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Filter by:The aim of this study is to assess whether the energy you burn daily increases after you have bariatric surgery. Until now, there hasn't been an effective way of measuring all activity on a daily basis. Physical Activity Monitoring System (PAMS) has been created just for this purpose. PAMS is a garment that can be worn under your clothes, that records body position and movement through space. We will use the PAMS along with special water to measure your total daily energy expenditure right before surgery, and again 6 months and 24 months after surgery. Study subjects will be initially recruited from OHSU IRB-Approved advertisements. Interested study subjects will be screened through an informal telephone interview. If there are no health conditions that exclude participation, subjects will be asked to give IRB-approved consent. Subjects will be consenting to undergo three 18 day phases. Each phase will consist of 15 daily visits to the Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC), and 3 full day and nights in the CTRC.
The purpose of this study is to determine the natural course of the androgen profile after bariatric surgery in men with obesity related hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the LAP-BAND system is safe and effective in morbidly obese adolescents.
The aim of this study is to compare a weight reduction programme with and without a maintenance programme in patients with severe obesity.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the long term safety of the Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band (SAGB) in subjects with an SAGB in place. Specifically it is designed to determine the re-operation rate (band revision, band replacement and explants resulting from serious adverse device-related event {SADE}) of gastric banding at 4 and 5 year post implant.
The Minimally Invasive Surgery Team (MIST) are establishing a separate research database to find out more about patient's undergoing minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic , open and robot assisted) procedures at UCSD. The hope is that collection of this information will give physicians a better knowledge and understanding of the benefits of minimally invasive surgery and possibly assist physicians to better manage future patients.
This research is being done to evaluate the ability to obtain a liver sample using upper endoscopy rather than through a laparoscopic procedure. The investigators hypothesize that the endoscopic transoral route is as effective as the laparoscopic route.
The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-incisional lidocaine injection, instilled liquid bupivacaine, intra-abdominal aerosolized bupivacaine, or post-operative bupivacaine injection is superior in post-operative pain control in laparoscopic bariatric surgical patients.
To demonstrate, during a prospective randomized medico-economic study, in morbidly obese patients (BMI > 45 kg/m²) selected for a laparoscopic gastric by-pass that, in comparison to usual care, a temporary intra-gastric balloon (6 months) decreases medical costs and peri-operative morbidity.
The long term effects of organized lifestyle intervention on weight loss, physical fitness and quality of life in morbidly obese patients have not been extensively studied. The objective of this study is to investigate whether an intensive lifestyle intervention program in a tertiary care clinic (Spesialsykehuset for Rehabilitating) is superior to lifestyle intervention in a primary care setting with respect to long term (4-years) changes in weight loss, physical fitness and quality of life