OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS) surgery on cardiovascular risk profile and predicted cardiovascular risk in severely obese patients. MATERIALS/METHODS We compared 1-year follow-up anthropometric and metabolic profiles in severely obese who underwent BPD-DS (n = 73) with controls (severely obese without surgery) (n =3 3). The 10-year...

Obesity and its associated medical conditions continue to increase and add significant burden to patients, as well as health-care systems, worldwide. Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity and its comorbidities, and resolution of diabetes is weight loss-independent in the case of some operations. Although these weight-independent effects are frequently described cl...

OBJECTIVE  To investigate whether bariatric surgery increases the risk of fracture. DESIGN  Retrospective nested case-control study. SETTING  Patients who underwent bariatric surgery in the province of Quebec, Canada, between 2001 and 2014, selected using healthcare administrative databases. PARTICIPANTS  12 676 patients who underwent bariatric surgery, age and sex matched with 38 028 obe...

OBJECTIVE Access block refers to the situation where patients in the emergency department (ED) requiring inpatient care are unable to gain access to appropriate hospital beds within a reasonable time frame. We systematically evaluated the relationship between access block, ED overcrowding, ambulance diversion, and ED activity. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of data from the Emergen...

m h a r orbid obesity is increasing exponentially in the US. pproximately 33.3% of Americans were obese in 1991, ersus 25.4% in 1976. Currently, 54.5% of Americans re overweight, with a body mass index 25. Diet and xercise are implemented initially, they usually fail after years. In response to this epidemic, surgical therapies or morbid obesity have evolved. There are several diferent weight l...

Objectives: Objective is to analyze the operation results of 270 patients in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Setting: Soran Private Hospital/Department of general &laparoscopic surgery/ErbilIraq. Methods: The mean BMI of patients is 43.5 kg/m2 with female patient were 165 and male patients were 115. Type 2 DM was presenting in 68 patients. Hypertension in 48 Hypercholesterolemia in 104, Hypertriglyceridem...