21st Annual Meeting American Society for Bariatric Surgery San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA, June 13-18, 2004 Alan C Wittgrove OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 816 - 817
Fatal Pulmonary Embolism after Bariatric Operations for Morbid Obesity: A 24-Year Retrospective Analysis James A SapalaMichael H WoodM Andrew Sapala OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 819 - 825
Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence. Is this the Best Age to Operate? Joseph F CapellaRafael F Capella OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 826 - 832
Depression Score Predicts Weight Loss following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Yelena AverbukhStanley HeshkaBlandine Laferrère OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 833 - 836
Clinical Experience Using the Computerized Digital Stapling System in Open Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity Robert K LiemPaul H Niloff OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 837 - 841
Management of Acute Bleeding after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Amir MehranSamuel SzomsteinRaul Rosenthal OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 842 - 847
DaVinci® Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Is it Justified in a Routine Setting? Gilbert MühlmannAlexander KlausHelmut G Weiss OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 848 - 854
Prospective Randomized Comparison of Linear Staplers during Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass J Kenneth ChampionMichael D Williams OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 855 - 859
Early Experience with Two-Stage Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass as an Alternative in the Super-Super Obese Patient J P ReganW B InabnetA Pomp OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 861 - 864
The Use of Simvastatin for the Prevention of Gallstones in the Lithogenic Prairie Dog Model Kurt G DavisThomas M WertinJohn P Schriver OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 865 - 868
Effects of Weight Loss on QT Interval in Morbidly Obese Patients Alexandra PapaioannouDimitris MichaloudisHelen Askitopoulou OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 869 - 873
Plasma Leptin Levels after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Morbid Obesity: Effects of an Acidified Meal Diego FoschiFabio CorsiEmilio Trabucchi OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 874 - 878
Effect of Significant Intermediate-term Weight Loss on Serum Leptin Levels and Body Composition in Severely Obese Subjects David InfangerReto BaldingerFritz F Horber OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 879 - 888
Plasma Ghrelin Concentratin in the Short-Term following Biliopancreatic Diversion Gian Franco AdamiRenzo CorderaNicola Scopinaro OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 889 - 892
Calcium and Vitamin D Depletion and Elevated Parathyroid Hormone following Biliopancreatic Diversion Leyanne NewburyKevin DolanGeorge Fielding OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 893 - 895
Achalasia in the Context of Morbid Obesity: a Rare but Important Association Gidon AlmogyGary J AnthonePeter F Crookes OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 896 - 900
Radiology for Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: a Simplified Follow-up Examination Method Fabio PomerriFrancesco De MarchiCristina Zavarella OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 901 - 908
Optimization of Access-Port Placement for the Lap-Band® System Hadar SpivakDavid GoldCarlos Guerrero OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 909 - 912
Band Leakage after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Reinhard P MittermairHelmut G WeissFranz Aigner OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 913 - 917
Initial Experience with Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band at Al-Noor Hospital Khalid Obeid Dhafar OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 918 - 920
Clinical Significance of Central Obesity in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Wei-Jei LeeWeu WangMing-Te Huang OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 921 - 925
Bariatric Surgery and Bariatric Psychology: General Overview and the Dutch Approach Gerbrand C M van HoutAnke J LeibbrandtGuus L van Heck OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 926 - 931
Use of Anti-Emetics after Intragastric Balloon Placement: Experience with Three Different Drug Treatments R Van HeeS Van WiemeerschJ Weyler OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 932 - 937
Ruptured Appendicitis after Laparoscopic Roux-enY Gastric Bypass: Pitfalls in Diagnosing a Surgical Abdomen in the Morbidly Obese Amir MehranMark LibermanSamuel Szomstein Report 01 December 2003 Pages: 938 - 940
Postoperative Rhabdomyolysis with Bariatric Surgery Bryan CollierM Arif GorejaBruce E Duke III Report 01 December 2003 Pages: 941 - 943
Massive Pericardial Effusion following a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Hai T BuiGeorge KiroffStephan Foy Report 01 December 2003 Pages: 944 - 947
Gastric Bezoar Complicating Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, and Review of Literature Nicole B WhiteKaren E GibbsJulio Teixeira Report 01 December 2003 Pages: 948 - 950
Green Urine after Intragastric Balloon Placement for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity Paolo BernanteFrancesco FranciniMaria Rosa Pelizzo Report 01 December 2003 Pages: 951 - 953
Measuring Outcomes following Bariatric Surgery: Weight Loss Parameters, Improvement in Co-morbid Conditions, Change in Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction Garth H Ballantyne OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 954 - 964
The BAROS and the Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire Horacio E Oria OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 965 - 965
9th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity Editorial Office OriginalPaper 01 December 2003 Pages: 969 - 970
