BACKGROUND Recently, single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has been used for bariatric procedures, and this surgery is considered a type of minimally invasive surgery. When SILS is performed via the transumbilical route, the resultant abdominal wound is hidden and the cosmetic outcome is better. However, because of the small angle of manipulation and difficulty in liver traction, this tec...

The present study aimed to perform the typology of obese people’s attitude to life and their decision-making for bariatric cosmetic surgery. The researcher selected an inductive approach to answer the questions of this study. Phenomenological method as the main method of the study with semi-structured interview technique helped the researcher collect data. The population included those who had ...

BACKGROUND Severe obesity is reaching epidemic proportions throughout the world, including Canada. The only permanent treatment of severe or morbid obesity is bariatric surgery. Access to bariatric surgery is very limited in Canada. We sought to collect accurate data on waiting times for the procedure. METHODS We carried out a survey of members of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physici...

abstract background: in recent years, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (lsg) has become more acceptable for obese patients. single-port sleeve gastrectomy (spsg) is more popular since each abdominal incision carries the risk of bleeding, hernia, and internal organ injury as well as exponentially affecting cosmesis. this cross-sectional study aimed at comparing multi-port sleeve gastrectomy (mpsg...

BACKGROUND The authors evaluated body image attitudes in post-obese persons following bariatric surgery who require cosmetic and body contouring operations. METHODS We studied 20 morbidly obese women prior to biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) (OB group), 20 post-obese women at >2 years following BPD (POST group), 10 post-obese women following BPD who required cosmetic procedures (POST-A group),...