Gastric Adenocarcinoma after Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cost-effectiveness of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patients with Morbid Obesity: A Systematic Review

Cost-effectiveness of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patients with Morbid Obesity: A Systematic Review Talebianpour Hamid1, Shahab Alizadeh2*   1. Ph.D. Student, School of Public Health, Department of Management Sciences and Health Economics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Nutrition and Dietetic...

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

Evaluation of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy compared with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for people with morbid obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Prevalence of obesity in the world, in both developed and developing countries, is growing rapidly. Bariatric surgery is now accepted as the treatment for morbid obesity. Objective: This study compares laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy's effectiveness (LSG) with the most common bariatric surgery, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y (LRYGB) gastric bypass.   Methods: A systematic review ...

Heterotopic mesenteric ossification following gastric bypass surgery: case series and review of literature.

Heterotopic mesenteric ossification (HMO) is a rare entity with few cases reported in the world literature. We report two cases. Both patients underwent an open gastric bypass with Roux-en-Y reconstruction procedure for morbid obesity and subsequently presented with gastrointestinal fistulae associated with HMO.

Krukenberg tumor after gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Bariatric surgery and gastric cancer.

Gastric bypass is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in bariatric surgery. A neoplasm within the gastric pouch is a somewhat infrequent complication but with important survival consequences. We present the case of a 51-year-old woman who developed an adenocarcinoma in the bypassed stomach three years after bariatric surgery; the tumour was incidentally discovered after gyn...