UNLABELLED Bariatric surgery is currently the only effective treatment option for morbidly obese patients. There has been observed a considerable disproportion between the number of procedures conducted in Poland and the number of patients requiring such treatment. There are no studies assessing bariatric knowledge among general practitioners who play crucial role in polish health care system. ...

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...

Craniopharyngiomas (CP) are epithelial neoplasms generally found in the area of the pituitary and hypothalamus. Despite benign histology, these tumors and/or their treatment often result in significant, debilitating disorders of endocrine, neurological, behavioral, and metabolic systems. Severe obesity is observed in a high percentage of patients with CP resulting in significant comorbidities a...

Background Bariatric surgery is a very effective treatment for morbid obesity, generally improving the obesity related metabolic derangements. Epicardial fat (EPIFAT) is a visceral fat depot measurable in cardiac magnetic resonance. Changes in EPIFAT after bariatric surgery has been described, but it is not well characterized. We hypothesized that the reduction of the thoracic fat components af...

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...

Obesity and the corresponding burden of related diseases is a major public health issue worldwide that reaching pandemic proportions. Bariatric surgery only intervention has been shown to result in substantial lasting weight loss, decrease overall mortality for patients with severe obesity. Consequently, population having undergone this procedure increasing. Multifactorial weight-dependent inde...

The incidence of obesity has been increasing day after day, worldwide. Hence bariatric surgery has recently become one of the most common treatment modality in maintaining long-term weight reduction and improving obesity-related conditions. Gallstones and bariatric surgery is an important issue because both obesity and bariatric surgery resulting with rapid weight loss are risk factors for the ...

background deep venous thrombosis (dvt) is a major risk of morbidity and mortality in morbid obese patients underwent bariatric surgery. there are some controversies in different kind of prophylactic strategies for dvt in laparoscopic bariatric surgeries. unfractionated heparin (ufh) is an available and reversible anticoagulant used for dvt prophylaxis. objectives this study aimed to compare cl...

Obesity and associated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are becoming a serious medical issue worldwide. Bariatric surgery has been shown to be the most effective and durable therapy for the treatment of morbid obese patients. Increasing data indicates bariatric surgery as metabolic surgery is an effective and novel therapy for not well controlled obese T2DM patients. The review of recent develop...