Obesity is a chronic disease that has reached epidemic proportions globally. WHO estimated that 700 million population will be obese worldwide in 2015 compared to 300 million reported in 2005. In Saudi Arabia, an overall obesity prevalence is progressively increasing from 20% in 1996, to 35% in 2005, up to 52% in 2013 with 20,000 deaths per year due to obesity and related comorbidities. Compared to different weight loss methods and programs, bariatric surgery proved to be the most effective and
In France, age over 60 years has traditionally been considered as a relative contraindication to bariatric surgery. However, many reports showed that surgery for morbid obesity has favorable results. We compared early outcome of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in patients over 60 years on a case-control basis with < 40 years patients. METHODS: From November 2005 to November 2013, 530 patients underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Of these, 70 patients (13.2 %) were > 60 years. Outco
INTRODUCTION: Some institutions and insurance providers mandate preoperative weight loss prior to bariatric surgery. Previous studies of patients who have undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass suggest little to no correlation between preoperative weight loss and postoperative weight loss. A literature search found no studies investigating this question in patients who have undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to examine the impact of p
Background: Weight recidivism is not uncommon after restrictive bariatric surgeries including laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB), vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Theoretically if a patient fails a restrictive bariatric procedure, then conversion to another restrictive procedure should be avoided. We present herein our experience in converting failed restrictive bariatric procedures to LRYGB compared to our primary LRYGB series.
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For credentialing purposes, revisional bariatric operations are considered to be conversion of one bariatric operation to another, presumably for weight loss failure. It is our experience at a low volume bariatric, but high volume foregut center, that this does not represent the full spectrum of remedial foregut operations involving bariatric surgery.
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We identified from our Foregut Registry 93 patients who underwent 96 elective, major remedial foregut