1. Biliopancreatic Diversion: Mechanisms of Action and Long-Term Results

   • Nicola Scopinaro

   BriefCommunication 01 June 2006 Pages: 683 - 689

2. Totally Robotic Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Results from 75 patients

   • Catherine J Mohr
   • Geoffrey S Nadzam
   • Myriam J Curet

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 690 - 696

3. Change in Liver Size and Fat Content after Treatment with Optifast^® Very Low Calorie Diet

   • Mark C Lewis
   • Madeleine L Phillips
   • Jim Toouli

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 697 - 701

4. Predictors of In-Hospital Postoperative Complications among Adults Undergoing Bariatric Procedures in New York State, 2003

   • Wendy E Weller
   • Carl Rosati
   • Edward L Hannan

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 702 - 708

5. Effect of Massive Weight Loss induced by Bariatric Surgery on Serum Levels of Interleukin-18 and Monocyte-Chemoattractant-Protein-1 in Morbid Obesity

   • Gerit-Holger Schernthaner
   • Hans-Peter Kopp
   • Guntram Schernthaner

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 709 - 715

6. Comparison of SAGB QC "Classic" Titanium Port and Velocity^™ Port: Pilot Phase Prospective Randomized Study on Perioperative and Short-term Postoperative Implantation Outcomes

   • Martin Fried
   • Karin Kormanova
   • Mojmir Kasalicky

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 716 - 720

7. Open versus Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Comparative Study of Over 25,000 Open Cases and the Major Laparoscopic Bariatric Reported Series

   • Kenneth B Jones Jr
   • Joseph D Afram
   • Michael H Wood

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 721 - 727

8. Postoperative Results after Desflurane or Sevoflurane Combined with Remifentanil in Morbidly Obese Patients

   • Luc E C De Baerdemaeker
   • Stefan Jacobs
   • Michel M R F Struys

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 728 - 733

9. Obesity, Surgery, and Inhalation Anesthetics – Is There a "drug of Choice"?

   • Jay B Brodsky
   • Harry J M Lemmens
   • Lawrence J Saidman

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 734 - 734

10. The Influence of Helicobacter pylori Infection on the Development of Gastric Ulcer in Symptomatic Patients after Bariatric Surgery

    • Chang-Shyue Yang
    • Wei-Jei Lee
    • Ming-Shiang Wu

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 735 - 739

11. Rhabdomyolysis after Bariatric Surgery

    • Décio Alexandre de Freitas Carvalho
    • Antonio Carlos Valezi
    • Tiemi Matsuo

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 740 - 744

12. Intra-abdominal Fat Adiponectin Receptors Expression and Cardiovascular Metabolic Risk Factors in Obesity and Diabetes

    • Rosa Morínigo
    • Melina Musri
    • Helena Corominola

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 745 - 751

13. Ghrelin and Peptide YY Levels after a Variant of Biliopancreatic Diversion with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass versus after Colectomy: A Prospective Comparative Study

    • Christos Stratis
    • Theodore Alexandrides
    • Fotis Kalfarentzos

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 752 - 758

14. Is Routine Cholecystectomy Necessary at the Time of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass?

    • Jerome Taylor
    • I Michael Leitman
    • Michael Horowitz

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 759 - 761

15. Implantable Gastric Stimulation Alters Expression of Oxytocin- and Orexin-Containing Neurons in the Hypothalamus of Rats

    • Ming Tang
    • Jing Zhang
    • J D Z Chen

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 762 - 769

16. Laparoscopic Closure of the Petersen Mesenteric Defect

    • Melissa H Coleman
    • Ziad T Awad
    • Michel Gagner

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 770 - 772

17. Estimating Blood Volume in Obese and Morbidly Obese Patients

    • Harry J M Lemmens
    • Donald P Bernstein
    • Jay B Brodsky

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 773 - 776

18. Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in a Patient with Malrotation of the Intestine

    • Imran Alam
    • S Mahmud
    • J N Baxter

    Report 01 June 2006 Pages: 777 - 779

19. Methamphetamine Use Following Bariatric Surgery in an Adolescent

    • Sanjeev Dutta
    • John Morton
    • Craig T Albanese

    Report 01 June 2006 Pages: 780 - 782

20. Management of Ulcerative Colitis in the Morbidly Obese Patient: Is Bariatric Surgery Indicated?

    • Charles A Lascano
    • Flavia Soto
    • Steven D Wexner

    Report 01 June 2006 Pages: 783 - 786

21. Psychosocial Functioning following Bariatric Surgery

    • Gerbrand C M van Hout
    • Petra Boekestein
    • Guus L van Heck

    ReviewPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 787 - 794

22. Peptide YY(1-36) and Peptide YY(3-36): Part II. Changes after Gastrointestinal Surgery and Bariatric Surgery: Part I. Distribution, Release and Actions appeared in the last issue (May 2006)

    • Garth H Ballantyne

    ReviewPaper 01 June 2006 Pages: 795 - 803

23. Adipocyte Size and Liability to Cell Death

    • Rosário Monteiro
    • Paulo M S T de Castro
    • Isabel Azevedo

    BriefCommunication 01 June 2006 Pages: 804 - 806

24. Combined Preemptive and Preventive Analgesia for Open Gastric Bypass Compares Favorably with Postoperative Pain following Laparoscopic Access for the Same Surgery

    • Joseph I Kamelgard

    Letter 01 June 2006 Pages: 807 - 807

25. Reply

    • Thomas Schricker
    • Hanan El Shobary

    Letter 01 June 2006 Pages: 807 - 808