Obesity Surgery

Overweight and Obesity Worldwide now Estimated to Involve 1.7 Billion People
pp. 329-330(2)
Author: Deitel, Mervyn

Obesity Surgery in India
pp. 330-330(1)
Author: Jamieson, Andrew

Prevalence of Co-morbidities in Obese Patients before Bariatric Surgery: Effect of Race
pp. 333-340(8)
Authors: García-Lorda, Pilar; Flancbaum, Louis; Pi-Sunyer, F; Laferrère, Blandine; Residori, Luigi

Comparing the Outcomes after Laparoscopic versus Open Gastric Bypass: a Matched Paired Analysis
pp. 341-346(6)
Authors: Perry, Yaron; Buenaventura, Percival; Luketich, James; Courcoulas, Anita

Prevalence of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Morbidly Obese Subjects Undergoing Gastric Bypass
pp. 347-349(3)
Authors: Trainer, Thomas; Janiec, Dorota; Spaulding, Laurie

Internal Hernias after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Incidence, Treatment and Prevention
pp. 350-354(5)
Authors: Ho, Tienchin; Boone, Keith; Higa, Kelvin

Early Results after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: EEA vs GIA Stapled Gastrojejunal Anastomosis
pp. 355-359(5)
Authors: Cooney, Robert; McLeod, Janelle; Miller, Cynthia; Haluck, Randy; Shope, Timothy

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity with Linear Gastroenterostomy
pp. 360-363(4)
Authors: Goh, P; Yücel, N; Troidl, H; Korenkov, M

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Development of Technique, Respiratory Function, and Long-Term Outcome
pp. 364-370(7)
Authors: Lönroth, Hans; Fagevik-Olsén, Monika; Lundell, Lars; Olbers, Torsten

Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Seeking Gastric Bypass Surgery vs Non-Treatment-Seeking Controls
pp. 371-377(7)
Authors: Crosby, Ross; Pendleton, Robert; Strong, Michael; Gress, Richard; Adams, Ted; Kolotkin, Ronette

Contraceptive Treatment after Biliopancreatic Diversion Needs Consensus
pp. 378-382(5)
Authors: Ceulemans, Robrecht; van Hee, Robrecht; Hendrickx, Leo; Totté, Erik; Gerrits, Esther

Effect of Weight Loss on Bone Metabolism: Comparison of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Medical Intervention
pp. 383-388(6)
Authors: Kisakol, Gurcan; Ozgen, Gokhan; Yilmaz, Candeger; Yilmaz, Rasih; Kabalak, Taylan; Guney, Engin

Low-Back Pain in Morbidly Obese Patients and the Effect of Weight Loss Following Surgery
pp. 389-393(5)
Authors: Volakakis, Evaggelos; Hadjipavlou, Alexander; Melissas, John

Personality Profiles of the Morbidly Obese after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
pp. 394-398(5)
Authors: Vaz, Francisco; Guisado, Juan

Laparoscopic Revisional Surgery for Life-Threatening Stenosis Following Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, Together with Placement of an Adjustable Gastric Band
pp. 399-403(5)
Authors: Szold, Amir; Abu-Abeid, Subhi; Gavert, Nancy

Laparoscopic Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding: a Five-Year Prospective Study
pp. 404-411(8)
Authors: Biertho, Laurent; Ricklin, Thomas; Piec, Gracyna; Horber, Fritz; Steffen, Rudolf

Laparoscopic Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding: 6-year Follow-up and Comparison to other Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures
pp. 412-417(6)
Authors: Weiss, Helmut; Nehoda, Hermann; Kirchmayr, Werner; Aigner, Franz; Mittermair, Reinhard

Single-Stage Abdominoplasty and Mastopexy after Weight Loss following Gastric Banding
pp. 418-423(6)
Authors: Pülzl, Petra; Piza-Katzer, Hildegunde; Rhomberg, Martin

Quality of Life following Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding - the Swedish Band and the Moorehead-Ardelt Questionnaire
pp. 424-426(3)
Authors: Victorzon, Mikael; Tolonen, Pekka

Outcome after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding - 8 Years Experience
pp. 427-434(8)
Authors: Blanco-Engert, R; Weiner, S; Matkowitz, R; Schaefer, L; Pomhoff, I; Weiner, R

11-cm Lap-Band^® System Placement after History of Intragastric Migration
pp. 435-438(4)
Authors: Paul, G; Vertruyen, M

Treating Diabetes in the Morbidly Obese by Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
pp. 439-443(5)
Authors: Bryant, Richard; Fielding, George; Dolan, Kevin

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding with Duodenal Switch for Morbid Obesity: Technique and Preliminary Results
pp. 444-449(6)
Authors: Steffen, Rudolf; Biertho, Laurent; Horber, Fritz; Gagner, Michel

Stapled Roux-en-Y Anastomosis: An Illustrated Technique
pp. 450-452(3)
Authors: Zahriya, Karim; Keshishian, Ara

Afferent Limb Volvulus and Perforation of the Bypassed Stomach as a Complication of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
pp. 453-456(4)
Authors: Villalba, Mario; Fleser, Paul

Excellent Weight Result after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Spite of Gastro-Gastric Fistula
pp. 457-459(3)
Authors: Sundbom, Magnus; Gustavsson, Sven

A Correlation Method for Weight Loss after Gastroplasty
pp. 460-464(5)
Authors: Verdier, P; Verdier, A; Lointier, P

Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty with Wedge Resection of Gastric Fundus
pp. 465-465(1)
Authors: Champion, J; Melissas, John

Early Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
pp. 466-467(2)
Authors: Steffen, Rudolf; Nguyen, Ninh

Sweet Eating is not a Predictor of Outcome after Lap-Band^® Placement?
pp. 468-471(4)
Authors: DeMaria, Eric; Kellum, John; Dixon, John; Hudson, Steven; Sugerman, Harvey; O'Brien, Paul

Announcements
pp. 472-480(9)