BACKGROUND: Because the number of patients with a previous bariatric procedure
continues to rise, it is advisable for bariatric surgeons to know how to manage the rare event …

Background: Bariatric procedures can induce a massive weight loss that lasts for> 15 years
after surgery; in addition, they achieve important metabolic effects including diabetes …

OBJECTIVES: Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is now an established method for
diagnostic and therapeutic small-bowel endoscopy. Single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) has …

Background and Aims Placement of a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) between the
gastric pouch and the excluded stomach allows for EUS-guided transgastric interventions …

Background Morbid obesity is associated with different gastrointestinal alterations and
diseases. Surgically induced weight loss has become the best treatment for morbidly obese …

Obesity has become a global epidemic with a soaring economic encumbrance due to its
related morbidity and mortality. Amongst obesity-related conditions, cancer is indeed the …

Background and study aims Indications for accessing the duodenum, and/or excluded
stomach in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) patients extend beyond diagnosis and …

Em 2013, quase um milhão de brasileiros eram obesos graves. A cirurgia bariátrica é uma
alternativa para a perda de peso sustentada. Até 2014 foram realizadas quase 50 mil …

Background Bile reflux is a factor in the appearance of severe esophagitis and Barrett's
esophagus, which have been reported after sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Incompetent lower …

Background: Roux-en-Y reconstruction excludes the afferent limb and the biliopancreatic
system from conventional endoscopic access. Postoperative problems in these excluded …