The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide and the past decade has witnessed an exponential rise in the number of bariatric operations performed. As a consequence, it is expected that an increasing number of patients are likely to be at risk of long term complications that may not manifest until years or decades later. Several studies have investigated the short and long-term complicatio...

The acute glucose-lowering effect of certain bariatric proceduresdbefore any significant weight loss has occurreddhas been known for decades (1). In a comprehensive meta-analysis by Buchwald et al. (2), type 2 diabetes remission rates after the most common bariatric procedure, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), were reported to be 80%. Applying the 2009 consensus criteria for the definition of di...

Michel Murr, MD, FACS Arash Rafiei, MD Habib Ajami, MD Tannous K Fakhry, MD Introduction There is now a worldwide epidemic of obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of obesity among all age groups has increased significantly since 1990; about two-thirds of US adults are overweight or obese. Obesity is classified according to body mass index (BMI); o...

HEADINGS Diabetes Mellitus, Bariatric Surgery, Obesity. ABSTRACT Introduction Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia associated with several organs damage and failure. It is the most common cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure in western adults, besides increase the risk of coronary disease and stroke with high mortality of patients. The assoc...

1Department of Vascular Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 2Department of Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Shanker Pasupathy, Department of Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. Email: [email protected] Bariatric surgery is the euphemistic name for the ...

conclusions adherence to the meddiet, according to mds and sofi-mds, may not predict mets components and mets incidence after 3 years of follow-up in iranian adult populations. results after adjusting for potential confounders, neither higher mds nor higher sofi-mds were significantly associated with the mean values of mets components and the risk of metabolic abnormalities incidence after 3 ye...

Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common postoperative complication of cardiac surgery, which is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. This study investigated the frequency of postoperative AKI in low risk adult patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).Materials & Methods: All consecutive adult patients of American Society of Anesthe...

BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery is able to improve glucose and lipid metabolism, and cardiovascular function in morbid obesity. Aim of this study was to compare the long-term effects of malabsorptive (biliary pancreatic diversion, BPD), and restrictive (laparoscopic gastric banding, LAGB) procedures on metabolic and cardiovascular parameters, as well as on metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese pati...