1. From the Editor's Desk

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 01 February 2000 Pages: 1 - 1

2. "Ignorance-Based Review", and Even More

   • George S M Cowan Jr

   EditorialNotes 01 February 2000 Pages: 3 - 3

3. Economic Theory and Physician Behavior in Bariatric Surgery

   • Alex M C MacGregor
   • Callum C MacGregor

   EditorialNotes 01 February 2000 Pages: 4 - 6

4. Current Practices in the Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism in Bariatric Surgery

   • Eugene C Wu
   • Carlos A Barba

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 7 - 13

5. Invited Commentary: Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism in Bariatric Patients

   • Alex M C MacGregor

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 14 - 14

6. The Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band: Laparoscopic Technique and Preliminary Results

   • Antonio Catona
   • Luigi La Manna
   • Peter Forsell

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 15 - 21

7. Disaster with a New Type of Band for Gastric Banding

   • Jürgen Zieren
   • Bernd Ablassmaier
   • Jochen M Müller

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 22 - 25

8. Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding: A Series with Three Cases of Band Erosion

   • Ingrid C D Y M de Jonge
   • K Gie Tan
   • Rob J Oostenbroek

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 26 - 32

9. Root Surface Caries: A Complication of the Jejunoileal Bypass

   • Scott E Greenway
   • Frank L Greenway

   OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 33 - 36

10. Dietary Changes after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • Stephan Kriwanek
    • Wolfgang Blauensteiner
    • Rudolf Roka

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 37 - 40

11. Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Long-term Results Comparing Three Different Techniques

    • M Suter
    • C Jayet
    • A Jayet

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 41 - 46

12. Invited Commentary: Variation in VBG

    • Edward E Mason

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 47 - 47

13. Some Hormonal Changes Before and After Vertical Banded Gastroplasty for Severe Obesity

    • Yury I Yashkov
    • Leonid I Vinnitsky
    • Nina T Vorobyova

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 48 - 53

14. Report on Bariatric Surgery in the Ukraine

    • Valeriy F Sayenko
    • Andriy S Lavryk
    • Oleksandr P Stetsenko

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 54 - 57

15. Intragastric Balloons for Preoperative Weight Reduction

    • B De Waele
    • H Reynaert
    • G Willems

    Report 01 February 2000 Pages: 58 - 60

16. Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Staple-line Dehiscence After Blunt Trauma to the Abdomen

    • S Oyogoa
    • I Komenaka
    • L Wise

    Report 01 February 2000 Pages: 61 - 63

17. Hypopharyngeal Perforation during Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • Ninh T Nguyen
    • Bruce M Wolfe

    Report 01 February 2000 Pages: 64 - 67

18. Modified VBG vs Gastric Bypass

    • Edward E Mason

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 68 - 68

19. Reply

    • Fotis Kalfarentzos

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 69 - 69

20. 650 Year Anniversary of Charles University, Prague

    • Martin Fried

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 70 - 72

21. Public Relations as a Means of Public Education on the Role of Bariatric Surgery

    • Jay Geer
    • Milton Owens

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 73 - 74

22. Announcements

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 February 2000 Pages: 74 - 91