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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to compare traditional palpation to pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound prior to epidural placement in obese (BMI >40) obstetric patient population. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound superior to traditional palpation in terms of total number of epidural needle redirections during epidural placement? - Is there no difference in time to epidural loss between pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound and traditional palpation during epidural placement? Participants will be randomized to either a pre-procedural lumbar ultrasound or traditional palpation at the time of epidural placement.
Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment to achieve type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) remission in patients with severe obesity. However, there is little evidence of the effectiveness and pathophysiological mechanisms involved in metabolic improvement after hypoabsortive tecniques such as duodenal switch (DS), single anastomosis duodenal switch (SADI-S) or minigastric bypass (MGB). We have designed a randomized study to compare type 2 diabetes remission after the 3 bariatric procedures in patients with severe obesity (BMI > 45kg/m2) and to study the implication of gastrointestinal hormones, bile acids and gut microbiota in metabolic improvement in each procedure.
The primary purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of Korean low-calorie diet for obese adult patients with type 2 diabetes with a body mass index of 25 kg/m2 or higher.
This is a prospective collection of data from adult patients who have had an endoscopic metabolic and bariatric endoscopy procedure (EMBT) for primary or revision surgical procedures for obesity.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of the progressive relaxation exercises in perioperative bariatric surgery patient care. The investigators know that the preoperative anxiety is an important factor that affects acute postoperative pain experience. Additionally, the investigators know that there is a relationship between preoperative anxiety and moderate to severe pain in the first 12 hours postoperatively, and this is also true for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does preoperative anxiety level of patient who will undergo bariatric surgery and who are applied progressive relaxation exercises is lower than those who did not apply exercise? - Does postoperative pain level of patient who underwent bariatric surgery and applied progressive relaxation exercises was lower than patients who did not apply exercise? Participants will be randomly split into two groups and one of the groups of participants will learn how to do progressive relaxation exercises preoperatively and the other group will learn nothing. Then at the time of the surgery, all participants will fill a survey preoperatively to analyze participants' anxiety level in each group and the investigators will collect data about participants' pain level postoperatively. Researchers will compare these data whether there is an effect of the progressive relaxation exercises on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain or not.
Study is designed to screen psychological cognitive baseline and retention/improvement after weight loss surgery.
BACKGROUND: Stay-at-home orders in response to the Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) have forced abrupt changes to daily routines. The aim of our study is to evaluate the impact of the Stay-at-home orders on the waiting list for bariatric surgery in our Department of Medical and Surgical during covid-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this observational retrospective study, from the 9th of March to 18th May 2020, the patients of our Department were invited to answer to a 14-questions multiple-choice questionnaire relative to weight changes, working activity, daily exercise, dietary behaviors, and conditions potentially impacting the nutritional choices
Variable outcomes after weight loss surgery are likely attributable to complex, poorly understood mechanisms. Due to the significant impact that morbid obesity has on a patient's health, successful management of obesity and its related comorbid medical conditions is important and thus necessitates continued improved therapies for treating obesity. Although the mechanisms of weight loss after surgical intervention are poorly understood, improved understanding of molecular and metabolic changes that occur after weight loss surgery may offer the ability to provide targeted precision therapy for patients with morbid obesity undergoing surgical therapy. In this proposal, the investigators will combine a clinical trial whereby modifications to the gold-standard for weight loss surgery, the gastric bypass, are evaluated while simultaneously measuring molecular and metabolic changes that occur in response to these weight loss procedures. Through creating variable lengths of bypass intestine after gastric bypass, the investigators will be able to determine the effect of malabsorption on clinical outcomes and mechanisms involved in weight loss after gastric bypass. The investigators will also use two control groups. One will be a surgical weight loss control group and consist of patients undergoing a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a non-intestinal bypass procedure. The other group will consist of patients having non-surgical weight loss therapy. To asses metabolic changes that occur in response to surgical weight therapy and specifically intestinal bypass and malabsorption, the investigators will examine changes in the gut microbiome and plasma gut enteroendocrine hormones. To evaluate molecular pathways that are impacted as a result of gastric bypass and malabsorption, the investigators will measure circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) in the blood. Measurement of miRNAs will provide data on an easily measurable molecular marker for each treatment group. This is a first step in translational exploration of mechanisms of weight loss after surgery by evaluating both clinical and molecular/metabolic outcomes and begin an explorative process towards creating an individualized approach to improving outcomes after weight loss surgery.
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is currently the most frequent primary bariatric procedure performed worldwide. LSG is a safe and effective technique in terms of excess weight loss and it is, moreover, a powerful metabolic operation that activates significant hormonal pathways that lead to changes in eating behavior, glycemic control and intestinal functions.Regarding a technical point of view, LSG might be considered a time saving procedure for the absence of intestinal anastomosis. The most frequent and sometimes dangerous complications are leaking, hemorrhage, splenic injury, stenosis and Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Despite its established efficacy and safety, dispute still exists on the optimal conduction of LSG operative technique: bougie size, distance of resection margin from the pylorus, the shape of section at the gastroesophageal junction, staple line reinforcement and intraoperative leak testing are among the most controversial issues . Thus, the primary aim of the present retrospective multicentric study is to evaluate intra and peri-operatory (< 30 days) and post-operative (> 30 days) morbidity and mortality rates of patients undergone LSG, and the correlation of the latter rates with different surgical measures. Secondary aim is to evaluate the strategy for the treatment of the complication, and if there is a correlation between morbidity/mortality and volume of the Bariatric Center
ActivSightTM combines an innovative form factor and proprietary software to deliver precise, objective, real-time visualization of blood flow and tissue perfusion intraoperatively for laparoscope-based surgery. A small adaptor that fits between any existing laparoscope and camera systems and a separate light source placed along any current commercial system will deliver objective real-time tissue perfusion and blood flow information intraoperatively. Primary Objective: To determine safety and feasibility of ActivSightTM in displaying tissue perfusion in intestinal anastomoses including colorectal and bariatric surgery. Secondary Objective: To determine the efficacy of ActivSightTM in; (1) displaying tissue vascularity and perfusion in comparison to indocyanine green (ICG) during gastrointestinal anastomoses; and (2) displaying biliary tree during laparoscopic cholecystectomy using ICG-based intraoperative cholangiography (IOC).