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Endoscopic techniques for gastric banding in bariatric surgery: computational methods for the analysis of mechanical reliability

open access: yes, 2022
Obesity is a current major health problem. Bariatric surgery is effective, but is associated with major complications, mostly due to surgery invasiveness and to high anesthesiology risk.
Pluchino, Gioela
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The Same-Day_FundoRing trial: protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial of the same-day discharges after “FundoRing” gastric bypass for obesity patients in ambulatory surgery center with integrated apartments

open access: yesTrials
Background Outpatient surgery means that the patient patient has surgery and often goes home on the same day. Safety and utilization outcomes were similar between outpatient and inpatient bariatric surgeries, and outpatients were associated with shorter ...
Oral Ospanov   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes After Spine Surgery Among Patients Who Have Had Prior Bariatric Surgery

open access: yesGlobal Spine Journal, 2018
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: We hypothesized that spine surgery patients with a history of bariatric surgery do not differ in expectations of surgery, perceived benefit of surgical intervention, or physician determined outcome of
Brooke A. Jensen BA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of biliary stones in bariatric surgery

open access: yesTherapeutic Advances in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2022
Morbidly obese and post-bariatric surgery patients are at increased risk for biliary stones formation. The complications related to biliary stones may impose complexity on their management.
Francisco Tustumi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring individual experiences of preparedness for bariatic surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Over the past 30 years the rate of obesity has been rising in almost all countries.
Noble, Rachael
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Insulin Resistance: An Update on Biochemical and Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Impact on Various Diseases

open access: yesiNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insulin resistance is the biological phenomenon in which the human body's normal response to the metabolic hormone insulin is compromised. Insulin is a regulator of most of the essential metabolic steps in the body that control energy homoeostasis, so dysregulation leads to multiple diverse human diseases including, most prominently, Type 2 ...
Peter J. Little   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomized clinical trial of an enhanced recovery after surgery programme versus conventional care in laparoscopic Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass surgery

open access: yesBJS Open, 2019
Background Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programmes have led to a decreased duration of hospital stay in several surgical fields, but have not been fully tested in patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) for obesity ...
N. Geubbels   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric Evaluation and Clinical Norms of a Dutch Version of the Body Uneasiness Test Among Individuals With Self‐Reported Eating Disorder Pathology

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The present study evaluates the psychometric properties and provides normative data for the Dutch Body Uneasiness Test. The instrument was administered to a clinical sample (N = 448) and a community‐based sample (N = 223). The Body Uneasiness Test was translated and back‐translated.
Lanaya M. van Uffelen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidance for the assessment of the dietary intake and gastrointestinal or nutrition impact symptoms etiologic criterion of Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition: A modified‐Delphi study

open access: yesJournal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract The GLIM malnutrition diagnostic framework includes the etiologic criterion for reduced dietary intake or assimilation (i.e., digestion or absorption). This criterion required further specification to support consistent use in clinical practice.
Renée Blaauw   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bariatric Surgery as Potential Treatment for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Future Treatment by Choice or by Chance?

open access: yesJournal of Obesity, 2013
Morbid obesity is strongly associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which is one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease worldwide.
Shuja Hafeez, Mohamed H. Ahmed
doaj   +1 more source

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