Summary In 2007, the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry (SOReg) was started by the
profession to monitor the results of bariatric surgery and to provide a high‐quality database …

Internal hernias are a worrying complication from laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
(LRGB), with potential small bowel necrosis and obstruction. An electronic database search …

Importance Short-term and midterm data suggest that mesenteric defects closure during
laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) surgery reduces the risk of internal …

Background Internal hernia is a well-known complication of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass (LRYGB), with reported rates~ 5% within three months to three years after surgery …

Purpose Internal herniation (IH) is the most common complication after Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass surgery (RYGB). Although primary closure has reduced the incidence, recurrences …

During the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure, closing mesentery or not was
still controversial according to preexisted studies. So, the current meta-analysis aimed to …

Introduction Internal hernia is one of the most frequent long-term complications after
laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery (RYGB). Surgical treatment of an internal hernia itself …

Internal hernia formation is a feared complication following bariatric surgery. Protrusion of
the small bowel through mesenteric defects can result in volvulus presenting with symptoms …

Ordinal data in a repeated measures design of a crossover study for rare diseases usually
do not allow for the use of standard parametric methods, and hence, nonparametric methods …

Introduction Internal herniation (IH) can be a life-threatening complication of Roux-en-Y
gastric bypass (RYGB). Randomised controlled trials support the routine closure of …