Nutrition Knowledge and Satisfaction Levels of Postbariatric Surgery Adults in the United Arab Emirates: A Pilot Study by Souheir Alia, Habiba I. Ali, Taoufik Zoubeidi, Mariam Ahmed

“…The most common complication experienced by the participants after bariatric surgery was nausea (61.4%). Furthermore, the majority of the participants (83.4%) found their daily and leisure activities to be more enjoyable after bariatric surgery. …”
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Evaluation of Eating Habits and Quality of Life in Postbariatric Surgery Patients and Their Family Members: A Case-Control Study by Carla Ibrahim, Joane Matta, Kàtia Lurbe i Puerto, Yonna Sacre

“…We aimed to evaluate the medium-term effect (>36 months) of bariatric surgery and assess postbariatric nutritional and lifestyle management among Lebanese patients who underwent bariatric surgeries in Jbeil and Keserwan hospitals. …”
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Laparoscopic Removal of Angelchik Prosthesis Followed by Interval Sleeve Gastrectomy by Faryal G. Afridi, Morgan Johnson, Kelsey A. Musgrove, Salim Abunnaja, Lawrence E. Tabone, David C. Borgstrom, Nova Szoka

“…She presented to a bariatric clinic for consideration of bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity and associated comorbidities. …”
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Short- and Midterm Results between Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity by Bandar Albeladi, Céline Bourbao-Tournois, Noel Huten

“…Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is one of the most widely used bariatric procedures today, and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) as a single-stage procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity is becoming increasingly popular in Europe. …”
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Review of Metabolic Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes in Patients with a BMI < 35 kg/m2 by Hideharu Shimizu, Poochong Timratana, Philip R. Schauer, Tomasz Rogula

“…Bariatric/metabolic surgery is considered an accepted treatment option for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with body mass index (BMI)  ≧  35 kg/m2. …”
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Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic by Nomathemba Chandiwana, Willem Venter, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Alisha Wade, Carel le Roux, Nzama Mbalati, Angelika Grimbeek, Petronell Kruger, Eunice Montsho, Zukiswa Zimela, Anele Yawa, Sibongile Tshabalala, Ndivhuwo Rambau, Ngqabutho Mpofu, Sasha Stevenson, Bridget McNulty, Ntobeko Ntusi, Yogan Pillay, Joel Dave, Angela Murphy, Sue Goldstein, Karen Hfman, Sameera Mahomedy, Elizabeth Thomas, Busi Mrara, Jeff Wing, Jeanne Lubbe, Zack Koto, Marli Conradie-Smit, Sean Wharton, Wayne May, Ian Marr, Hilton Kaplan, Mariam Forgan, Graham Alexander, John Turner, V R Fourie, Jocelyn Hellig, Mandy Banks, Kim Ragsdale, Marisa Noeth, Farzahna Mohamed, Landon Myer, Limakatso Lebina, Salome Maswime, Yunus Moosa, Sumy Thomas, Mzamo Mbelle, Phumla Sinxadi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Sindeep Bhana, June Fabian, Eric Decloedt, Zaheer Bayat, Reyna Daya, Bilal Bobat, Fiona Storie, Julia Goedecke, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Brett Mansfield, Mark Siedner, Vincent Marconi, Aaloke Mody, Ntombifikile Mtshali, Elvin Geng, Suman Srinivasa, Mohammed Ali, Samanta Lalla-Edwards, Alison Bentley, Gustaaf Wolvaardt, Andrew Hill, Jeremy Nel

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Is glucose‐induced hypersecretion of glicentin after the revision surgery using Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass related to improved glycemic control due to insulin hypersecretion in a typ... by Yukako Yamamoto, Osamu Sekine, Jun Ito‐Kobayashi, Ayane Nishida, Takeshi Togawa, Yuki Ozamoto, Yasumitsu Oe, Akeo Hagiwara, Masaki Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kitamura, Masanori Iwanishi, Akira Shimatsu, Atsunori Kashiwagi

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SGLT-2 Inhibitors—a Culprit of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Postbariatric Surgery by Qasim Zafar Iqbal, Danil Mishiyev, Muhammad Raphay Niazi, Zeeshan Zia, Saud Bin Abdul Sattar, Abdullah Jahanghir, Shahed Quyyumi

