1. Progress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 01 August 2002 Pages: 433 - 434

2. The IFSO Scholarship Fund

   • Harry Frydenberg

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 434 - 434

3. IFSO Congress Programme and Abstracts

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 437 - 523

4. Index of First Authors of Abstracts

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 524 - 524

5. Executive Council and Representatives of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), 2002

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 525 - 530

6. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity STATUTES AND BYLAWS

   • Editorial Office

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 531 - 533

7. Pre- and Postoperative Psychological Characteristics in Morbidly Obese Patients

   • G M Papageorgiou
   • A Papakonstantinou
   • J Melissas

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 534 - 539

8. The Effect of Roux Limb Lengths on Outcome after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial

   • Patricia S Choban
   • Louis Flancbaum

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 540 - 545

9. Fully Stapled Gastric Bypass with Isolated Pouch and Terminal Anastomosis: 1-3 Year Results

   • J L Hedenbro
   • S G Frederiksen

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 546 - 550

10. Comparison of Nutritional Deficiencies after Rouxen-Y Gastric Bypass and after Biliopancreatic Diversion with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • George Skroubis
    • George Sakellaropoulos
    • Fotis Kalfarentzos

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 551 - 558

11. Laparoscopic Reoperation for Early Complications of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

    • Pavlos K Papasavas
    • Michael S O'Mara
    • Daniel J Gagné

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 559 - 563

12. Long-Term Results of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

    • M Belachew
    • P H Belva
    • C Desaive

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 564 - 568

13. Experience with Lap-Band System® up to 7 Years

    • Marc Vertruyen

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 569 - 572

14. Adjustable Gastric and Esophagogastric Banding: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    • Helmut G Weiss
    • Hermann Nehoda
    • Gerold J Wetscher

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 573 - 578

15. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: A Prospective Comparison of Two Commonly Used Bands

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

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 579 - 582

16. Treatment of Morbid Obesity with Intragastric Balloon in Association with Diet

    • S B Doldi
    • G Micheletto
    • S Rella

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 583 - 587

17. The Proring®-Band: A New Device in the Field of Restrictive Surgery: Preliminary Experience

    • Pierre Urbain

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 588 - 591

18. Weakness after Gastric Bypass

    • Craig G Chang
    • Thomas S Helling
    • Marilyn M Rymer

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 592 - 597

19. Bariatric Surgery in a Patient with Possible Psychiatric Contraindications

    • Adriano Segal
    • Hilton Telles Libanori
    • Alexandre Azevedo

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 598 - 601

20. Announcements

    • Editorial Office

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2002 Pages: 602 - 607