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Publikováno v:
Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2:213-219
An information booklet, assessed for readability using the Flesch formula, was made available at the pre-operative stage to a consecutive series of adults with severe intractable obesity, who were to receive surgery (vertical gastroplasty) as treatme
Publikováno v:
Psychology, Health & Medicine. 1:113-118
Abstract A series of 63 significantly overweight adults (mean BMI = 48.8) underwent gastroplasty as surgical treatment designed to produce and maintain weight loss. A 6-month post-operative follow-up confirmed major weight loss in the sample, accompa
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 3:271-274
A prospective study of biochemical changes after vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity, in 94 patients (10 males and 84 females, ages ranging from 18 to 59 years) has been carried out. Liver function tests and electrolyte estimations were p
Publikováno v:
Obesity surgery. 6(1)
Background: Nutritional complications following surgery for morbid obesity include both vitamin and mineral deficiency. Severe cases of zinc deficiency can lead to alopecia, diarrhoea, emotional disorders, weight loss, intercurrent infection, bullous
Publikováno v:
Obesity surgery. 3(1)
Case reports are presented in three patients treated for morbid obesity by vertical gastroplasty. Prior to surgery, the patients had diabetes which required insulin, up to 200 units per day, or oral hypoglycemics for its control. Six months after sur
Publikováno v:
Obesity surgery. 2(1)
The success of vertical gastroplasty may be jeopardized by gastric leakage or ulceration due to failure of the technique. Reports of band erosion and staple-line leakage have led us to seek technical improvements to reduce technical failures. We desc