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Bariatric Surgery Worldwide

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The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 818 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sleeve gastrectomy.

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Fecal Calprotectin, Elastase, and Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Levels After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass; Calprotectin Is Significantly Elevated in the Majority of Patients

TL;DR: Fecal calprotectin levels are significantly higher than the reference value in most patients after RYGB and Fecal elastase is significantly lower, which might indicate that the validity of fecal cal Protectin testing is impaired after RyGB and the specificity for fecal elASTase is decreased.
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Ursodeoxycholic acid for the prevention of symptomatic gallstone disease after bariatric surgery: statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial (UPGRADE trial).

TL;DR: The UPGRADE trial will show if prophylactic use of UDCA reduces the incidence of symptomatic gallstone disease after bariatric surgery as well as the number of cholecystectomies and side effects.
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Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a patient with situs inversus

TL;DR: A case of successfully performed RYGB in a patient with atypical anatomy consistent with situs inversus totalis is reported, which is a means of durable sustainable weight loss and superior to diet, exercise, and medical management alone.
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"Then I Can Become Very Ill": Women's Experiences of Living With Irreversible Changes in Their Viscera.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the women who had a history of struggling with overeating found adjusting their food intake after the surgery particularly challenging, and a thorough understanding of the challenges associated with adjusting food intake is needed.
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Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2011

TL;DR: The salient message of the 2011 assessment is that SG has markedly increased in prevalence, and the trends from the four IFSO regions differed, except for the universal increase in SG.
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Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2013.

TL;DR: SG is currently the most frequently performed procedure in the USA/Canada and in the Asia/Pacific regions, and second to RYGB in the Europe and Latin/South America regions.
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Surgery for weight loss in adults

TL;DR: All seven RCTs comparing surgery with non-surgical interventions found benefits of surgery on measures of weight change at one to two years follow-up and Improvements for some aspects of health-related quality of life (QoL) and diabetes were also found; the overall quality of the evidence was moderate.
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The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of bariatric (weight loss) surgery for obesity: a systematic review and economic evaluation

TL;DR: Bariatric surgery was a more effective intervention for weight loss than non-surgical options and there was higher remission of Type 2 diabetes than in non-Surgical groups.
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Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2008

TL;DR: The absolute growth rate of bariatric surgery decreased over the past 5 years (135% increase), in comparison to the preceding 5 years (266% increase).
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