1. Anorexia Nervosa Following Bariatric Surgery

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 01 December 2002 Pages: 729 - 730

2. A Bariatric Surgery Algorithm

   • Henry Buchwald

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 733 - 746

3. Invited Commentaries

   • John J Gleysteen
   • Paul E O'Brien
   • Nicola Scopinaro

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 747 - 749

4. Reply

   • Henry Buchwald

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 750 - 750

5. Positioning the Morbidly Obese Patient for Anesthesia

   • Jay B Brodsky

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 751 - 758

6. Pilot Study Examining the Frequency of Several Gene Polymorphisms in a Morbidly Obese Population

   • Dimitri J Koumanis
   • Nicolas V Christou
   • Brian M Gilfix

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 759 - 764

7. The Effect of Erythromycin on Bile Excretion and Proximal Small Bowel Motility Following Divided Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

   • Neal W Wilkinson
   • Robert J Gustafson
   • James D Frizzi

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 765 - 772

8. Health-Related Quality of Life in Morbidly Obese Patients: Effect of Gastric Bypass Surgery

   • Martina de Zwaan
   • Kathryn L Lancaster
   • Ross D Crosby

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 773 - 780

9. Perceived Psychosocial Outcomes of Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Qualitative Study

   • Lindsey E Bocchieri
   • Marta Meana
   • Barry L Fisher

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 781 - 788

10. Sweet Eating is not a Predictor of Outcome after Lap-Band^® Placement. Can we Finally Bury the Myth?

    • Steven M Hudson
    • John B Dixon
    • Paul E O'Brien

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 789 - 794

11. Effect of Surgical Weight Loss on Free Radical and Antioxidant Balance: a Preliminary Report

    • Gurcan Kisakol
    • Engin Guney
    • Dilek Özmen

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 795 - 800

12. Invited Commentary

    • Cynthia Buffington

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 800 - 801

13. Liver Damage in Obese Patients

    • Antonio Del Gaudio
    • Luca Boschi
    • Daniela Munari

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 802 - 804

14. Long-term Dietary Changes after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Is the Trade-off Favorable?

    • Iris Shai
    • Yaakov Henkin
    • Itzhak Levi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 805 - 811

15. Open Versus Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Double Blind Trial

    • Andrea Dávila-Cervantes
    • Delia Borunda
    • Miguel F Herrera

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 812 - 818

16. Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • Wei-Jei Lee
    • Po-Jui Yu
    • Min-Te Huang

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 819 - 824

17. Invited Commentary

    • Edward E Mason

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 825 - 825

18. Five-Year Results of Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty in the Treatment of Massive Obesity

    • Mårten Magnusson
    • Jacob Freedman
    • Erik Näslund

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 826 - 830

19. Medial Thigh Lift Free Flap for Autologous Breast Augmentation after Bariatric Surgery

    • Thomas Schoeller
    • Romed Meirer
    • Hildegunde Piza-Katzer

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 831 - 834

20. Psychopathological Status and Interpersonal Functioning Following Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

    • Juan A Guisado
    • Francisco J Vaz
    • Luis Gaite

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 835 - 840

21. Weight Loss after Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding: Relationships to Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome

    • Carmine Gazzaruso
    • Stefano Giordanetti
    • Pietro Fratino

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 841 - 845

22. Results of the Italian Multicenter Study on 239 Super-obese Patients Treated by Adjustable Gastric Banding

    • L Angrisani
    • F Furbetta
    • M Lorenzo

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 846 - 850

23. Re-operations Following Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

    • Ralph Peterli
    • Andrea Donadini
    • Peter Tondelli

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 851 - 856

24. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: Essential Role of Psychological Support

    • Albano Nicolai
    • Carla Ippoliti
    • Massimiliano Donato Petrelli

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 857 - 863

25. Coping Behavior and Loneliness Among Obese Patients

    • Rogier Hörchner
    • Wim E Tuinebreijer
    • Elly van Urk

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 864 - 868

26. Anthropometric Measurements in Male Breast Cancer

    • Ediz Altinli
    • Emre Gorgun
    • Tarik Akcal

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 869 - 870

27. Immobilization Hypercalcemia in Critical Illness Following Bariatric Surgery

    • Farzin Alborzi
    • Andrew B Leibowitz

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 871 - 873

28. Carcinoid Tumor and Bariatric Surgery

    • Ara Keshishian
    • John Hamilton
    • Mikael Petrosyan

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 874 - 875

29. Functional Gastric Bypass with an Adjustable Gastric Band

    • Francesco Furbetta
    • Giancarlo Gambinotti

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 876 - 880

30. Comments to Presidential Address: Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Diversion Operations

    • Nicola Scopinaro

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 881 - 884

31. Announcements

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 885 - 896

32. Author Index to Volume 12

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 897 - 899

33. Subject Index to Volume 12

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2002 Pages: 899 - 900