1. From the Editor's Desk

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 01 April 2000 Pages: 91 - 91

2. Program, 17th Annual Meeting American Society for Bariatric Surgery

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 95 - 153

3. Efficacy and Safety of Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Morbidly Obese Patients Following Gastric Bypass Surgery

   • Young K Choi
   • Robert E Brolin
   • Phyllis Pollak

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 154 - 159

4. Variables Affecting BMI Evolution at 2 and 5 Years after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

   • R Hernandez-Estefania
   • D Gonzalez-Lamuño
   • C Escalante

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 160 - 166

5. Gastroscopic Band Removal after Intragastric Migration of Adjustable Gastric Band: A New Minimal Invasive Technique

   • H Weiss
   • H Nehoda
   • F Aigner

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 167 - 170

6. Adjustable Gastric Banding: 5-Year Experience

   • S B Doldi
   • G Micheletto
   • U Sonvico

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 171 - 173

7. Facilitated Vertical Gastric Pouch Construction for Gastric Bypass

   • John J Gleysteen

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 174 - 178

8. Failure of Biliopancreatic Diversion in Prader-Willi Syndrome

   • Graziano Grugni
   • Gabriele Guzzaloni
   • Francesco Morabito

   Report 01 April 2000 Pages: 179 - 181

9. Invited Commentary: BPD and Prader Willi Syndrome

   • Nicola Scopinaro

   Report 01 April 2000 Pages: 182 - 182

10. Experience with the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, and Commentary on Current Trends

    • Kenneth B Jones Jr.

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 183 - 185

11. Transactions in a Support Group Meeting: A Case Study

    • Linda P Algazi

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2000 Pages: 186 - 191

12. 5th Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

    • Editorial Office

    Announcement 01 April 2000 Pages: 192 - 199