1. Manuscript Preparation

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Increase in Obesity

   • Mervyn Deitel

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 3 - 3

3. Bariatric Surgical Utterances: Need They Be Dogmatic?

   • George S M Cowan Jr.

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 3 - 4

4. Meeting Report of the Third Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, September 3-5, 1998, Bruges, Belgium

   • Jan Willem Greve

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 5 - 6

5. Selected Topics in Malpractice Reduction in Bariatric and Other Surgery

   • B Elliot Johnson

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 8 - 10

6. SURGERY FOR THE MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENT

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 10 - 10

7. Complications Following Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding: A Long-Term Follow-up

   • Peter Forsell
   • Bengt Hallerbäck
   • Göran Hellers

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 11 - 16

8. Iron Absorption and Therapy after Gastric Bypass

   • Barbara M Rhode
   • Chaim Shustik
   • Lloyd D MacLean

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 17 - 21

9. First Simultaneous Meeting… BARIATRIC SURGERY/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 21 - 21

10. Gastro-Gastric Fistulas and Marginal Ulcers in Gastric Bypass Procedures for Weight Reduction

    • Joseph F Capella
    • Rafael F Capella

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 22 - 27

11. Invited Commentary Gastro-Gastric Fistulas and Marginal Ulcers in Gastric Bypass Procedures for Weight Reduction

    • Lloyd D MacLean

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 28 - 28

12. Vertical Banded Gastroplasty-Gastric Bypass with and without the Interposition of Jejunum: Preliminary Report

    • Pablo G Zorrilla
    • Ricardo J Salinas
    • Ana M Salinas-Martinez

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 29 - 32

13. First International Symposium on Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 32 - 32

14. Patient Satisfaction and Results of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Gastric Bypass

    • Yong Choi
    • James Frizzi
    • Michael Harkabus

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 33 - 35

15. Orally Administered Ranitidine Plasma Concentrations before and after Biliopancreatic Diversion in Morbidly Obese Patients

    • Maria Laura Cossu
    • Silvio Caccia
    • Giuseppe Noya

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 36 - 39

16. Obesity Surgery in Russia

    • Yuri I Yashkov
    • Nicolay M Kuzin
    • Yuri I Sedletsky

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 40 - 43

17. Endoscopic Threaded Imaging Port (EndoTIP) for Laparoscopy: Experience with Different Body Weights

    • Artin M Ternamian
    • Mervyn Deitel

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 44 - 47

18. Restrictive versus Malabsorptive Procedures: Criteria for Patient Selection

    • P Forestieri
    • M De Luca
    • M Santoro

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 48 - 50

19. Outcome of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • M Toppino
    • M Morino
    • F Morino

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 51 - 54

20. Laparoscopic Adjustable Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: A New Method for Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Preliminary Experience

    • G Natalini
    • F Breccolotto
    • L Calzoni

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 55 - 56

21. 28-Month Experience with the Lap-Band Technique: Results and Critical Points of the Method

    • F Furbetta
    • G Gambinotti
    • E M Robortella

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 56 - 58

22. Videolaparoscopic Treatment of Gastric Banding Complications

    • L Angrisani
    • M Lorenzo
    • B Tesauro

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 58 - 62

23. Laparoscopic Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Preliminary Results from SICE Registry (Italian Society of Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery)

    • M Toppino
    • M Morino
    • Registry Contributors

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 62 - 65

24. Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding: Use of the Ultrasound Technology in Laparoscopic Approach

    • G Lesti
    • S Graziani
    • A Sardellone

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 65 - 67

25. Preliminary Endoscopic Technical Report of a New Silicone Intragastric Balloon in the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

    • G Galloro
    • G D De Palma
    • P Forestieri

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 68 - 71

26. Closing Remarks

    • Luigi Angrisani

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 71 - 71

27. Binge Eating in Gastric Bypass Patients Before Surgery

    • Ronna Saunders

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 72 - 76

28. OBESIDAD Y AUTOESTIMA

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 76 - 76

29. Patients with Morbid Obesity Don't Get Life-Saving Bone Marrow Transplants

    • Bertha Clarke
    • Harold Engler

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 77 - 79

30. Success Habits of Long-Term Gastric Bypass Patients

    • Colleen M
    • Charles Edwards

    OriginalPaper 01 February 1999 Pages: 80 - 82