1. Which of the following statements regarding surgery for morbid obesity is correct? (A) Average 30-day mortality ranges from 0.1% to 1.1% (B) Among major comorbidities that are resolved or improved by surgery, obstructive sleep apnea is least frequently affected (C) Compared with an open approach, laparoscopic gastric bypass is associated with lower incidence of incisional hernias and higher ...

BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery is being performed commonly in various practice settings. To evaluate safety and efficacy, we reviewed the results of our first 516 laparoscopic bariatric operations performed in a community hospital setting. METHODS We reviewed retrospectively the results of our first 516 consecutive laparoscopic bariatric procedures. RESULTS Between December 2001 and December ...

We hypothesized that a laparoscopic technique for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is associated with more musculoskeletal discomfort and ergonomic strain than a robotic technique. This pilot project studied one surgeon while he performed four laparoscopic and four robotic (da Vinci system) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedures. We measured musculoskeletal discomfort with body part discomfort sco...

Bariatric surgery procedures, including laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, result in an average weight loss of 50 percent of excess body weight. Remission of diabetes mellitus occurs in approximately 80 percent of patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Other obesity-related comorbidities are greatly reduced, and health-relat...

Laparoscopic gastric bypass is becoming a frequently performed bariatric operation for patients with obesity. However, bariatric surgery has inherent risks and complications, which are further potentiated by the high risk nature of bariatric patients. These complications can be either site specific i.e. anastomotic leaks, or systemic i.e. venous thromboembolism, however they can intimately rela...

The importance of WLS can be explained by the epidemic of obesity not only in the United States, where rates according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) are between 26 and 32% (and rising). It is expected that almost half of the Americans will be overweight by 2018. Surgical approaches still remain the preferred alternative for this public health problem. Most of the bariatric surgery pro...

Gastroenterol Hepatol Open Access 2016, 4(4): 00110 staging and palliation [1]. The complexity of pancreatic surgery caused slower development of laparoscopic pancreatic resections despite the fact that the first laparoscopic DP and laparoscopic PD were done in early 90s [2]. Presently, various laparoscopic procedures shown to be safe and feasible for the management of pancreatic cancer include...

As a palliative bypass for unresectable gastric or periampullary cancer, gastrojejunostomy (GJ) is sometimes associated with postoperative delayed gastric emptying. We report the successful laparoscopic application of this procedure in a 78-year-old man with duodenal obstruction. Computed tomography revealed a mass in the duodenum along with multiple masses in the liver. A radiological image sh...