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Filter by:Using the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) antagonist exendin(9-39) and the glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) antagonist GIP(3-30), the purpose of this study is to clarify the importance of endogenous GLP-1 and GIP for postprandial glucose metabolism after RYGB and SG in subjects with normal glucose tolerance. We hypothesize that GLP-1 is more important after RYGB, and GIP is more important after SG, for postprandial glucose tolerance and beta-cell function. A group of un-operated subjects with normal glucose tolerance will serve as controls.
Surgical management of Morbid Obesity is increasingly frequent. A low-calorie diet is recommended with the main goal of reducing intrahepatic fat infiltration, fat tissue and making easier the surgery. Information the use pharmacological interventions during the preoperative period in this population are rare.
In our study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between STOP-BANG and 4-Variable Screening questionnaires in postoperative period in patients who underwent bariatric surgery.
The purpose of this study is to compare volume controlled-ventilation (VCV) and pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) in terms of pulmonary gas exchange, respiratory mechanics and arterial blood gas values in patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
The ability to assess ingestion in fine detail over the time course of a liquid meal allows for comparison of early and late meal features of drinking and may help dissociate manipulations (surgical, neural, pharmacological, etc.) that affect orosensory properties from those that are modulating postoral processes in the control of intake. The aim of the study is to asses microstructural changes in liquid meal intake over 1-year in severely obese patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).
A common problem following sleeve gastrectomy surgery is called postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This problem is uncomfortable for patients, and can also lead to other complications, including pneumonia. It is unclear what exactly causes this problem, but it may be partly caused by slow emptying of the stomach. The current treatments for PONV include medications, but these may only treat the symptoms. Botulinum toxin (BTX, brand name Botox®), produced naturally by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and adapted for medical use, is an neurotransmitter inhibitor of the neuromuscular junction, and produces temporary muscular paralysis. BTX is widely used in cosmetic and other medical applications. Injecting BTX into the pylorus, which is the circular sphincter muscle at the end of the stomach, temporarily paralyzes the muscle, leaving it wide open, and allowing stomach contents to flow through. This effect lasts for several weeks, and then goes away. This may help prevent PONV.
The purpose of the study is to conduct a randomized clinical trial examining the feasibility and effectiveness of two guided self-help behavioral weight loss (gshBWL) treatments delivered via the internet for individuals struggling with weight loss one year following bariatric surgery. The two treatments will consist of 1) gshBWL delivered through the internet only (gshBWL-I) and 2) gshBWL delivered via the internet with additional complementary phone sessions (gshBWL-IP).
Postprandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia is an increasingly recognized adverse side effect of bariatric surgery. Affected individuals experience low glucose levels 1-3 hours after intake of meals, accompanied by symptoms such as drowsiness, sweating, hunger and palpitations. Hypoglycaemia can be serious and have potential dangerous health impact (e.g. road accident or fall due to loss of consciousness). The pathophysiology is incompletely understood and more research is needed in search of preventive and therapeutic strategies.
Surgery is currently the only effective treatment for morbid obesity and can be divided into restrictive surgeries (Lap Band and Sleeve gastrectomy), malabsorptive surgeries (Biliary pancreatic deviation and duodenal switch) or a combination of both (RYGBP). This latter technique is the most common and most effective surgical procedure performed worldwide and has been processed to be an effective treatment of morbid obesity and its complications, achieving excess weight loss of 65 to 80 %; 1-2 years after surgery (1,2). Morbidity after RYGB includes the candy cane syndrome or afferent loop syndrome. Candy cane Roux syndrome in patients who have undergone RYGB refers to an excessively long blind afferent Roux limb at the gastrojejunostomy causing postprandial pain often relieved by vomiting. It is believed that the blind afferent limb ("candy cane") acts as an obstructed loop when filled with food (often preferentially), and the distention of the loop causes pain until the food either spills into the Roux limb or is vomited back out (3). Patients have been reported presenting as early as three months and as late as 11 years after their initial RYGB, typically with symptoms of postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and reflux or food regurgitation (4). The diagnosis is confirmed by upper gastrointestinal contrast studies or endoscopy. On upper gastrointestinal series, the afferent limb fills before contrast spills into the Roux limb. On upper endoscopy, the afferent limb is usually the most direct outlet of the gastrojejunostomy (3). The treatment is revision bariatric surgery, most commonly laparoscopic resection of the afferent limb, which ranged in length from 3 to 22 cm in one study (mean of 7.6 cm) (3). Symptoms resolve after revision surgery in most patients. Surgeons should minimize the length of the blind afferent loop left at the time of initial RYGB to prevent candy cane Roux syndrome. Endomina (Endo Tools Therapeutics, Gosselies, Belgium) is a CE marked device that may be attached to an endoscope inside the body and allows remote actuation of the device during a peroral intervention. It offers the possibilities of making transoral full thickness tissue apposition and may allow performing, via a transoral route, large plications with tight serosa to serosa apposition.
Retrospective study with patients submitted to bariatric surgery between 2013 and 2016 at a single Institution. The objective was to analyze the incidence and causes of unexpected intraoperative findings and complications, change in surgical plan, extra surgeries and procedure interruption. All operative information was collected prospectively and aimed to describe any of the previous situations. Secondarily, a morbidity analysis was performed, correlating intraoperative complications with postoperative complications and length of stay.