INTRODUCTION Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of the most used parameters in bariatric surgery. However, it does not discriminate the weight associated with adiposity. CUN-BAE formula is an equation that calculates Body Fat Percentage or adiposity, based on easily available values (age, sex and BMI). With this new classification many of the subjects that was considered normal weight or overweight (...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the analgesic effect of a subcostal-posterior transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block combination following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Methods: This study was conducted at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, between March 2014 and June 2015. A total of 40 patients with a body mass index of 40-60 kg/m2 scheduled for laparoscopi...

UNLABELLED Currently, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is one of bariatric surgeries most commonly performed in the world. The most frequent complications of surgeries of this type, with the highest mortality rate, include bleeding into the GI tract and peritoneal cavity, and sleeve staple line leaks. These severe complications prolong the hospital stay, and often are a cause of patient's death....

BACKGROUND Sleeve gastrectomy may alter esophageal motility and lower esophageal sphincter pressure. AIM To detect manometric changings in the esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter before and after sleeve gastrectomy in order to select patients who could develop postoperative esophageal motilitity disorders and lower esophageal sphincter pressure modifications. METHODS Seventy-three pati...

BACKGROUND Sleeve gastrectomy is a recent, purely restrictive procedure in bariatric surgery that has shown results similar to gastric bypass over the short and middle term. At the same time, single-port access surgery has fostered the development of new techniques and methods seeking better cosmetic results and less postoperative pain, while maintaining the satisfactory results obtained by the...

BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment to obtain weight loss in severely obese patients. The feasibility and safety of bariatric robotic surgery is the topic of this review. METHODS A search was performed on PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, BioMed Central, and Web of Science. RESULTS Twenty-two studies were included. Anastomotic leak rate was 8.51% in ...

AIM To study the impact of sleeve gastrectomy plus side-to-side jejunoileal anastomosis on weight loss and the remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS Thirty-three 7 weeks old male Zucker diabetic fatty rats were randomized into three groups: sleeve gastrectomy plus side-to-side jejunoileal anastomosis (JI-SG group), sleeve gastrectomy (SG group), sham surgery (Control group). RESULT...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is becoming a popular procedure for the morbidly obese patient. Its utilization as a standalone procedure has good results with weight loss in short- and midterm reports. The aim of this study was to assess our technique and whether it warranted any modifications in the early postoperative period. METHODS Our first 100 consecutive patients undergoing...

BACKGROUND This study aims to identify whether reinforcing the staple line during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has advantages. METHODS We searched MEDLINE (PubMed; till August 2011), EMBASE (till August 2011), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Central) in the Cochrane Library (till August 2011) using common keywords related to sleeve gastrectomy and reinforcemen...