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Infarto esplénico como complicación de gastrectomía vertical laparoscópica. Reporte de caso
Splenic infarction as a complication of laparoscopic vertical gastrectomy. Case report

Rev. venez. cir; 73 (1), 2020
La gastrectomía vertical laparoscópica es actualmente la cirugía bariátrica más empleada a nivel mundial. Aunque es un procedimiento seguro y efectivo pueden ocurrir complicaciones mayores. En el presente trabajo reportamos el caso de un infarto y absceso esplénico como una rara complicación de es...

Real-world evidence of health outcomes and medication use 24 months after bariatric surgery in the public healthcare system in Brazil: a retrospective, single-center study

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: The number of bariatric procedures has significantly increased in Brazil, especially in the public Unified Health System. The present study describes health outcomes and medication use in obese patients treated in a major hospital that performs publicly funded surgery in Brazil. METHODS: A r...

Path taken by morbidly obese people in search of bariatric surgery in the public health system

Objective: to understand the path taken in the public health system by people with morbid obesity in the search for bariatric surgery. Method: qualitative research based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz, with 17 hospitalized morbidly obese people, with a scheduled date for bariatric surgery...

Implementación del programa de cirugía bariátrica en el Hospital de Especialidades de las Fuerzas Armadas Nro. 1: resultados iniciales

Introducción: la obesidad afecta al 22.1% de la población ecuatoriana y su prevalencia continúa en aumento. La cirugía bariátrica constituye una opción efectiva para su tratamiento, pero alcanza apenas al 1% de la población afectada. Objetivo: describir la experiencia en la implementación del pr...

Atendimento fonoaudiológico no pré e pós-operatório de cirurgia bariátrica em um hospital de referência
Speech-language therapist care in the pre and postoperative of bariatric surgery in a reference hospital

Objetivo: O objetivo do presente estudo é descrever o serviço de fonoaudiologia no pré e pósoperatório dos usuários candidatos à cirurgia bariátrica e/ou metabólica em um hospital especializado. Método: Trata-se de um estudo longitudinal, descritivo, realizado com os usuários acompanhados pelo...

Does evolutionary biology help the understanding of metabolic surgery? a focused review

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Introduction: The wide net of physiological issues involved in metabolic surgery is extremely complex. Nonetheless, compared anatomy and phisiology can provide good clues of how digestive tracts are shaped for more or less caloric food, for more or less fiber, for abundance and for scarcity. O...

Does weight gain, throughout 15 years follow-up after Nissen laparoscopic fundoplication, compromise reflux symptoms control?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is defined by the abnormal presence of gastric content in the esophagus, with 10% incidence in the Western population, being fundoplication one treatment option. Aim: To evaluate the early (six months) and late (15 years) effectiveness of laparosco...

Assessment of alveolar bone pattern in obese and non-obese women, before and after bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Bariatric surgery may have a negative impact on oral bone structure. Aim: To verify the alveolar bone pattern through radiomorphometric indices of panoramic radiography and linear measurements performed in periapical radiographs in eutrophic and morbidly obese patients before and a...

Incisional hernioplasty techniques: analysis after open bariatric surgery

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: The best technique for incisional hernioplasty has not been established yet. One of the difficulties to compare these techniques is heterogeneity in the profile of the patients evaluated. Aim: To analyze the results of three techniques for incisional hernioplasty after open bariatr...

Prevalence of hearing symptoms related to patulous eustachian tube after bariatric surgery

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Rapid and severe weight loss can result in the reduction of the ear tube lining fat tissue and it becomes patent, leading to symptoms such as autophony, aural fullness and tinnitus. Patients after bariatric surgery have, in theory, a predisposition to the development of such alterat...