Current Issue May 2012, Vol. 8, No. 3

Issue Highlights

Original Articles

  • Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a case-control study and 3 years of follow-up
    May 2012(Vol. 8 | No. 3 | Pages 243-249)

    Camilo Boza, Cristián Gamboa, José Salinas, Pablo Achurra, Andrea Vega, Gustavo Pérez

  • Comparative early outcomes of three laparoscopic bariatric procedures: sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch
    May 2012(Vol. 8 | No. 3 | Pages 250-254)

    Philippe Topart, Guillaume Becouarn, Patrick Ritz

  • Comparison of fat-free mass in super obesity (BMI ≥50 kg/m2) and morbid obesity (BMI <50 kg/m2) in response to different weight loss surgeries
    May 2012(Vol. 8 | No. 3 | Pages 255-259)

    Gladys W. Strain, Michel Gagner, Alfons Pomp, Gregory Dakin, William B. Inabnet, Taha Saif

  • Gastric pouch resizing for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass failure in patients with dilated pouch
    14 May 2012

    Antonio Iannelli, Anne-Sophie Schneck, Xavier Hébuterne, Jean Gugenheim

  • Legal And Policy Approaches To The Obesity Epidemic
    11 May 2012

    Michelle Mello

  • Frequencies of obesity susceptibility alleles among ethnically and racially diverse bariatric patient populations
    10 May 2012

    Manish Parikh, Jessica Hetherington, Sheetal Sheth, Jamie Seiler, Harry Ostrer, Glenn Gerhard, Craig Wood, Christopher Still

  • Why Won’t My Patients Do What’s Good For Them? Motivational Interviewing and Treatment Adherence
    07 May 2012

    Allan Zuckoff

  • Editorial comment
    23 April 2012

    Robert O. Carpenter

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About Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), the Official Journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the Brazilian Society for Bariatric Surgery, is an international journal devoted to the publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts of the highest quality with objective data regarding techniques for the treatment of severe obesity. Articles document the effects of surgically induced weight loss on obesity physiological, psychiatric and social co-morbidities. The Editorial Board includes internationally prominent individuals who are devoted to the optimal treatment of the severely obese and include internists, psychiatrists, surgeons, and nutritional experts. Manuscripts are blindly reviewed without the reviewers knowledge of the authors, institution or country of origin.

Society Information

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is the largest society for this specialty in the world. It was organized in 1983 as an association of bariatric surgeons which emerged from the earlier University of Iowa Colloquia on bariatric surgery founded and directed by Dr. Edward E. Mason who was also the society's first president.

Brazilian Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (SBCBM)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Cirujanos Endoscopistas (ALACE)