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Public cost of privately inserted laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands
BJS Open, 2019 Background Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) remains a commonly performed procedure for morbid obesity. Concerns regarding its long‐term consequences include high rates of band removal from complications and failure to lose weight.
G. Patel, A. Tase, S. Caplin, J. Barry
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Obesity Awareness and Prevalance Study: Patients Admitted to General Surgery Outpatient Clinic
Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 2020 Objectives:In our study, we aimed to reveal prevalence of obesity, obesity knowledge and awareness in normal weight and obese patients who applied to the general surgery outpatient clinic for different reasons.Materials and Methods:The questionnaire ...
Serhan Yılmaz +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 ObjectivesThe modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (mYFAS 2.0) was designed to assess food addiction using a shorter version than the YFAS 2.0. We lack data about the psychometric properties of the mYFAS 2.0 in patients with obesity, as well as studies
Paul Brunault +23 more
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Recurrent aspiration pneumonia after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for obesity surgery [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2014 Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is an increasingly common therapeutic option in the management of obesity and certain obesity-related comorbid conditions. As it gains popularity for its advantages of being minimally invasive and reversible,
Leena Jalota +2 more
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Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in women. [PDF]
, 2011 BackgroundThe purpose of this research was review the epidemiology of the association of obesity and urinary incontinence, and to summarize the published data on the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence.MethodsA literature review of the ...
Subak, Leslee L, Whitcomb, Emily L
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Surgery and considerations for the repair of Petersen's space hernia after mini gastric bypass
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2018 This paper reports a case of Petersen's space hernia after mini gastric bypass. This is an anecdotal post-operative complication in the mini gastric bypass technique, with an estimated rate of 1/5000 cases.
Borja Camacho Fernández-Pacheco +2 more
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Eligibility for bariatric surgery among adults in England: analysis of a national cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
, 2014 This study aimed to determine the number eligible for bariatric surgery and their sociodemographic characteristics.We used Health Survey for England 2006 data, representative of the non-institutionalized English population.The number of people eligible ...
Aasheim, E +5 more
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Obesity and kidney stone disease. A systematic review [PDF]
, 2018 INTRODUCTION: Currently, abdominal obesity has reached an epidemic stage and obesity represents an important challenge for worldwide health authorities. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that the stone risk incidence increases with Body Mass Index,
AL SALHI, Yazan +8 more
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Hiatoplasty with crura buttressing versus hiatoplasty alone during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction. In obese patients with hiatal hernia (HH), laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) with cruroplasty is an option but use of prosthetic mesh crura reinforcement is debated.
Badiali, Danilo +6 more
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European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults [PDF]
, 2015 Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by an increase of body fat stores. It is a gateway to ill health, and it has become one of the leading causes of disability and death, affecting not only adults but also children and adolescents ...
Busetto, Luca +6 more
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