How Gut Bacteria Help Make Us Fat and Thin – Scientific American

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Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum in Obese Patients With Loss of Domain Hernias October 16, 2017

Repair of hernias with loss of domain in obese patients can lead to acute respiratory failure.

A.C. Valezi, B.G.F. Melo, M. Liberatti, A.C. Marson, A.G. Lopes

Improvement in Quality of Life after bariatric surgery: sleeve versus bypass October 14, 2017

Obesity is steadily growing to be the largest threat to human health in this century, not only increasing prevalence of obesity-related comorbidity but also impairing health-related quality of life (QoL). Bariatric surgery has shown to improve comorbidity as well as QoL.

Dirk P.A. Versteegden, Magaly J.J. Van himbeeck, Simon W. Nienhuijs

Considerations Regarding Sarcoidosis in the Bariatric Surgical Patient October 14, 2017

The sarcoidosis patient who seeks surgical management for obesity presents many challenges. The interaction between sarcoidosis and obesity complicates both disorders and creates special issues to consider when contemplating surgery. This manuscript will review the approach to the pre- and post-operative management of the sarcoidosis patient undergoing bariatric surgery.

Kimberly A. Kilby, Colleen M. Kilbourne, Marc A. Judson, Daniel J. Bonville, Scott H. Beegle

Bariatric patients’ reported motivations for surgery and their relationship to weight status and health October 11, 2017

Literature on patient motivation for bariatric surgery remains limited. A few studies have examined relation to outcomes and found no established connection between motivation and weight loss.

Jessica C. Peacock, Levi Perry, Kyle Morien

Weight loss after bariatric surgery in obese adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis October 10, 2017

Twenty percent of adolescents in the United States have obesity and current treatment options prioritize intensive lifestyle interventions that are largely ineffective. Bariatric surgery is increasingly being offered to obese adolescent patients; however, large-scale effectiveness data is lacking. We used Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases, and a manual search of references to conduct a systematic […]

Felipe E. Pedroso, Federico Angriman, Atsushi Endo, Hormuzdiyar Dasenbrock, Alessandra Storino, Ricardo Castillo, Ammara A. Watkins, Manuel Castillo-Angeles, Julie E. Goodman, Jeffrey L. Zitsman

How Gut Bacteria Help Make Us Fat and Thin – Scientific American

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