1. Best Authors' Award for 1997

   • M Deitel

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 465 - 466

2. Reviewers of Manuscripts for Volume 7 of Obesity Surgery, 1997

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 466 - 466

3. Manuscript Preparation

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 468 - 469

4. Outcome of Gastric Restriction Procedures: Weight, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Satisfaction

   • Pauline S Powers
   • Alexander Rosemurgy
   • Aura Perez

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 471 - 477

5. Symptomatic and Clinical Improvement in Morbidly Obese Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

   • Sherman C Smith
   • Charles B Edwards
   • Gerald N Goodman

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 479 - 484

6. The Impact of Small Bowel Resection on the Incidence of Stomal Stenosis and Marginal Ulcer After Gastric Bypass

   • Laurie Spaulding

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 485 - 487

7. Invited Commentary Impact of Small Bowel Resection on Incidence of Stomal Stenosis and Marginal Ulcer

   • Mathias A L Fobi

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 488 - 488

8. Silastic Ring Gastric Bypass: Results in 64 Patients

   • Nicholas A Crampton
   • Vadim Izvornikov
   • Richard S Stubbs

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 489 - 494

9. Silastic Ring Gastric Bypass: A comparison of two ring sizes: a preliminary report

   • Nicholas A Crampton
   • Vadim Izvornikov
   • Richard S Stubbs

   OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 495 - 499

10. Preliminary Results of the Duodenal Switch

    • Aniceto Baltasar
    • Juan del Rio
    • Carlos Serra

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 500 - 504

11. The Influence of a New Timing Strategy of Band Adjustment on the Vomiting Frequency and the Food Consumption of Obese Women Operated with Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding (LAP-BAND)

    • Luca Busetto
    • Claudia Pisent
    • Giuliano Enzi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 505 - 512

12. 42-Month Preliminary Follow-up of the Silastic Ring Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • John Stoner
    • Patricia Stoner
    • Janet Sytsma

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 513 - 515

13. Routine Preoperative Gastrointestinal Series

    • Alex M C Macgregor
    • Eric K Thoburn

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 516 - 516

14. Reply

    • Walter J Pories

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 517 - 517

15. Gastric Bypass: Standard Surgical Technique

    • MAL Fobi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 518 - 519

16. REPLY

    • Barry L Fisher
    • John Talieh

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 519 - 520

17. Guidelines for Reporting Results in Bariatric Surgery

    • Standards Committee, American Society for Bariatric Surgery

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 521 - 522

18. Obesity Classification

    • Kathleen Renquist

    OriginalPaper 01 December 1997 Pages: 523 - 523