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Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 18:782-790
The goal of most bariatric surgeons has been to construct small volume pouches in the proximal stomach to restrict the intake of food. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that in addition to pouch volume, specific gastric pouch anatomy plays
Autor:
Rafael F. Capella, Hans J. Schmidt, Scott Belsley, Garth H. Ballantyne, Steven Moran, Daniel J. Stephens, John K. Saunders, Amit Trivedi, Douglas R. Ewing, Annette Wasileweski, Vincent A. Iannace
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 18:1233-1240
An increasing importance has been placed on a bariatric program's readmission rates. Despite the importance of such data, there have been few studies that document 1-year readmission rates. There have been even fewer studies that delineate the causes
Autor:
L. Michael Howell, Steven Hendrick, Joseph D. Afram, Mark T. Jaroch, Kenneth B Jones, Latham Flanagan, Oscar C. Lirio, James A Sapala, Michael P Schuhknecht, Peter N. Benotti, Michael H. Wood, William A. Sweet, Kerry Kole, Robert P Shapiro, C. Gary Cooper, Rafael F. Capella
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 16:721-727
Background: Laparoscopic bariatric surgery has experienced a rapid expansion of interest over the past 5 years, with a 470% increase. This rapid expansion has markedly increased overall cost, reducing surgical access. Many surgeons believe that the t
Autor:
Joseph F. Capella, Rafael F. Capella
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 13:826-832
Background: Bariatric surgery in morbidly obese adolescents is controversial. Many argue that morbidly obese individuals should be of adult age before undergoing bariatric operations, despite the progressive and debilitating course of this increasing
Autor:
Rafael F. Capella, Joseph F. Capella
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Surgery. 183:117-123
Objective: To analyze retrospectively the mortality, morbidity, and weight loss of a specific form of gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity. The technique incorporates a small pouch along the lesser curvature of the stomach, an outlet re
Autor:
Joseph F Capella, Rafael F. Capella
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 9:22-27
Background: Gastro-gastric fistulas and marginal ulcers are frequent and serious complications of gastric compartmentalization procedures for obesity. Methods: The authors analyzed 810 patients after 911 operations for gastro-gastric fistulas and mar
Autor:
Rafael F Capella, Joseph F Capella
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 7:149-156
Background The incidence of complications following gastric bypass surgery has decreased markedly over the last 30 years; nevertheless, significant morbidity and mortality is still associated with this procedure. Much of the improved risk of this tec
Autor:
Rafael F. Capella, Joseph F Capella
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 6:44-49
BACKGROUND: Staple disruption is a frequent and serious complication of the segmentation procedures of gastric bypass surgery for weight reduction. Staple-line failure is frequently followed by weight gain and often marginal ulceration. METHODS: We r
Autor:
Rafael F Capella, Joseph F Capella
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Surgery. 171:74-79
Despite important advances in the field of bariatric surgery over the last 40 years, no single operation has clearly emerged as the optimum procedure. Over the last decade, however, attention has focused on vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) and Roux
Autor:
Joseph F Capella, Rafael F. Capella
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 3:375-380
In our study we compared weight loss among non-Hispanic whites (NHW), black Afro-Americans (BAA) and Hispanic Americans (HA) following vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) and vertical banded gastroplastygastric bypass (VBG-RGB). From a total of 1222 p