Background: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) was considered as one of the effective, less invasive methods which could help the obese patients to achieve their optimal weight without regaining the lost one. The recent article is a report of 165 patients who had undergone LAGB, while discussing the rate of their complications. Methods: Between January 2005 and February 2012, 165 ob...

introduction agb (adjastable gastric bandin) is the most common method for treatment of obesity which is performed all around the world and provides a significant weight loss for patients. despite all its benefits as a method that requires the least intervention, complications such as gastric prolapse, stoma stenosis and migration band may also occur. these complications rarely result in mortal...

results overall, 1252 patients with morbid obesity were included in the study. the mean age of participants was 39.77 ± 10.84 years (ranged 10 to 70 years) and 80.3% of them were female. the mean body weight was 126.75 ± 21.58 kg and the mean bmi was also 46.99 ± 5.87 kg/m2. in result, 9.8% were anemic according to the low value of hemoglobin level, 46.6% had ferritin lower than the normal rang...

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. Geriatric patients, usually defined as being 65 years of age or over, now make up about 10% of the major burn population. Main aim. To conduct a prospective study of elderly burn patients, analysing the predictive value of age, gender, total body surface area (TBSA) burned, inhalation trauma, pre-morbid conditions, and mortality. Methods. A 10-year prospective study of burn victims ...