Calcium and vitamin D metabolism in the patients presenting with morbid obesity including those after biliopancreatic diversion bypass

Protein Malnutrition Incidence Comparison after Gastric Bypass versus Biliopancreatic Diversion.

BACKGROUND bariatric surgery is widely employed nowadays. Nutritional complications following malabsorptive bariatric surgery are common. OBJECTIVES to compare protein malnutrition incidence, the amount of protein intake and the influence of various risk factors in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and biliopancreatic diversion (BPD). METHODS retrospective study comparing ...

Calcium and Vitamin D Metabolism in Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome; An Update on the Existing Literature

 Minimal Change Disease (MCD) is the leading cause of childhood Nephrotic Syndrome (NS). Therefore in pediatrics nephrotic syndrome, most children beyond the first year of life will be treated with corticosteroids without an initial biopsy. Children with NS often display a number of calcium homeostasis disturbances causing abnormal bone histology, including hypocalcemia, reduced serum vitamin D...

Comparison of roux-en-y gastric bypass techniques with and without distal gastric plication in patients with morbid obesity

Body contouring after biliopancreatic diversion.

BACKGROUND From Nov 2001 to Mar 2006, 176 patients underwent body contouring plastic surgery after prior biliopancreatic diversion (BPD). Weight loss had varied from 30-100 kg. The plastic surgery targeted the arms (24 patients), breast (58), abdomen (62) and thighs (20), plus torsoplasty (12). METHODS BPD is a "non-cosmetic" bariatric operation which results in malabsorption and subsequent m...

Increased Bile Acid Synthesis and Deconjugation after Biliopancreatic Diversion Running title: Bile acids in biliopancreatic diversion

Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) improves insulin sensitivity and decreases serum cholesterol out of proportion with weight loss. Mechanisms of these effects are unknown. One set of proposed contributors to metabolic improvements after bariatric surgeries are bile acids (BAs). We investigated the early and late effects of BPD on plasma BA levels, composition, and markers of BA synthesis in 15 pa...