9th World Congress of the International Federation For the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) Editorial Office Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 873 - 938
The Impact of Weight Reduction Surgery on Health-Care Costs in Morbidly Obese Patients John S SampalisMoishe LibermanNicolas V Christou OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 939 - 947
Preoperative Evaluation for Bariatric Surgery using Transesophageal Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Geetha BhatKathy DaleyGerald Larson OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 948 - 951
Liver Damage in Severely Obese Patients: a Clinical-Biochemical-Morphologic Study on 1,000 Liver Biopsies Francesco Saverio PapadiaGiuseppe M MarinariNicola Scopinaro OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 952 - 958
Gastro-esophageal Reflux and Esophageal Motility Disorders in Morbidly Obese Patients M SuterG DortaJ M Calmes OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 959 - 966
Altered Olfactory Acuity in the Morbidly Obese Brynn E RichardsonEric A Vander WoudeDonald A Leopold OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 967 - 969
Prevention of Deep Wound Infection in Morbidly Obese Patients by Infusion of an Antibiotic into the Subcutaneous Space at the Time of Wound Closure J Wesley AlexanderRosemary Rahn OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 970 - 974
Psychosocial Outcome of Gastric Bypass Surgery for Patients With and Without Binge Eating Ann E -C GreenMaureen Dymek-ValentineJohn Alverdy OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 975 - 985
Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity by Adjustable Gastric Band: the Case for a Conservative Strategy in the Case of Failure – a 9-Year Series Jérôme Dargent OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 986 - 990
Brazilian Multicenter Study of the Intragastric Balloon José A SalletJoão B MarchesiniPaulo C Sallet OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 991 - 998
Are We Closer to Finding the Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Morbid Obesity? Are the Incretins the Key to Success? Ermenegildo Eldo Frezza OriginalPaper 01 August 2004 Pages: 999 - 1005
Dysphagia Lusoria: A Complication Following Gastric Bypass Surgery? Thomas FabianRiivo IlvesNeil S Devejian Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 1006 - 1007
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity David GoiteinDaniel J GagnéPhilip F Caushaj Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 1008 - 1011
Gastric Actinomycosis: a Rare Complication after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity M J Fernández-AceñeroV SilvestreG García-Blanch Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 1012 - 1015
Laparoscopic Splenectomy Combined with Revision of Previous Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Dominick ArtusoMichael WayneRobert Grossi Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 1016 - 1021
Bolus Obstruction of Pouch Outlet by a Granular Bulk Laxative after Gastric Banding Florian HerrleThomas PetersRalph Peterli Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 1022 - 1024
Fatigue, Weakness, and Sexual Dysfunction after Bariatic Surgery – Not an Unusual Case but an Unusual Cause Philipp SchuetzRalph PeterliThomas Peters Report 01 August 2004 Pages: 1025 - 1028