1. From the Editor's Desk....Fenfluramines and Heart Valves

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 01 October 2000 Pages: 387 - 388

2. Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity

   • Mark J Monteforte
   • Charles M Turkelson

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 391 - 401

3. Morbid Obesity: Perceptions of Character and Comorbidities in Falstaff

   • Henry Buchwald
   • Mary E Knatterud

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 402 - 408

4. Open vs Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: A case control study with 1-year follow-up

   • Andrea Dávila-Cervantes
   • Gabriella Ganci-Cerrud
   • Miguel F Herrera

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 409 - 412

5. Micropouch Gastric Bypass: Indications for Gastrostomy Tube Placement in the Bypassed Stomach

   • Michael H Wood
   • James Sapala
   • Thomas M Flake Jr

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 413 - 419

6. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Aspects of Surgical Technique and Early Results

   • Magnus Sundbom
   • Sven Gustavsson

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 420 - 427

7. Improvement in Co-Morbidities Following Weight Loss From Gastric Bypass Surgery

   • Atul Dhabuwala
   • Rebecca J Cannan
   • Richard S Stubbs

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 428 - 435

8. Energy and Nitrogen Absorption after Biliopancreatic Diversion

   • Nicola Scopinaro
   • Giuseppe M Marinari
   • Gian Franco Adami

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 436 - 441

9. Short-Term Changes in Serum Leptin Concentration Following Biliopancreatic Diversion

   • Giuseppe M Marinari
   • Giovanni Camerini
   • Gian Franco Adami

   OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 442 - 444

10. BAROS: An Effective System to Evaluate the Results of Patients after Bariatric Surgery

    • Anna Maria Wolf
    • Andrea Rainer Falcone
    • Hans Werner Kuhlmann

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 445 - 450

11. Dermolipectomies Following Weight Loss after Surgery for Morbid Obesity

    • Leonidas Fotopoulos
    • Ioannis Kehagias
    • Fotis Kalfarentzos

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 451 - 459

12. Breast Reconstruction Facilitated by Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • Gottfried Wechselberger
    • Martin Haug
    • Hildegunde Piza-Katzer

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 460 - 464

13. Organ Transplantation and Obesity: Evaluation, Risks and Benefits of Therapeutic Strategies

    • H Weiss
    • H Nehoda
    • R Margreiter

    Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 465 - 469

14. Bowel Obstruction after Biliopancreatic Diversion: A Deceptive Complication

    • Maria Laura Cossu
    • Matteo Ruggiu
    • Giuseppe Noya

    Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 470 - 473

15. Intragastric Erosion Of Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Band

    • B Vantienen
    • W Vaneerdeweg
    • E Eyskens

    Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 474 - 476

16. Understanding the Bariatric Surgical Patient: A Demographic, Lifestyle and Psychological Profile

    • Katherine M Fox
    • Susan L Taylor
    • Judy E Jones

    Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 477 - 481

17. Making the Most of Your Time: The Benefits of Converting Patient Education Programs into Continuing Nursing Education

    • Judy E Davidson
    • Charles Callery

    Report 01 October 2000 Pages: 482 - 483

18. American Society for Bariatric Surgery: 18th Annual Meeting, Call for Abstracts

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 485 - 487

19. 6th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 October 2000 Pages: 488 - 491