,Godoy MF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to estimate the cumulative radiation dose from computed tomography (CT) scans and upper gastrointestinal fluoroscopic exams in the post-bariatric-surgery population and correlate these values with current concepts of potential radiation-induced cancer risk. METHODS:A retrospect...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Oei TN,Shyn PB,Govindarajulu U,Flint R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) is the most effective bariatric procedure. Around 70% of these patients have secondary hyperparathyroidism (SH) in the long term as a consequence of calcium and vitamin D malabsorption. This work was aimed to study the influence of SH on bone turnover and its relationship with...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Balsa JA,Botella-Carretero JI,Peromingo R,Caballero C,Muñoz-Malo T,Villafruela JJ,Arrieta F,Zamarrón I,Vázquez C

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term effects of bariatric surgery in morbidly obese type 1 patients are unknown. Five to eight-year experience in the case series of type 1 diabetes subjects is presented. METHODS:Three poorly controlled type 1 diabetes patients, aged 19, 23, and 28 underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Czupryniak L,Wiszniewski M,Szymański D,Pawłowski M,Loba J,Strzelczyk J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this prospective study, we examine the workload of the North London Obesity Surgery Service Bariatric telephone support line (BTSL) and its effects on service provision. Over a 3-month period (June to August 2008), a prospective record was kept of all calls, who they were from, whether the patient was presurgery or...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： McDougall K,Segaran E,Sufi P,Heath DI

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is recommended as part of the preoperative assessment of obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery. The objective of this study was to compare the sensitivity of oximetry alone versus portable polygraphy in the preoperative screening for OSA. METHODS:Polygrap...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Malbois M,Giusti V,Suter M,Pellaton C,Vodoz JF,Heinzer R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, vaspin was identified as a novel adipokine with insulin-sensitizing effects that might be implicated in endogenous glucose regulation. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of acute weight loss and metabolic changes on serum vaspin concentrations in morbidly obese subjects following laparoscopic...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Handisurya A,Riedl M,Vila G,Maier C,Clodi M,Prikoszovich T,Ludvik B,Prager G,Luger A,Kautzky-Willer A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Biliopancreatic diversion and gastric bypass are associated with a rapid improvement in insulin resistance few days after surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects in insulin resistance following sleeve gastrectomy (SG). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between December 2007 and Septe...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Rizzello M,Abbatini F,Casella G,Alessandri G,Fantini A,Leonetti F,Basso N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impairment of mitochondrial function plays an important role in obesity and the development of insulin resistance. The aim of this project was to investigate the mitochondrial DNA copy number in human omental adipose tissue with respect to obesity. METHODS:The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content per single ad...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Lindinger A,Peterli R,Peters T,Kern B,von Flüe M,Calame M,Hoch M,Eberle AN,Lindinger PW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a chronic complex disease, consequence of an unbalance between energy intake and expenditure and of the interaction between predisposing genotype and facilitating environmental factors. The aim of the study was to evaluate body composition, abdominal fat, and metabolic changes in a group of severe...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Del Genio F,Del Genio G,De Sio I,Marra M,Alfonsi L,Finelli C,Contaldo F,Pasanisi F

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding of the effects of adjustments to laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) volume is limited. Changes in intraluminal pressure may be important and explain patients reporting a tighter LAGB after saline is removed and an identical volume replaced. METHODS:Using high-resolution manometry, cha...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Burton PR,Brown WA,Laurie C,Richards M,Hebbard G,O'Brien PE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients suffering from morbid obesity (MO) have an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This increased cardiovascular burden is believed to be caused by a sub-inflammatory state through an increased secretion of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) by the adipose tissue, resulting in insu...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Hempen M,Kopp HP,Elhenicky M,Höbaus C,Brix JM,Koppensteiner R,Schernthaner G,Schernthaner GH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malnutrition and overweight is a common problem in modern societies. Primary abdominal lipectomy is a standard surgical tool in patients with these problems. However, unknown secondary problems result from recent advances in obesity surgery. Plication of the anterior musculoaponeurotic wall is a widely and c...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Dragu A,Bach AD,Polykandriotis E,Kneser U,Horch RE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aim was to retrospectively assess whether patients were able to maintain their weight after gastric band removal or deflation and how they felt about gastric banding. METHODS:A total of 41 patients (93% female, mean age 34.1 (SD 10.5) years) were included in this study: patients who had their band...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Lanthaler M,Strasser S,Aigner F,Margreiter R,Nehoda H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medium and long-term efficacy of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has previously been demonstrated. However, weight-loss success criteria could be influenced by super-obesity prevalence at baseline. Here, we describe a 5-year follow-up concerning weight loss results, comorbidities, and mortality of a RYGBP B...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Diniz Mde F,Passos VM,Barreto SM,Linares DB,de Almeida SR,Rocha AL,Diniz MT

