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ASMBS pediatric committee best practice guidelines
26 September 2011
The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents is rapidly increasing and is associated with substantial co-morbid disease states . At present, a mounting body of evidence supports the use of...
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Marc Michalsky,
Kirk Reichard,
Thomas Inge,
Janey Pratt,
Carine Lenders
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International Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Panel Consensus Statement: best practice guidelines based on experience of >12,000 cases
11 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an emerging surgical approach, but 1 that has seen a surge in popularity because of its perceived technical simplicity, feasibility, and ...
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Raul J. Rosenthal,
International Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Panel
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Type 2 diabetes in obese patients with body mass index of 30–35 kg/m2: sleeve gastrectomy versus medical treatment
11 July 2011
Abstract: Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity are diseases of epidemic proportions. Long-term realistic weight loss by nonsurgical methods has a variable effect on glycemic control...
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Francesca Abbatini,
Danila Capoccia,
Giovanni Casella,
Federica Coccia,
Frida Leonetti,
Nicola Basso
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20-24
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Outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients with body mass index <35 kg/m2
29 August 2011
Abstract: Background: Patients who are categorized with class I obesity have a body mass index (BMI) of 30–34.99 kg/m2. This population of patients has a predisposition to diabetes, hypertension, and ...
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Melissa Gianos,
Abraham Abdemur,
Ivan Fendrich,
Vicente Gari,
Samuel Szomstein,
Raul J. Rosenthal
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25-30
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Quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding
30 March 2011
Abstract: Background: With the addition of laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy (SG) to the bariatric surgery procedural toolkit, patients desiring a restrictive bariatric procedure often choose b...
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Joshua B. Alley,
Stephen J. Fenton,
Michael C. Harnisch,
Donovan N. Tapper,
Jason M. Pfluke,
Richard M. Peterson
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31-40
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Novel bariatric technology: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banded plication: technique and preliminary results
25 March 2011
Abstract: Background: The laparoscopic adjustable gastric band has been widely accepted as 1 of the safest bariatric procedures to treat morbid obesity. However, because of variations in the results a...
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Chih-Kun Huang,
Chi-Hsien Lo,
Asim Shabbir,
Chi-Ming Tai
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Comment on: Novel bariatric technology: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banded plication: technique and preliminary results
29 April 2011
This original report by Huang et al. describes a novel technique of using the Swedish adjustable gastric band combined with gastric plication. An initial report was described by this group of a patie...
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Bipan Chand
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Walking capacity of bariatric surgery candidates
21 July 2011
Abstract: Background: This study characterizes the walking limitations of bariatric surgery candidates by age and body mass index (BMI) and determines factors independently associated with walking cap...
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Wendy C. King,
Scott G. Engel,
Katherine A. Elder,
William H. Chapman,
George M. Eid,
Bruce M. Wolfe,
Steven H. Belle
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48-59
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Comment on: Walking capacity of bariatric surgery candidates
21 July 2011
Mounting evidence suggests that increasing bariatric surgery patients' physical activity (PA) can optimize weight loss and other postoperative outcomes . Moreover, because greater preoperative PA leve...
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Dale S. Bond
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Preliminary comparison of sertraline levels in postbariatric surgery patients versus matched nonsurgical cohort
17 December 2010
Abstract: Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is the most frequent bariatric procedure performed in the United States, with thousands performed. Because of the changes to the gastrointestinal ...
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James L. Roerig,
Kristine Steffen,
Cheryl Zimmerman,
James E. Mitchell,
Ross D. Crosby,
Li Cao
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62-66
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Biochemical control of bone loss and stone-forming propensity by potassium-calcium citrate after bariatric surgery
19 May 2011
Abstract: Background: Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery are prone to developing bone loss and kidney stones. The goal of the present study was to test the hypothesis that an ...
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Khashayar Sakhaee,
Carolyn Griffith,
Charles Y.C. Pak
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67-72
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Diet-induced obesity associated with steatosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in liver
29 August 2011
Abstract: Background: Obesity induces steatosis and increases oxidative stress, as well as chronic inflammation in the liver. The balance between lipogenesis and lipolysis is disrupted in obese animal...
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Yanhua Peng,
Drew Rideout,
Steven Rakita,
James Lee,
Michel Murr
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Comment on: Diet-induced obesity associated with steatosis, oxidative stress and inflammation in liver
10 October 2011
Hepatic steatosis has a wide spectrum of pathophysiologic manifestations, broadly termed “nonalcoholic fatty liver disease” (NAFLD) and ranging from mild hepatic steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepati...
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Hazem A. Elariny,
Ancha Baranova
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Effects of bariatric surgery on food cravings: do food cravings and the consumption of craved foods “normalize” after surgery?
10 August 2011
Abstract: Background: The reported effects of bariatric surgery on food cravings have been inconsistent. Moreover, research has been largely limited to sweet cravings, and no study has examined whethe...
