Journal ArticleRespir Med · December 2025
BACKGROUND: The systemic inflammatory environment in obesity contributes to increased asthma symptoms and diminished asthma control. Asthma patients that have undergone bariatric surgery report significant improvements in asthma symptoms and medication use ...
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Journal ArticleSurg Endosc · April 2025
BACKGROUND: Titanium metal clips have classically been used to occlude the cystic artery and duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Non-absorbable, polymer clips are an alternative with a locking feature. There is limited research evaluating the ad ...
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Journal ArticleSurg Obes Relat Dis · July 2022
Bariatric surgery continues to be the most reliable treatment for the disease of obesity. Despite excellent results, some patients experience weight recurrence with or without concomitant recurrence of co-morbidities. There is currently no standard definit ...
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Journal ArticleDigestive Disease Interventions · September 2021
AbstractOver the last decade, sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has steadily gained popularity and has now become the most commonly performed bariatric procedure in the United States. It is technically less complex than Roux-en-Y gas ...
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Journal ArticleObes Surg · April 2021
PURPOSE: Over the past decade, an increasing number of bariatric surgeons are trained in fellowships annually despite only a modest increase in nationwide bariatric surgery volume. The study surveys the bariatric surgery job market trend in order to inform ...
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Journal ArticleObes Surg · April 2020
This study aims to determine if cosmetic outcomes play an important role for patients undergoing bariatric surgery, when considering a surgical approach. A video-animation describing open, conventional laparoscopic, and reduced incision magnetic assisted s ...
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Journal ArticleObes Surg · March 2019
BACKGROUND: In bariatric surgery, retraction of the liver is essential to ensure appropriate visualization of the surgical field. Many devices are currently employed for this purpose. Generally, these devices require constant use of a port, or an additiona ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2019
The number of revisional bariatric operations performed has steadily increased from about 6% in 2012 to 14% in 2017. This chapter discusses the data currently available regarding the benefits of revisional bariatric surgery as well as morbidity and mortali ...
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Journal ArticleJ Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A · August 2018
BACKGROUND: A need exists to select the most appropriate bariatric operation for a particular patient. One-year data comparing sleeve gastrectomy (SG) to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) are sparse ...
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Journal ArticleSurg Obes Relat Dis · February 2016
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) provides sustained weight loss. However, short-term studies have suggested that African Americans (AAs) are not as successful as Caucasians (CAs) after LRYGB. OBJECTIVE: The present study was design ...
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Journal ArticleJ Gastrointest Surg · April 2013
INTRODUCTION: Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) originated as a simplified bariatric operation to avoid malabsorption and provide lasting results due to a fixed stoma. Short-term results were excellent (50-70 % excess weight loss); however, patients often ...
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Journal ArticleSurg Obes Relat Dis · 2013
BACKGROUND: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is at least as effective at producing weight loss as gastric banding but may be superior in producing remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The objective of this study was to elucidate mechanisms of diabetes impr ...
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Journal ArticleJ Surg Res · September 2009
BACKGROUND: Previously, we have shown that cutaneous wounds in mid-gestational (E15) mice heal in a scarless manner with decreased procollagen 1 and increased procollagen 3 production compared with wounds in late-gestational (E18) mice, which heal with sca ...
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Journal ArticleJ Surg Res · July 2008
BACKGROUND: Cell signaling pathways underlying wound repair are under extensive investigation; however, there is still a poor understanding of the mechanisms orchestrating these processes. Hox genes, which are a subgroup of homeobox genes, encode for a fam ...
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