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Life Expectancy Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery
Surgical Innovation, 2006Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for achieving sustained weight loss in morbidly obese patients. Although the use of gastric bypass is growing rapidly, the potential life expectancy benefits of the procedure are unknown. We created a Markov decision analysis model to examine the effect of gastric bypass surgery on life expectancy in ...
John D. Birkmeyer +3 more
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Pregnancy after Gastric Bypass Surgery in Adolescents
Obesity Surgery, 2007There is no previous research or documentation of the incidence of pregnancy or pregnancy outcomes in female adolescents after undergoing bariatric surgery.Retrospective chart reviews were conducted for female patients who had bariatric surgery in our adolescent program from 2001-2007.
Stavra A. Xanthakos +5 more
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Predictors of Outcome after Gastric Bypass Surgery
Obesity Surgery, 2007Weight loss outcome predictions after gastric bypass (GBP) surgery based on individual findings have shown relatively little consistency. The present study took a more comprehensive approach, utilizing extensive pre-surgery interview and psychological test data both individually and in composite predictors.Pre-surgery data were obtained for 131 ...
Richard I. Lanyon, Barbara M. Maxwell
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Pharmaceutical Savings after Gastric Bypass Surgery
Obesity Surgery, 2004Clinically severe obesity (CSO) is a surgically treated disease. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has been used to treat patients with CSO and has resulted in an improvement in co-morbidities. We speculated that after a period of weight loss, patients would require less medication, resulting in cost-savings to both the patient and the insurance ...
Wolfgang Stehr +2 more
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Nutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Annual Review of Nutrition, 2013Bariatric surgery, and in particular, gastric bypass, is an increasingly utilized and successful approach for long-term treatment of obesity and amelioration of comorbidities. Nutrient deficiencies after surgery are common and have multiple causes.
Edward Saltzman, J. Philip Karl
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Pregnancy outcomes after gastric-bypass surgery
The American Journal of Surgery, 2006The purpose of this study is to compare outcomes of patients who become pregnant within the first year after surgery and those who delayed pregnancy until after 1 year after surgery.A retrospective review was performed to identify patients who became pregnant after their gastric-bypass surgery from 2001 to 2004.
Tuoc Dao +4 more
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Laparoscopic Banded Gastric Bypass Surgery
2016The laparoscopic banded gastric bypass is a modified gastric bypass operation with a controlled reservoir formed by placing a ring or band around the gastric pouch. The placement of the ring prevents the formation of the neo-pouch that forms after gastric bypass operations, when the pouch, stoma and proximal jejunum dilate over time.
Mohit Bhandari, Mathias Fobi
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Surgical Endoscopy, 1996
The present report describes the technical details of laparoscopic bypass for morbid obesity.The laparoscopic approach was attempted in eight patients and completed in six. In these latter patients the stomach was divided with an endoscopic linear cutter (ETC 60 Ethicon), and a antecolic jejunal loop was brought to the proximal pouch and anastomosed by
Lars Lundell +3 more
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The present report describes the technical details of laparoscopic bypass for morbid obesity.The laparoscopic approach was attempted in eight patients and completed in six. In these latter patients the stomach was divided with an endoscopic linear cutter (ETC 60 Ethicon), and a antecolic jejunal loop was brought to the proximal pouch and anastomosed by
Lars Lundell +3 more
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Intraoperative Finding of a Gastric Lymphoma during Gastric Bypass Surgery
Obesity Surgery, 2007A case is reported of intraoperative diagnosis and treatment of a low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma during gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity. Laparoscopic resectional gastric bypass was followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.
Bernabé M. Quesada +2 more
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Endobarrier: a viable alternative to gastric bypass surgery?
Practical Diabetes, 2013AbstractObesity is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in modern society. While bariatric surgery is becoming increasingly common as an evidence‐based method of treating such patients, it is very invasive and associated with significant risk. There is a need for less invasive endoscopic measures to treat obesity, particularly in patients with ...
Longcroft-wheaton, G, Bhandari, P.
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