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Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Obesity Class V (BMI > 60 kg/m...
Ponce de Leon-Ballesteros, G; Pouwels, S; Romero-Velez, G; Aminian, A; Angrisani, L; Bhandari, M; Brown, W; Copaescu, C; De Luca, M; Fobi, M; Ghanem, OMBackground: Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is the preferred method to achieve significant weight loss in patients with Obesity Class V (BMI > 60 kg/m2). However, there is no consensus regarding the best procedure(s) for this population. Additionally, these patients will likely have a higher risk of complications and mortality. The aim of this study was to achieve a consensus among a global panel of exper...
Best practice approach for redo-surgeries after sleeve gastrectomy, an expert's...
Kermansaravi, M; Parmar, C; Chiappetta, S; Shikora, S; Aminian, A; Abbas, SI; Angrisani, L; Bashir, A; Behrens, E; Bhandari, M; Clapp, B; Cohen, RBackground: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is the most common metabolic and bariatric surgical (MBS) procedure worldwide. Despite the desired effect of SG on weight loss and remission of obesity-associated medical problems, there are some concerns regarding the need to do revisional/conversional surgeries after SG. This study aims to make an algorithmic clinical approach based on an expert-modified Delphi consensus re...