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BACKGROUND: A technique for standard laparoscopic BPD was developed. METHODS: Standard laparoscopic BPD was performed in 26 morbidly obese patients with mean BMI 43. Details of the technique, using 6 trocars, and instrumentation are described. Intestinal limb lengths were measured fully stretched, and the gastric remnant volume was also...

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A retrocolic submesocolic approach was used for creating the gastroenteroanastomosis in 42 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion for obesity. The surgical technique is described in detail. The laparoscopic gastroenteroanastomosis was successfully performed on all the operated patients, with no intraoperative...

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OBJECTIVE: Assess insulin sensitivity and metabolic status of obese patients with stable weight loss at long term following biliopancreatic diversion (BPD). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out in 36 nondiabetic severely obese patients undergoing BPD. Serum concentration of glucose, insulin and leptin were determined prior to and at...

OBJECTIVE: To gain insight into the specific mechanisms by which biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) can improve insulin action. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nondiabetic severely obese patients (n=20) undergoing BPD were included. Waist-to-hip ratio and serum concentration of glucose, insulin, and leptin were determined before, at 4-day, and at 2...

BACKGROUND: The authors investigated the weight loss and maintenance in type 2 diabetic obese patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion (BPD). METHODS: Two series of diabetic and non-diabetic obese patients matched for gender, age and baseline body mass index (BMI) were evaluated prior to BPD, on the occasion of the regular follow-up visit...

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The authors' aim in this study was to gain insight on the eating behaviors of severely obese patients seeking bariatric surgery. The authors compared anthropometric and alimentary interview data on 50 patients applying for biliopancreatic diversion with data obtained from 50 severely obese individuals enrolling in a behavior modification...

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The aim of this study was to analyse radiological findings in patients surgically treated for adjustable silicone gastric banding (ASGB) for morbid obesity complicated by band penetration into the gastric lumen. We reviewed the records of four patients with surgically confirmed penetration of gastric band into the gastric lumen; three had...

OBJECTIVE: Ghrelin is a recently discovered hormone that is produced mainly by the stomach and that increases food intake in rodents and humans. It has been postulated that the weight loss after gastric bypass surgery for obesity might be related to changes in serum ghrelin concentration. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Serum leptin and...

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