1. Some Notes on the First International Symposium on Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery, Naples, Italy, March 18-20, 1999

   • Mervyn Deitel

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 221 - 221

2. Iron Absorption and the Duodenal Switch Operation

   • Bruce H MacPherson

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 221 - 222

3. Ilial Transposition and Enteroglucagon/GLP-1 in Obesity (and Diabetic?) Surgery

   • Edward E Mason

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 223 - 228

4. The Effect of Surgically Induced Weight Reduction on the Serum Levels of the Cytokines: Interleukin-3 and Tumor Necrosis Factor

   • S Kyzer
   • J Binyamini
   • P Fishman

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 229 - 234

5. The Biopsychosocial Characteristics of People Seeking Treatment for Obesity

   • Louis F Martin

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 235 - 243

6. Obesity: An Innately Incurable Disease?

   • Bernhard J Husemann

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 244 - 249

7. Preoperative Preparatory Program Has No Effect on Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing a Lap-Band® Operation

   • Rogier Hörchner
   • Wim Tuinebreijer

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 250 - 257

8. Leakage of Adjustable Gastric Bands

   • Alex E Ponson
   • Ignace M C Janssen
   • Jean H G Klinkenbijl

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 258 - 260

9. Preparation of Extremely Obese Patients for Laparoscopic Gastric Banding by Gastric Balloon Therapy

   • R Weiner
   • H Gutberlet
   • H Bockhorn

   OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 261 - 264

10. Influence of Some Hereditary Factors on Weight Loss Following Conservative and Surgical Treatment of Obese Female Monozygotic Twins

    • Martin Fried
    • Mojmir Kasalicky
    • Vojtech Hainer

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 265 - 268

11. Adjustable Gastric Banding: Advantages and Disadvantages

    • M Lucchese
    • F Alessio
    • D Borrelli

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 269 - 271

12. Retrospective Analysis of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Technique: Short-term and Mid-term Follow-up

    • F Berrevoet
    • P Pattyn
    • B de Hemptinne

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 272 - 275

13. Follow-up of Lap-Band® Complications

    • Luigi Angrisani
    • Michele Lorenzo
    • Beniamino Tesauro

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 276 - 278

14. Application of the POSSUM System in Bariatric Surgery

    • J C Cagigas
    • C F Escalante
    • M Gomez Fleitas

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 279 - 281

15. Successful Bariatric Surgery in a Patient Who Underwent More Than 100 Various Operations

    • Yuri I Yashkov
    • Anatoly A Movchun
    • Alexandr D Palman

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 282 - 283

16. Equipment Information for the Bariatric Surgeon: Hospital and Office Care of the Morbidly Obese Patient

    • Robert J Greenstein

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 284 - 287

17. On BAROS

    • Aniceto Baltasar

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 288 - 288

18. THE BRUGES IFSO STATEMENT ON INNOVATION

    • George S M Cowan Jr

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 289 - 289

19. IFS0 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTIVES

    • J W M Greve
    • E Hell

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 290 - 290

20. IFS0 STATEMENT ON BARIATRIC SURGERY: COURSE AND WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS

    • Rafael Alvarez-Cordero

    OriginalPaper 01 June 1999 Pages: 291 - 291