1. Program: 11th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 951 - 971

2. Abstracts of Oral Presentations, 11th World Congress of IFSO, Sydney, Australia

   Abstract 01 August 2006 Pages: 972 - 992

3. Abstracts of Posters, 11th World Congress of IFSO, Sydney, Australia

   Abstract 01 August 2006 Pages: 993 - 1031

4. Systematic Review of Medium-Term Weight Loss after Bariatric Operations

   • Paul E O'Brien
   • Tracey McPhail
   • John B Dixon

   ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1032 - 1040

5. Comparison of Nutritional Consequences of Conventional Therapy of Obesity, Adjustable Gastric Banding, and Gastric Bypass

   • Séverine Ledoux
   • Simon Msika
   • Christine Clerici

   ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1041 - 1049

6. Fatal Complications of Bariatric Surgery

   • Lara B Goldfeder
   • Christine J Ren
   • James R Gill

   ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1050 - 1056

7. Impact of Gastric Banding on Plasma Adiponectin Levels

   • Dror Diker
   • Tali Vishne
   • Edward Ram

   ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1057 - 1061

8. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Adolescents: The Austrian Experience

   • Gerd R Silberhumer
   • Karl Miller
   • Gerhard Prager

   ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1062 - 1067

9. High Ghrelin Concentration is Not a Predictor of Less Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Women Treated with Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

   • Luca Busetto
   • Gianni Segato
   • Giuliano Enzi

   ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1068 - 1074

10. Effects of Laparoscopic Pneumoperitoneum and Changes in Position on Arterial Pulse Pressure Wave-Form: Comparison Between Morbidly Obese and Normal-Weight Patients

    • Thierry Guenoun
    • Emma Joelle Aka
    • Denis Safran

    ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1075 - 1081

11. Total Gastrectomy for Complications of the Duodenal Switch, with Reversal

    • Carlos Serra
    • Aniceto Baltasar
    • Marcelo Bengochea

    ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1082 - 1086

12. Assessing Sexual Function in Obese Women Preparing for Bariatric Surgery

    • Konstantinos Assimakopoulos
    • Spiros Panayiotopoulos
    • Fotis Kalfarentzos

    ReviewPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1087 - 1091

13. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for a Super-Super-Obese Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis

    • Jean Marc Catheline
    • Caroline Rosales
    • Joseph Bénichou

    Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1092 - 1095

14. Pulmonary Embolus after Retrieval of a Temporary Inferior Vena Caval Filter in a Jehovah's Witness Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery

    • Judith C Hagedorn
    • John M Morton

    Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1096 - 1100

15. Retrograde Intussusception following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • Kyle Ver Steeg

    Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1101 - 1103

16. Gastric Bypass in a Factor V Deficient Patient

    • Syed Husain
    • Naveen Ballem
    • Howard L Beaton

    Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1104 - 1106

17. Gastric Bypass Surgery in a Paraplegic Morbidly Obese Patient

    • Diya I Alaedeen
    • John Jasper

    Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1107 - 1108

18. Early Gastric Cancer found at Preoperative Assessment for Bariatric Surgery

    • Gustavo Sevá-Pereira
    • Vilmar Luis Trombeta

    Report 01 August 2006 Pages: 1109 - 1111

19. Obesity in the Neolithic Era: A Greek Female Figurine

    • Helen Christopoulou-Aletra
    • Niki Papavramidou
    • Paolo Pozzilli

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 1112 - 1114

20. Staplerless Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Not So Fast

    • Heitor Portella Póvoas
    • Marcos Leão Vilas-Bôas

    Letter 01 August 2006 Pages: 1115 - 1115

21. Reply

    • João Eduardo M T M Ettinger
    • Almino C Ramos
    • Manoel P Galvão-Neto

    Letter 01 August 2006 Pages: 1116 - 1116