“…Our patients presented with euglycemic DKA after bariatric surgery, and we recommend more research should be done targeted at the prolonged postoperative course of patients on SGLT-2 inhibitors and into creating specific guidelines for their use after bariatric surgery.…”
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Resolution of Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes after Laparoscopic Truncal Vagotomy, Subtotal Gastrectomy, and Roux-en-Y Gastrojejunostomy for a Patient with Intractable Gastric Ulcers by Laura F. Tait, Gezzer Ortega, Daniel D. Tran, Terrence M. Fullum

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Class 3 Obesity in a Multidisciplinary Metabolic Weight Management Program: The Effect of Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes on 6-Month Weight Loss by David M. Medveczky, Raymond Kodsi, Kathryn Skelsey, Kathy Grudzinskas, Flavia Bueno, Vincent Ho, Nic Kormas, Milan K. Piya

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Assessment of the Body Composition and the Loss of Fat-Free Mass through Bioelectric Impedance Analysis in Patients Who Underwent Open Gastric Bypass by Wilson Rodrigues de Freitas Junior, Elias Jirjoss Ilias, Paulo Kassab, Roberto Cordts, Paulo Gustavo Porto, Francisco Cesar Martins Rodrigues, Mohamed Ibrahim Ali Taha, Paulo Carrara, Isabella de Carvalho Aguiar, Luis Vicente Franco de Oliveira, Osvaldo Castro, Carlos Alberto Malheiros

“…Background. Bariatric surgery is considered an effective option for the management of morbid obesity. …”
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The oral disposition index calculated from a meal tolerance test is a crucial indicator for evaluating differential normalization of postprandial glucose and triglyceride excursion... by Yukako Yamamoto, Takeshi Togawa, Osamu Sekine, Yuki Ozamoto, Junko Fuse, Choka Azuma, Jun Ito-Kobayashi, Yasumitsu Oe, Akeo Hagiwara, Masaki Kobayashi, Tadahiro Kitamura, Masanori Iwanishi, Akira Shimatsu, Atsunori Kashiwagi

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Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Michael Laffin, Johnny Chau, Richdeep S. Gill, Daniel W. Birch, Shahzeer Karmali

“…Bariatric surgery, when combined with lifestyle and medical interventions, is a common and successful treatment modality in the obese patient. …”
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Levothyroxine malabsorption following sleeve gastrectomy by Elodie Gruneisen, Ji Wei Yang, Melissa-Rosina Pasqua

“…Oral levothyroxine (LT4) is prescribed worldwide for hypothyroidism. Bariatric surgery for patients with obesity has shown a substantial, long-term weight loss and considerable improvement of obesity-related diseases. …”
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Beyond Weight Loss: Establishing a Postbariatric Surgery Patient Support Group—What Do Patients Want? by Saira Hameed, Victoria Salem, Tricia M. Tan, Alma Collins, Krishna Shah, Samantha Scholtz, Ahmed R. Ahmed, Harvinder Chahal

“…A retrospective study of bariatric surgery patients (n = 152) who had been discharged from specialist follow-up (mean time since surgery 5.5 years), covering weight history, physical and psychosocial comorbidities, and the need for a postoperative bariatric support group. …”
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Laparoscopic Banded One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: A Single-Center Series by Michela Campanelli, Emanuela Bianciardi, Domenico Benavoli, Giulia Bagaglini, Giorgio Lisi, Paolo Gentileschi

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Gastric Pouch Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour Post-Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A First Reported Case by Wissam Dib, Melissa Kyriakos Saad, Georges El Hachem, Bassim Sawan, Elias Saikaly

“… Gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumour is an extremely rare condition to occur after bariatric surgery. To the authors’ knowledge, only two cases of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass have been reported in the medical literature, both occurring in the excluded gastric remnant. …”
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Changes in quality of life 5 years after sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective cohort study by Karl Ove Hufthammer, Tone Merete Norekvål, Grethe S Tell, Ronette L Kolotkin, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Anny Aasprang, Villy Våge, John Roger Andersen

“…Objectives Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is the most frequently performed bariatric surgery procedure worldwide, but reports on long-term quality of life (QOL) outcomes are scarce. …”
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Does Preoperative Weight Change Predict Postoperative Weight Loss after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Short Term? by Dan Eisenberg, Andrew J. Duffy, Robert L. Bell

“…Many institutions mandate preoperative weight loss prior to bariatric surgery. This study examines the correlation between preoperative weight change and postoperative success following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. …”
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Quality of Life before and after Sleeve Gastrectomy in Lebanese Population by Marwan Alkassis, Fady Gh Haddad, Joseph Gharios, Roger Noun, Ghassan Chakhtoura

“…A secondary objective is to determine the impact of bariatric surgery on comorbidities associated with obesity. …”
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