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various techniques of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass have been described. We completely standardized this procedure to minimize its sometimes substantial morbidity and mortality. This study describes our experience with the standardized fully stapled laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (FS-LRYGB) an...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Dillemans B,Sakran N,Van Cauwenberge S,Sablon T,Defoort B,Van Dessel E,Akin F,Moreels N,Lambert S,Mulier J,Date R,Vandelanotte M,Feryn T,Proot L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rise in bariatric surgery has driven an increased number of complications from venous thromboembolism (VTE). Evidence supports obesity as an independent risk factor for VTE, but the specific derangements underlying the hypercoagulability of obesity are not well defined. To better characterize VTE risk fo...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Overby DW,Kohn GP,Cahan MA,Galanko JA,Colton K,Moll S,Farrell TM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The problem of revision of failed gastric banding (GB) and vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) procedures has become a common situation in bariatric surgery. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been recently used to revise failed restrictive procedures. The objective of this study is to evaluate the res...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Iannelli A,Schneck AS,Ragot E,Liagre A,Anduze Y,Msika S,Gugenheim J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In bariatric surgery patients, weight loss and long-term weight maintenance are related to food intake and eating patterns. To improve the diet orientation in the bariatric surgery postoperative period, we assessed the postoperative eating patterns and related them to weight loss. METHODS:This was a transve...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Leite Faria S,de Oliveira Kelly E,Pereira Faria O,Kiyomi Ito M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleeve gastrectomy is a restrictive procedure for treatment of obese patients with different body mass index (BMI) and presents good results in terms of a reduction of percentage of excess weight loss and BMI. There is no consensus which is the optimal technique regarding to the diameter of the gastric tube,...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Braghetto I,Cortes C,Herquiñigo D,Csendes P,Rojas A,Mushle M,Korn O,Valladares H,Csendes A,Maria Burgos A,Papapietro K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has become a common surgical procedure to treat morbid obesity. Furthermore, it strongly reduces the incidence of type 2 diabetes and mortality. However, there is scant information on how magnesium status is affected by RYGBP surgery. Previous bariatric surgery methods, like ...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Johansson HE,Zethelius B,Ohrvall M,Sundbom M,Haenni A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a worldwide epidemic associated to comorbidities and increased mortality. Because it is chronic and recurrent and has little response to clinical measures, surgical treatment (bariatric surgery) is a therapeutic option frequently used. Different surgical complications have been associated with thi...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： de Oliveira LD,Diniz MT,de Fátima H S Diniz M,Savassi-Rocha AL,Camargos ST,Cardoso F

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic factors (SEF) influence bariatric surgery access and outcomes perhaps because of variations in patient knowledge and behaviors. This study examines the associations between income, formal education, race, health insurance, employment status, and patient self-educational and behavioral activitie...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Balduf LM,Kohn GP,Galanko JA,Farrell TM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients undergoing bariatric surgery with a gastric bypass lose about 66% of excess weight. Although this procedure induces weight loss, it is unknown whether it leads to protein malnutrition, which is studied here. METHODS:One hundred ten obese patients (body mass index, 47.9 +/- 8.6 kg/m(2)) undergoing g...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Ritz P,Becouarn G,Douay O,Sallé A,Topart P,Rohmer V

