1. The International Federation of Obesity: A History for the Surgery

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 01 June 2001 Pages: 243 - 244

2. Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis in Obese Patients

   • Jonathan E Efron
   • Juan Padron Uriburu
   • Juan J Nogueras

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 246 - 251

3. Leptin and HDL-Cholesterol in Non-Diabetic Normotensive Subjects

   • Giuseppe Maria Marinari
   • Nicola Scopinaro
   • Gian Franco Adami

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 252 - 253

4. Are there Predictive Factors of Severe Liver Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Patients with Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis?

   • Javier Crespo
   • Pedro Fernández-Gil
   • Fernando Pons-Romero

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 254 - 257

5. Six Years Experience with Minilaparotomy Silastic Ring Vertical Gastroplasty

   • Pierre Urbain
   • Bernard Heiderich

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 258 - 264

6. Weight Loss Following Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Intermediate Results of a Prospective Study

   • Fotis Kalfarentzos Md Facs
   • Ioannis Kechagias
   • Nancy Mead Rd

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 265 - 270

7. Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Early Experience

   • Khaled Abdallah El Fiky

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 271 - 275

8. The Mini-Gastric Bypass: Experience with the First 1,274 Cases

   • Robert Rutledge

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 276 - 280

9. Editors Comment: Carcinoma after Gastric Bypass

   • M Deitel

   OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 280 - 280

10. Helicobacter pylori Infection in Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity

    • Andrew A Renshaw
    • Jorge R Rabaza
    • Juan-Carlos Verdeja

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 281 - 283

11. Laparoscopic vs Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Prospective Randomized Trial

    • Agneta Westling
    • Sven Gustavsson

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 284 - 292

12. Does the Laparoscopic Approach Significantly Affect Cardiac Functions in Laparoscopic Surgery? Pilot Study in Non-Obese and Morbidly Obese Patients

    • Martin Fried
    • Zdeněk Krška
    • Vilém Danzig

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 293 - 296

13. History of Lap-Band^®: from Dream to Reality

    • M Belachew
    • M J Legrand
    • V Vincent

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 297 - 302

14. Pregnancies after Adjustable Gastric Banding

    • Helmut G Weiss
    • Hermann Nehoda
    • Franz Aigner

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 303 - 306

15. Laparoscopic Italian Experience with the Lap-Band^®

    • L Angrisani
    • M Alkilani
    • M Lorenzo

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 307 - 310

16. The Technical Approach in Banding to Avoid Pouch Dilation

    • Badwi Elias
    • Jean-Pierre Staudt
    • Etienne Van Vyne

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 311 - 314

17. Laparoscopic Gastric Banding with Lap-Band^® for Morbid Obesity: Two-step Technique may Improve Outcome

    • Moshe Rubin
    • Salomon Benchetrit
    • Hadar Spivak

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 315 - 317

18. Quality of Life after Obesity Surgery, an Evidence-Based Medicine Literature Review: How to Improve Systematic Searches for Enhanced Decision-Making and Clinical Outcomes

    • Joan M Di Gregorio
    • Ryan Palkoner

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 318 - 326

19. Management of Obesity with the New Intragastric Balloon

    • R M Hodson
    • D Zacharoulis
    • K R Wedgwood

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 327 - 329

20. Three Years Experience with the New Intragastric Balloon, and A Preoperative Test for Success witb Restrictive Surgery

    • A Loffredo
    • M Cappuccio
    • P Forestieri

    OriginalPaper 01 June 2001 Pages: 330 - 333

21. Announcements

    • Editorial Office

    Announcement 01 June 2001 Pages: 334 - 338