INTRODUCTION Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has been identified as a biomarker of acute kidney injury (AKI) that could contribute to early diagnosis and effective management of AKI. The purpose of this study was to evaluate NGAL as a predictive marker of AKI in patients with clinically severe obesity (BMI >50) who underwent biliopancreatic diversion surgery. PATIENTS AND ME...

Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is a restrictive bariatric surgery technique that was first used as part of restrictive horizontal gastrectomy in the original Scopinaro type biliopancreatic diversion. Its good results as a single technique have led to a rise in its use, and it is currently the second most performed technique worldwide. SG achieves clearly better results than other restrictive technique...

Obesity has gained prominence as a main cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world. Surgical therapy for obesity is extremely effective in terms of weight reduction and amelioration of comorbidities. Bariatric procedures are not simply cosmetic operations, however, and involve considerable manipulation of the gastrointestinal tract to induce weight loss. The metabolic consequ...

Obesity can be considered to be one of the most important chronic diseases facing Canadians of all ages. Whereas patients with a very high body mass index may have the most to gain from procedures such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch, the increased risk of postoperative complications often makes them poor surgical candidates. As a result, several "bridgi...

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is the most common form of obesity with a genetic basis. The short expected survival time due to numerous accompanying diseases and their complications is the reason for research on the maximally efficient method of treatment of obesity in this syndrome. Undertaken attempts of conservative treatment, for example with somatostatin, are ineffective. It seems that the o...