1. Recommendations for Reporting Weight Loss

   • Mervyn Deitel
   • Robert J Greenstein

   EditorialNotes 01 April 2003 Pages: 159 - 160

2. 20th Annual Meeting of the ASBS: Program and Abstracts

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 161 - 240

3. Leptin and Insulin Action in Severely Obese Women

   • Francesco Papadia
   • Giuseppe M Marinari
   • Gian Franco Adami

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 241 - 244

4. The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on the Veterans Administration Healthcare System: A Cost Analysis

   • Scott F Gallagher
   • Magdalena Banasiak
   • David H Shapiro

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 245 - 248

5. Heparin Thromboprophylaxis in Gastric Bypass Surgery

   • Michele F Shepherd
   • Terry K Rosborough
   • Michael L Schwartz

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 249 - 253

6. Treatment of Dilated Gastrojejunostomy with Sclerotherapy

   • Laurie Spaulding

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 254 - 257

7. Taking Posterior Rectus Sheath Laparoscopically to Reinforce the Gastrojejunostomy in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

   • Won-Woo Kim
   • Michel Gagner
   • Brian Jacob

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 258 - 262

8. Laparoscopic Technique for Performing Duodenal Switch with Gastric Reduction

   • Robert A Rabkin
   • John M Rabkin
   • Lee B Lehmanbecker

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 263 - 268

9. Determinants of Long-Term Satisfaction after Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

   • Iris Shai
   • Yaakov Henkin
   • Itzhak Levi

   OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 269 - 274

10. The Lap-Band^® System in a North American Population

    • S Ross Fox
    • Katherine M Fox
    • Roberto Rumbaut

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 275 - 280

11. Gastroscopic Removal of an Adjustable Gastric Band after Partial Intragastric Migration

    • L Regusci
    • Y Groebli
    • R Schneider

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 281 - 284

12. Repositioning the Lap-Band^® for Proximal Pouch Dilatation

    • Marc Vertruyen

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 285 - 288

13. Codification of Techniques for Reoperation After Lap-Band^®

    • Francesco Furbetta
    • Elisabetta Coli

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 289 - 293

14. Adjustable Gastric Banding in a Multicenter Study in Turkey

    • Halil Coskun
    • Alp Bozbora
    • Yasin Peker

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 294 - 296

15. Pressure-induced Rhabdomyolysis after Bariatric Surgery

    • Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos
    • Eric Kimura
    • Miguel F Herrera

    Report 01 April 2003 Pages: 297 - 301

16. Rhabdomyolysis of Gluteal Muscles Leading to Renal Failure: A Potentially Fatal Complication of Surgery in the Morbidly Obese

    • David Bostanjian
    • Gary J Anthone
    • Peter F Crookes

    Report 01 April 2003 Pages: 302 - 305

17. Lumbar Muscle Rhabdomyolysis as a Cause of Acute Renal Failure after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • Jason P Wiltshire
    • Timothy Custer

    Report 01 April 2003 Pages: 306 - 313

18. Elevated Liver Enzymes as an Operative Complication of Gastric Bypass Surgery

    • Julie Saranita
    • Roy G Soto
    • Dan Paoli

    Report 01 April 2003 Pages: 314 - 316

19. Reasonable Solutions to Weight Regain after Gastric Bypass

    • Milton Owens

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 317 - 317

20. A Method for Treatment of Gastric Slippage after Adjustable Gastric Banding

    • Antonio Catona

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 318 - 318

21. Similarity of Magenstrasse-and-Mill and Mini-Gastric Bypass

    • Robert Rutledge

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 318 - 318

22. Announcements

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 April 2003 Pages: 319 - 328