Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. It has been associated with high prevalence of depression and low self-esteem. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a bariatric procedure, is simple and effective in weight reduction with few complications. We studied depression and self esteem in patients with morbid obesity before and after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Methods: Depression, self-est...

BACKGROUND Patients who have undergone bariatric surgery generally need fewer medications as they experience improvement in, or even resolution of, various medical conditions, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Published data on changes in medication use after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a type of bariatric surgery that is growing in popularity, are limited...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has become a valuable primary bariatric operation. It has an acceptable complication profile and amount of weight loss. However, one of the most distressing complications to the patient is reflux postoperatively. There is thought to be a relationship between a hiatal hernia and postoperative reflux. There is disagreement on how to addres...

INTRODUCTION: WHO predicts an increase in the number of people with diabetes Indonesia from 8.4 million 2000 to around 21.3 2030. Another marker for measuring insulin resistance is homeostasis model assessment-insulin (HOMA-IR). Bariatric surgery most effective therapy patients both terms weight loss and improvement obesity-related diseases such as Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). OBJECTIVE: This...

One of the specific complications associated with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is sleeve stenosis. It takes place mostly at the incisura angularis. We describe a 17-year-old patient with a stricture of sleeve and symptoms of severe gastrointestinal obstruction immediately after surgery. The patient underwent relaparoscopy on the 21st postoperative day, followed by two sessions of endoscopic ...

Introduction: Several therapeutic methods with different efficacy for dealing with obesity are presented. Different methods for treating obesity have been more successful in the treatment of gastrectomy. Despite the positive effect of this surgery in treating obesity, sleeve gastrectomy causes imbalance of hemodynamic parameters similar to other invasive interventions. Therefore, the aim of thi...

BACKGROUND Recent data show that some patients will have insufficient weight loss or experience weight regain after sleeve gastrectomy. Dilation of the sleeve over time or use of an inadequate technique may contribute to relapse of morbid obesity. Repeat sleeve gastrectomy is the most obvious option but requires stapling of scarred tissue, has a higher risk of leakage, and is prone to re-enlarg...

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a commonly done restrictive bariatric surgical procedure. It is considered to be a relatively safe and technically simple bariatric operation. This report describes the case of a 40 year old morbidly obese female who had complete gastro-esophageal transection during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. She underwent laparotomy with resection of the gastro-esophage...

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) is an increasingly popular procedure for weight loss. Compared to other bariatric procedures, sleeve gastrectomy remains a relatively young standalone weight loss operation. However, despite being relatively new it has gained grounds not only in the west where bariatric surgery has been around for long but also in Asia where it is increasingly becoming the ...