Introduction:
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a safe, effective and reversible alternative to small bowel reconstruction procedures in surgical weight loss. One of the benefits of this gastric restrictive procedure is its reduction in comorbidities, particularly diabetes mellitus (DM), concomitant with the associated loss of excess body weight. The inherent Catch-22 in LAGB patients, however, is that the presence of DM preoperatively has been proposed to adversely affect succe
Background
Biliary dyskinesia, or low gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF), is a recognized indication for cholecystectomy, as is symptomatic cholelithiasis. However, there is a paucity of literature investigating patients with biliary symptoms, normal gallbladder ultrasounds, and normal or high ejection fraction on Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid (HIDA) scan. Because abdominal pain is not uncommon after gastric bypass, and because the gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology are altered after
Introduction: Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and the prevalence is rapidly increasing among adolescents too. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy(LSG) is effective treatment for morbid obesity in term of long term sustained weight loss and improvement comorbidity diseases. But bariatric surgery in adolescent patients is controversial. This study aims to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in adolescent morbid obesity patients.
Method: A retrospective study was c
Objective
A preoperative psychosocial assessment of patients seeking bariatric surgery is common in bariatric surgical practice. However, there is no consensus as to the postoperative effect of a psychiatric diagnosis. Our objective was to determine whether a DSM-IV Axis-I diagnosis impacts early postoperative readmission rates, follow-up rates, and weight loss after bariatric surgery.
Methods
We performed a retrospective review of a prospective bariatric surgery database at a university-af
Introduction: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a standalone procedure which is gaining broad acceptance in the field of bariatric surgery, where it has been shown to be effective in weight loss and the reduction of obesity related comorbid conditions. A staple line leak (SLL) post-LSG is one of the most serious complications associated with the procedure. The aim of this study was to examine post-LSG rates and characteristics using a retrospective cohort analysis at a single community-ba