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Erratum to: Bariatric Surgery in Asia in the Last 5 Years (2005–2009)

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Content Type Journal ArticleCategory ErratumPages 1-1DOI 10.1007/s11695-011-0566-zAuthors
Davide Lomanto, Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074 Singapore, SingaporeWei-Jei Lee, Department of Surgery, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanRajat Goel, Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074 Singapore, SingaporeJeannette Jen-Mai Lee, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yong Loo Lin, School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeAsim Shabbir, Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074 Singapore, SingaporeJimmy …

Preparing Adolescents for Bariatric Surgery: Foundational Elements Applying Erikson's Theory of Human Development

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Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care Dec 2011, Vol. 6, No. 4: 179-184. (Source: Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care)

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Transoral gastroplasty for morbid obesity: a multicenter trial with a 1-year outcome

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This study involved 67 patients (average age 41.0 years, 47 women, baseline body mass index [BMI] 41.5 kg/m2; 20 patients with BMI (Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)

Endoscopic management of GI fistulae with the over-the-scope clip system (with video)

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Fistulae, generally those occurring after bariatric surgery, could be treated with the use of endoclips, covered self-expandable metal stents, and glue, although these options have several limitations, with many fistula recurrences. Stent migration, inadequate closure of the leak by clipping, or difficult stent removal occurred in more than half of the cases. (Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)

Safety Data Favor Less-Invasive Weight-Loss SurgerySafety Data Favor Less-Invasive Weight-Loss Surgery

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Minimally-invasive weight-loss procedures seem to be safer than open bariatric surgery, according to researchers who analyzed past studies comparing the two methods. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)

Safety data favor less-invasive weight-loss surgery

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Minimally-invasive weight-loss procedures seem to be safer than open
bariatric surgery, according to researchers who analyzed past studies comparing the two methods. (Source: Modern Medicine)

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Comment on: Early prediction of the failure to lose weight after obesity surgery.

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Authors: Papasavas P
PMID: 22206614 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery)

Bariatric surgery for diabetes: The International Diabetes Federation takes a position

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AbstractType 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are both complex and chronic medical disorders, each with an escalating worldwide prevalence. When obesity is severe, and/or available medical therapies fail to control the diabetes, bariatric surgery becomes a costâ€?effective therapy for T2D. When there are other major comorbidities and cardiovascular risk, the option of bariatric surgery becomes even more worthy of consideration. National guidelines for bariatric surgery need to be developed and implemented for people with T2D. With this in mind, the International Diabetes Federation convened a multidisciplinary working group to develop a position statement. The key recommendations cover describing those eligible for surgery and who should be prioritized, incorporating bariatric surgery into T2D…

High-Volume Bariatric Surgery in a Single Center: Safety, Quality, Cost-Efficacy and Teaching Aspects in 2,000 Consecutive Cases

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Conclusions  Multimodal evidence-based care within the fast-track methodology and routine time recordings was successful in order to increase
the production volumes and reduce costs, without compromising the safety or quality for the patients. This kind of approach
may be transferred to other types of standardized surgery.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Clinical ResearchPages 1-9DOI 10.1007/s11695-011-0557-0Authors
H. J. Jacobsen, Department of Surgery and Anesthesia, Aleris Hospital, Fredrik-Stangsgt. 11-13, 0264 Oslo, NorwayA. Bergland, Department of Surgery and Anesthesia, Aleris Hospital, Fredrik-Stangsgt. 11-13, 0264 Oslo, NorwayJ. Raeder, Department of Surgery and Anesthesia, Aleris Hospital, Fredrik-Stangsgt. 11-13, 0264 Oslo, NorwayH. G. Gislason, Depar…