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    Extended Post Discharge Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention After Bariatric Surgery

    The utility of routine post-discharge VTE prophylaxis after bariatric surgery remains a matter of debate. While inpatient chemical prophylaxis decreases the risk of fatal pulmonary embolism, most thromboemboli...

    Francisco A. Guzman-Pruneda, Ambar Garcia, Robert W. Crum, Theresa Chen… in Obesity Surgery (2024)

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    Long-Term Modulation of Appetitive Hormones and Sweet Cravings After Adjustable Gastric Banding and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) produces greater weight loss compared with a purely restrictive procedure such as laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB).

    Alina I. Tsouristakis, Gerardo Febres, Donald J. McMahon, Beverly Tchang… in Obesity Surgery (2019)

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    Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Achieve Similar Early Improvements in Beta-cell Function in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

    Bariatric surgery is a treatment option for obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is growing in favor, some randomized trials show less weight loss and HbA1c imp...

    Jamie A. Mullally, Gerardo J. Febres, Marc Bessler, Judith Korner in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Reply to 10.1007/s00464-009-0706-x (Vol 24, No 4, pp. 972–973): “Esophageal dilation after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding”

    Marc Bessler in Surgical Endoscopy (2011)

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    Pure natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) cholecystectomy

    Enthusiasm for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has been partly tempered by the reality that most NOTES procedures to date have been laparoscopically assisted. After safely performing tr...

    Marc Bessler, Andrew A. Gumbs, Luca Milone, John C. Evanko… in Surgical Endoscopy (2010)

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    Single-port-access (SPATM) cholecystectomy: a multi-institutional report of the first 297 cases

    An important aspect of a new surgical technique is whether it can be performed by other surgeons in other institutions. The authors report the first 297 cases in a multi-institutional and multinational review ...

    Paul G. Curcillo II, Andrew S. Wu, Erica R. Podolsky, Casey Graybeal… in Surgical Endoscopy (2010)

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    Safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Roux-en-y gastric bypass is superior to gastric banding in the management of morbidly obese patients: a response

    The recent article by Guller, Klein, Hagen was reviewed and discussed by the authors of this response to critically analyze the validity of the conclusions, at a time when patients and providers depend on peer...

    Sunil Bhoyrul, John Dixon, George Fielding… in Patient Safety in Surgery (2009)

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    Reply to: 464_126 (2008: 22(12) 2763–2764) Re: Transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    Marc Bessler, Peter Stevens, Luca Milone, Andrew Gumbs, Dennis Fowler in Surgical Endoscopy (2009)

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    Totally Transumbilical Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

    A recently convened Consortium at the Cleveland Clinic agreed on the term Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site (LESS) surgery to describe minimally invasive techniques that use a single incision to accomplish laparos...

    Andrew A. Gumbs, Luca Milone, Prashant Sinha… in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (2009)

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    Reply to Letter by Klaus and Weiss (00464-008-0163-y): Re: ‘Esophageal Dilation After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding’ (2008: 22(6)1482–1486)

    Luca Milone, Marc Bessler in Surgical Endoscopy (2009)

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    Markers of Bone and Calcium Metabolism Following Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

    Several studies have suggested that morbid obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH). Studies have also suggested that there is an increase in vitamin D deficiency,...

    Mary DiGiorgi, Amna Daud, William B. Inabnet, Beth Schrope… in Obesity Surgery (2008)

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    Transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy: laparoscopically assisted

    Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is considered the new frontier for minimally invasive surgery. NOTES procedures such as peritoneoscopy, splenectomy, and cholecystectomy in animal models...

    Marc Bessler, Peter D. Stevens, Luca Milone, Nancy J. Hogle… in Surgical Endoscopy (2008)

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    Gastric bypass pouch and stoma reduction using a transoral endoscopic anchor placement system: A feasibility study

    Weight regain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass may be caused by pouch enlargement or dilatation of the gastrojejunostomy (stoma). In order to avoid the substantial morbidity of revisional bariatric surgery, inve...

    Daniel M. Herron, Desmond H. Birkett, Chris C. Thompson, Marc Bessler… in Surgical Endoscopy (2008)

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    Surgical Management of Obese Patients with Eating Disorders: A Survey of Current Practice

    Background: This study examined the current practice of bariatric surgeons and their colleagues regarding patients with binge eating disorder (BED) and night eating syndrome (NES) who present for Roux-en-Y gas...

    Michael J Devlin, Juli A Goldfein, Louis Flancbaum, Marc Bessler… in Obesity Surgery (2004)