Jejunoileal shunt in surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
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This article is published in Annals of Surgery.The article was published on 1970-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 99 citations till now.read more
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A proposed clinical staging system for obesity
Arya M. Sharma,Robert F. Kushner +1 more
TL;DR: A new simple clinical and functional staging system that allows clinicians to describe the morbidity and functional limitations associated with excess weight is proposed that will provide a simple framework to aid decision making in clinical practice.
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The influence of obesity on health (first of two parts).
TL;DR: Evidence from the seven-nation study identifying obesity as a risk factor for coronary heart disease is discussed, with a focus on Europe.
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Gastric surgery for relief of morbid obesity.
TL;DR: Both gastric bypass and gastroplasty can now be performed within acceptable limits of mortality and morbidity, and neither has been followed by long-term complications associated with various intestinal short-circuiting procedures.
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Protein nutrition and liver disease after jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity.
TL;DR: A role for protein malnutrition in the pathogenesis of liver dysfunction after jejunoileal bypass was sought in 18 patients undergoing bypass surgery for obesity, and Concentrations of many amino acids returned toward normal though moderate depression of valine, isoleucine, leukine, lysine, tyrosine, ornithine and arginine persisted.
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Long-term Morbidity Following Jejunoileal Bypass: The Continuing Potential Need for Surgical Reversal
Jay A. Requarth,Kenneth W. Burchard,Thomas A. Colacchio,Therese A. Stukel,Leila A. Mott,E. Robert Greenberg,Rodger E. Weismann +6 more
TL;DR: Lifelong follow-up for early diagnosis and surgical reversal before life is threatened should reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with this procedure.