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The role of diabetes severity scores in predicting disease remission in patients with BMI > 50 kg/m² undergoing Roux-En-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy: a multi-centered study

Roux-En-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) have shown to be two of the most effective interventions to enhance weight loss and associated type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remission. However, a ...

Wissam Ghusn, Pearl Ma, Kayla Ikemiya, Karl Hage, Donna Maria Abboud… in Surgical Endoscopy (2023)

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Diabetes Mellitus Remission in Patients with BMI > 50 kg/m² after Bariatric Surgeries: A Real-World Multi-Centered Study

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common comorbidity associated with obesity, particularly in patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 50 kg/m². We aim to study real-world T2DM long-term remission in patients wi...

Wissam Ghusn, Kayla Ikemiya, Karim Al Annan, Andres Acosta… in Obesity Surgery (2023)

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Development of an International Standardized Curriculum for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Teaching Utilizing Modified Delphi Methodology

The performance of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has increased markedly to become the single-most performed bariatric surgical procedure globally. To date, a means of standardized trainee teaching has not be...

Ruth E. Blackham, Raul J. Rosenthal, Kelvin Higa, Michel Gagner… in Obesity Surgery (2021)

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IFSO Update Position Statement on One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB)

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) issued a position statement on the role of one anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) in the field of bariatric/metabolic surge...

Maurizio De Luca, Giacomo Piatto, Giovanni Merola, Jacques Himpens… in Obesity Surgery (2021)

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The IFSO Worldwide One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Survey: Techniques and Outcomes?

One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) has become one of the most commonly performed gastric bypass procedures in some countries.

Ashraf Haddad, Ahmad Bashir, Mathias Fobi, Kelvin Higa… in Obesity Surgery (2021)

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Single Anastomosis Duodenal-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy/One Anastomosis Duodenal Switch (SADI-S/OADS) IFSO Position Statement—Update 2020

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Wendy A. Brown, Guillermo Ponce de Leon Ballesteros, Geraldine Ooi… in Obesity Surgery (2021)

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IFSO Position Statement on the Role of Esophago-Gastro-Duodenal Endoscopy Prior to and after Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Procedures

One of the roles of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) is to provide guidance on the management of patients seeking surgery for adiposity-based chronic disea...

Wendy A. Brown, Yazmin Johari Halim Shah, George Balalis, Ahmad Bashir… in Obesity Surgery (2020)

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Reduction of opioid use after implementation of enhanced recovery after bariatric surgery (ERABS)

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been extensively proven in lower gastrointestinal surgery to decrease postoperative physiologic stress and length of stay (LOS). ERAS in bariatric surgery ...

Pearl Ma, Aaron Lloyd, Morgan McGrath, Riley Moore, Alice Jackson… in Surgical Endoscopy (2020)

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Single Anastomosis Duodenal-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy/One Anastomosis Duodenal Switch (SADI-S/OADS) IFSO Position Statement

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) has played an integral role in educating both the metabolic surgical and the medical community at large about the role of ...

Wendy A. Brown, Geraldine Ooi, Kelvin Higa, Jacques Himpens… in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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Editorial: Single Anastomosis Procedures, IFSO Position Statement

Kelvin Higa, Wendy Brown, Jacques Himpens in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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Mini Gastric Bypass-One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (MGB-OAGB)-IFSO Position Statement

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) has played an integral role in educating both the metabolic surgical and the medical community at large about the role of ...

Maurizio De Luca, Tiffany Tie, Geraldine Ooi, Kelvin Higa… in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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Bariatric Surgery Worldwide: Baseline Demographic Description and One-Year Outcomes from the Second IFSO Global Registry Report 2013–2015

Five International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) surveys since 1998 have estimated the volume and type of bariatric surgery being done in constituent member countries. Th...

Richard Welbourn, Dimitri J. Pournaras, John Dixon, Kelvin Higa… in Obesity Surgery (2018)

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Chronic Abdominal Pain After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

The surgical and physiologic construct of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) leads to a unique set of potential complications that require routine follow-up by an experienced bariatric surgeon. Chronic abdominal ...

Pearl Ma, Kelvin Higa in Complications in Bariatric Surgery (2018)

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IFSO Position Statement on New Technologies for Treatment of Obesity

Jerome Dargent, Ramon Vilallonga, Leon Katz, Dana Portenier, Erik Wilson… in Obesity Surgery (2017)