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Tricia M. Leahey,
Dale S. Bond,
Hollie Raynor,
Dean Roye,
Sivamainthan Vithiananthan,
Beth A. Ryder,
Harry C. Sax,
Rena R. Wing
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Predictors of satisfaction with excess skin and desire for body contouring after bariatric surgery
08 August 2011
Abstract: Background: Bariatric surgery (BS) produces rapid, massive weight loss, often leaving patients with excess skin that can be esthetically disappointing and can present barriers to physical an...
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Kristine J. Steffen,
David B. Sarwer,
J. Kevin Thompson,
Astrid Mueller,
Alexander W. Baker,
James E. Mitchell
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92-97
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Weighing the evidence for an association between obesity and suicide risk
24 October 2011
Abstract: Chronic illness is an important risk factor for suicidal behavior. Obesity is perhaps the most prevalent chronic disease at present, although the contribution of obesity to fatal and nonfata...
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Helen M. Heneghan,
Leslie Heinberg,
Amy Windover,
Tomasz Rogula,
Philip R. Schauer
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Venous thromboembolism after laparoscopic bariatric surgery for morbid obesity: clinical burden and prevention
19 September 2011
Abstract: Background: The clinical benefit of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in laparoscopic bariatric surgery is unclear. Our objective was to assess the clinical burden of VTE after la...
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Cecilia Becattini,
Giancarlo Agnelli,
Giorgia Manina,
Giuseppe Noya,
Fabio Rondelli
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108-115
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Stapling of orogastric tube during gastrojejunal anastomosis: an unusual complication after conversion of sleeve gastrectomy to laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
10 June 2011
The number of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) cases performed annually in the United States has significantly increased. With the increased number of laparoscopic cases in bariatric surg...
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Guillermo Higa,
Samuel Szomstein,
Raul Rosenthal
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Laparoscopic revision of common channel length for chronic diarrhea and malnutrition complicating distal gastric bypass
18 August 2011
A 60-year-old woman who had undergone distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at our institution 9 years earlier presented after an 8-year absence with chronic diarrhea that had been disturbing her quality of...
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Ovie Appresai,
Michel Murr
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Late gastric perforation after insertion of intragastric balloon for weight loss—video case report and literature review
10 October 2011
The BioEnterics intragastric balloon (BIB) is used in the treatment of morbid obesity, as a method for short-term weight loss, especially before definitive surgery. Previous studies have demonstrated ...
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Michalis P. Charalambous,
Jeremy Thompson,
Evangelos Efthimiou
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121-123
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Clinical case report: psychosocial issues in adolescent bariatric surgery
20 August 2010
During the past several decades, the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents has steadily increased . Approximately 4% of American children and adolescents are extremely obese, defined as...
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David B. Sarwer,
Amy von Sydow Green,
Noel N. Williams
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124-126
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Chylous ascites mimicking peritonitis after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity
12 August 2010
Our patient was a 22-year-old woman who had undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in California in 2007. Her medical history included hypertension and pseudotumor cerebri for which sh...
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Megan Hanson,
Jeffrey Chao,
Robert B. Lim
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Management of bleeding from gastric remnant after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
17 September 2010
Endoscopic evaluation of the excluded stomach after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) for morbid obesity is a challenge. Until recently, these patients have been undergone intraoperative gastrot...
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Vichin Puri,
Annamalai Alagappan,
Moshe Rubin,
Stephen Merola
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on heart transplant recipient with body mass index of 34 kg/m2 and metabolic syndrome
06 December 2010
Bariatric surgery has demonstrated great benefits for patients with severe obesity in terms of better control of co-morbidities and an improved quality of life . Sleeve gastrectomy has been used for h...
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José Pablo Vélez,
Rafael H. Arias,
Pastor Olaya
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a misnomer
02 August 2011
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has become very popular as an isolated procedure or as a staging operation before a more complex procedure in patients with a high body mass index. The name of this ope...
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Aniceto Baltasar
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is the right terminology
28 September 2011
The term “sleeve gastrectomy” has been used in the English language to describe resection of the stomach that leaves a portion of the lesser curvature. It has been used liberally for other organs as w...
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Michel Gagner
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Attitudes toward obese persons and controllability beliefs: clarifying previously reported data
11 July 2011
Very recently, Gujral et al. reported data representative of attitudes toward obese persons and beliefs about the controllability of obesity in a sample of nurses from 2 hospitals (1 that offered bar...
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Stuart Flint
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Evaluation of nurses' attitudes toward adult obese patients: erratum
02 November 2011
We would like to submit our response to Mr. Flint's letter to the editor dated June 29, 2011, titled “Attitudes towards obese persons and controllability beliefs: clarifying previously reported data.”
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Harpreet Gujral,
Christine Tea,
Michael Sheridan
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129-130
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How to use the Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcome System
07 October 2011
The Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcome System (BAROS) is a simple, 1-page scoring instrument developed to evaluate and present the results from obesity surgery . It analyzes 3 domains: weight lo...
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Horacio E. Oria
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30 December 2010
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