Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes to surgical practice across the worlds. Some countries are seeing a tailing down of cases, while others are still having persistent and sustained community ...

Background: Bariatric surgery plays a major role in ameliorating metabolic abnormalities of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The aim of this study was to evaluate the early effects of “Single Anastomosis Duodenal Switch-proximal ...

Initially sleeve gastrectomy (SG) was performed as an open procedure in 1988, known as Hess and Marceau's technique, which is actually the first stage of the bilio-pancreatic diversion-duodenal switch (BPD-DS). It was ...

COVID-19 is a new disease, based on currently available limited information, older adults and people of any age who have severe underlying medical conditions may be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19. People ...

Invited response to “The first case report of a carcinoma of the gastric cardia (AEG II) after OAGB-MGB”. Gastric and esophageal cancers are common and obesity increases the risk. The mini gastric bypass-one ...

With this experimental study we investigated the consequences of ligation of the common bile duct (CBD) on hepatic cells and on the renal ultrastructure by electron microscopy and also determine the effects after liberation ...

Background: Robotic sleeve gastrectomy (RSG) is a new and popular option for obesity surgery. This study aims to analyze our experience during the transition period from laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) to RSG. Patients ...

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Background: Previous reports addressing morbidly obese patients grouped body mass indexes (BMIs) within wide ranges, such as >40 or 40-60 kg/m(2). We aimed to investigate whether the effects of pneumoperitoneum differ in ...

Background and Aims: Morbid obesity is a multifactorial disease. Adiposity hypertrophia and activation of immune cells play very important roles in obesity pathogenesis. Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) class II HLA-DR and ...