Introduction: The upward trend of seeking bariatric surgery tourism will only grow with the globalization of medical care. We aim to describe the experiences participants of a supervised weight loss program in relation to their pursuit of bariatric tourism. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with an unbiased questionnaire were conducted to obtain a profo...

background since morbid obesity is known as a major cause of psychosocial problems beside its common adverse effects like cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, a lot of researches have been performed to find an effective treatment including surgery. surgical methods were improved by invention of minimal invasive surgeries. laparascopic sleeve gastrectomy (lsg) and laparascopic adjustable gastr...

background :severe obesity is highly co-morbid with psychiatric disorders and may have effect on the quality of life. this study aimed to compare severity and prevalence rate of depression, anxiety and eating disorders and quality of life in severe obese patients before and 6 months after the gastric bypass surgery.   methods : this was a prospective observational study which conducted at hazar...

HYPOTHESIS An increase in national utilization of bariatric surgery correlates with the dissemination of laparoscopic bariatric surgery. DESIGN Evaluation of Nationwide Inpatient Sample data from 1998 through 2002. SETTING National database. PATIENTS A total of 188,599 patients underwent bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Annual total number of ...

background: very few studies have been performed on small populations about the links between employment and bariatric surgery. objective: to determine if rates of employment are increased among patients who have undergone bariatric surgery, to assess their post-operative health consequences (post-prandial weakness, diarrhea), and patients' ability to maintain post-operative advice (ie, 30 minu...

background meralgia paresthetica (mp) is a benign clinical syndrome of entrapment of the lateral cutaneous nerve in the thigh. among the complications of bariatric surgery, neurologic complications are not uncommon and of these complications, mp is a frequent clinical diagnosis. thus, knowing the clinical risk factors of mp is of great importance as they help with the differential diagnoses of ...

• To understand physiological and nutritional consequences of different bariatric surgical interventions; • To identify specific nutritional deficiencies after bariatric surgery; • To understand nutritional implications after bariatric surgery in specific situations: • Pregnancy • Adolescence • To know how to prevent nutritional deficiencies after bariatric surgery; • To know how to monitor nut...

conclusions elevated serum pth level was the predictive factor for nash in morbidly obese patients. also, we reported elevated serum liver enzymes, high serum pth levels and older age as predictors of nash in patients seeking obesity surgical treatments. results forty-six patients (34 women, aged 36.5 ± 10.6 years) were analyzed. the mean levels of liver enzymes were significantly higher in the...

type 2 diabetes is one of the major public health challenges in 21st century. both environmental changes and genetics are attributed for increased risk of type 2 diabetes. obesity is the most critical and modifiable risk factor and should be targeted for successful management of diabetes. this review article discusses three main approaches to manage obesity. three management modalities consider...