The development of these updated guidelines was commissioned by the AACE, TOS, and
ASMBS Board of Directors and adheres to the AACE 2010 protocol for standardized …

Hypothesis The type and frequency of complications after open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
(GBP) have changed with the development of laparoscopic technique. Background The …

The prevalence of obesity has increased in recent decades, and obesity is now one of the
leading public health concerns on a worldwide scale. There is accumulating agreement that …

A 44-year-old morbidly obese woman inquires about bariatric surgery, a treatment option for
patients with a body-mass index of 40 or more (or of 35 or more when there are coexisting …

Staple-line leaks represent an unwanted, yet seemingly unavoidable, complication of
stapling associated with bariatric surgery. Although," folk legends" abound as to precluding …

ContextCase series demonstrate that bariatric surgery can be performed with a low rate of
perioperative mortality (0.5%), but the rate among high-risk patients and the community at …

Study design We evaluated short-and longterm mortality rates of patients undergoing gastric
bypass on a population level compared with a nonoperated cohort of patients with morbid …

Objective: To examine the effect of hospital volume of bariatric surgery on morbidity,
mortality, and costs at academic centers. Summary Background Data: The American Society …

BACKGROUND: Currently, no clinically useful scoring system is available to stratify the
mortality risk for patients undergoing gastric bypass (GBP). We propose the obesity surgery …

More than half of the European population are overweight (body mass index (BMI)> 25 and<
30 kg/m2) and up to 30% are obese (BMI≥ 30 kg/m2). Being overweight and obesity are …