From the Editor's Desk....Fenfluramines and Heart Valves Mervyn Deitel EditorialNotes 01 October 2000 Pages: 387 - 388
Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity Mark J MonteforteCharles M Turkelson OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 391 - 401
Morbid Obesity: Perceptions of Character and Comorbidities in Falstaff Henry BuchwaldMary E Knatterud OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 402 - 408
Open vs Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: A case control study with 1-year follow-up Andrea Dávila-CervantesGabriella Ganci-CerrudMiguel F Herrera OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 409 - 412
Micropouch Gastric Bypass: Indications for Gastrostomy Tube Placement in the Bypassed Stomach Michael H WoodJames SapalaThomas M Flake Jr OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 413 - 419
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Aspects of Surgical Technique and Early Results Magnus SundbomSven Gustavsson OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 420 - 427
Improvement in Co-Morbidities Following Weight Loss From Gastric Bypass Surgery Atul DhabuwalaRebecca J CannanRichard S Stubbs OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 428 - 435
Energy and Nitrogen Absorption after Biliopancreatic Diversion Nicola ScopinaroGiuseppe M MarinariGian Franco Adami OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 436 - 441
Short-Term Changes in Serum Leptin Concentration Following Biliopancreatic Diversion Giuseppe M MarinariGiovanni CameriniGian Franco Adami OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 442 - 444
BAROS: An Effective System to Evaluate the Results of Patients after Bariatric Surgery Anna Maria WolfAndrea Rainer FalconeHans Werner Kuhlmann OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 445 - 450
Dermolipectomies Following Weight Loss after Surgery for Morbid Obesity Leonidas FotopoulosIoannis KehagiasFotis Kalfarentzos OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 451 - 459
Breast Reconstruction Facilitated by Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Gottfried WechselbergerMartin HaugHildegunde Piza-Katzer OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 460 - 464
Organ Transplantation and Obesity: Evaluation, Risks and Benefits of Therapeutic Strategies H WeissH NehodaR Margreiter Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 465 - 469
Bowel Obstruction after Biliopancreatic Diversion: A Deceptive Complication Maria Laura CossuMatteo RuggiuGiuseppe Noya Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 470 - 473
Intragastric Erosion Of Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Band B VantienenW VaneerdewegE Eyskens Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 474 - 476
Understanding the Bariatric Surgical Patient: A Demographic, Lifestyle and Psychological Profile Katherine M FoxSusan L TaylorJudy E Jones Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 477 - 481
Making the Most of Your Time: The Benefits of Converting Patient Education Programs into Continuing Nursing Education Judy E DavidsonCharles Callery Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 482 - 483
American Society for Bariatric Surgery: 18th Annual Meeting, Call for Abstracts Editorial Office OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 485 - 487
6th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) Editorial Office OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 488 - 491