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a recognized complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. Internal hernia (IH) a potential problem associated with RYGB, can have severe consequences if not diagnosed. We present two cases of SBO due to IH during pregnancy after laparoscopic RYGB (LRYGB). Both patients unde...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Torres-Villalobos GM,Kellogg TA,Leslie DB,Antanavicius G,Andrade RS,Slusarek B,Prosen TL,Ikramuddin S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological findings have shown the rise of the prevalence of obesity in several segments of the world population, and more recent evidences point to a possible association with vitamin A deficiency (VAD). The aim of this study was to investigate vitamin A nutritional status in individuals with class III...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Pereira S,Saboya C,Chaves G,Ramalho A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weight loss and long-term weight maintenance in bariatric surgery patients are related to maintaining satiety. It can be related to glycemic load (GL) and carbohydrate (g CHO) intake. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of g CHO and GL and in weight loss on patients who had undergone bariatri...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Faria SL,Faria OP,Lopes TC,Galvão MV,de Oliveira Kelly E,Ito MK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) refractory to medical therapy are a challenging patient population as obesity is a preoperative predictor of failure after antireflux surgery. We therefore sought to evaluate outcomes using one of two commercially available endoluminal therapies in t...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： White B,Jeansonne LO,Cook M,Chavarriaga LF,Goldenberg EA,Davis SS,Smith CD,Khaitan L,Lin E

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is strong evidence that morbid obesity is often accompanied by gastroesophageal reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux is caused predominantly by transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations (TLESRs). Only few data are available about TLESRs in patients with stage III obesity (body mass index > 35). The a...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Schneider JH,Küper M,Königsrainer A,Brücher B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is presently one of the most popular surgical procedures for obesity. One of the possible long-term problems is weight regain, usually after a period of successful weight loss. Weight regain after RYGBP can be due to new eating habits, like sweet-eating or grazing, or volume ...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Dapri G,Cadière GB,Himpens J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) powerfully reduces type 2 diabetes (T2DM) incidence. Proinsulin predicts development of T2DM. Adjustable gastric banding is associated with lowered proinsulin but after RYGBP information is scant. METHODS:Twenty-one non-diabetic morbidly obese patients who underwent RYGBP su...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Johansson HE,Haenni A,Ohrvall M,Sundbom M,Zethelius B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe thiamine (vitamin B-1) deficiency is a medical emergency that has long been recognized as a potential complication of bariatric surgery. The incidence of this rare complication is largely unknown. We describe a super-obese male patient with extreme lower limb weakness 3 months following a duodenal switch operat...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Aasheim ET,Hofsø D,Hjelmesaeth J,Sandbu R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two morbidly obese patients are presented. The first patient is a 38-year-old superobese female with BMI 56.2 in a wheelchair secondary to multiple sclerosis. The second patient is a 49-year-old female with BMI 47.7 confined to a wheelchair secondary to spinal cord transection due to a motor vehicle accident. Both pat...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Lutrzykowski M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Laparoscopic gastric banding and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are widely used for the treatment of morbid obesity. The impact of these two procedures on health-related quality of life has not been analyzed in comparative studies. METHODS:A matched-pair analysis of a prospectively collected database was performe...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Müller MK,Wenger C,Schiesser M,Clavien PA,Weber M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a commonly performed bariatric operation worldwide. The presence of an anatomical variation like situs inversus demands preoperative assessment and preparedness on the part of the surgeon. We report a laparoscopic gastric banding performed on a morbidly obese patient with sit...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Matar ZS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared the chewing parameters in a group of obese adult patients scheduled for gastric bypass surgery with those of a control group. METHODS:Chewing parameters were measured in two groups of subjects, one of 44 obese patients scheduled for gastric bypass surgery (body mass index [BMI] = 49.1 +/...

journal_title：Obesity surgery

authors： Veyrune JL,Miller CC,Czernichow S,Ciangura CA,Nicolas E,Hennequin M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00