1. 11th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Sydney, Australia, August 30-September 2, 2006

   • Paul O'Brien
   • Harry Frydenberg

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1405 - 1406

2. The Future of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

   • Jan W M Greve

   EditorialNotes 01 November 2006 Pages: 1407 - 1411

3. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease of Obesity

   • Mankanwal S Sachdev
   • Caroline A Riely
   • Atul K Madan

   ReviewPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1412 - 1419

4. Revision of Failed Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Non-resectional Scopinaro Biliopancreatic Diversion: Early Experience

   • Tulsi Menon
   • Sehli Quaddus
   • Leon Cohen

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1420 - 1424

5. Serum Ghrelin, Leptin and Adiponectin Levels before and after Weight Loss: Comparison of Three Methods of Treatment – A Prospective Study

   • Efstathios V Kotidis
   • George G Koliakos
   • Spiros T Papavramidis

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1425 - 1432

6. Effectiveness of Biliopancreatic Diversion in the Patients with Bulimia Nervosa

   • Yury I Yashkov
   • Dmitry K Bekuzarov

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1433 - 1439

7. Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Loss following Biliopancreatic Diversion for Obesity

   • Giuseppe M Marinari
   • Francesco S Papadia
   • Nicola Scopinaro

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1440 - 1444

8. Sleeve Gastrectomy in the High-Risk Patient

   • Nahid Hamoui
   • Gary J Anthone
   • Peter F Crookes

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1445 - 1449

9. A Prospective Randomized Study Between Laparoscopic Gastric Banding and Laparoscopic Isolated Sleeve Gastrectomy: Results after 1 and 3 Years

   • Jacques Himpens
   • Giovanni Dapri
   • Guy Bernard Cadière

   OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1450 - 1456

10. The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Menstrual Patterns

    • Melissa Teitelman
    • Chad A Grotegut
    • James D Lewis

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1457 - 1463

11. Attitude of Prospective Surgical Residents Regarding Surgery for Morbid Obesity

    • Rob Schuster
    • John M Morton
    • Myriam J Curet

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1464 - 1468

12. Does Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity Reduce or Increase Gastroesophageal Reflux?

    • Pekka Tolonen
    • Mikael Victorzon
    • Jyrki Mäkelä

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1469 - 1474

13. Serum Amyloid A and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome before and after Surgically-Induced Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Subjects

    • Christine Poitou
    • Muriel Coupaye
    • Jean-Michel Oppert

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1475 - 1481

14. Internal Hernia after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity: A Continuous Challenge in Bariatric Surgery

    • A Paroz
    • J M Calmes
    • M Suter

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1482 - 1487

15. Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Obesity Surgery in Patients With Type-2 Diabetes in Three European Countries

    • Roger Ackroyd
    • Jean Mouiel
    • Frederic Daoud

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1488 - 1503

16. Use of PlasmaJet^™ System in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Lipectomy following Massive Weight Loss Resulting from Bariatric Surgery: Early Experience

    • Antonio Iannelli
    • Abdol Reza Bafghi
    • Jean Gugenheim

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1504 - 1507

17. Long-Term Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery in Patients Visited at Home Outside the Study Environment

    • Elisabeth M H Mathus-Vliegen
    • The Dutch Bariatric Surgery Group

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1508 - 1519

18. Changes in Insulin Sensitivity in Morbidly Obese Patients with or without Metabolic Syndrome after Gastric Bypass

    • Luciana Zuolo Coppini
    • Pedro Luiz Bertevello
    • Dan Linetzky Waitzberg

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1520 - 1525

19. Effect of a High Fat Diet on Quantitative Features of Adipocytes in the Omentum: An Experimental, Stereological and Ultrastructural Study

    • Hüseyin Aslan
    • B Zuhal Altunkaynak
    • Bünyami Ünal

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1526 - 1534

20. Re-Sleeve Gastrectomy

    • Aniceto Baltasar
    • Carlos Serra
    • Marcelo Bengochea

    OriginalPaper 01 November 2006 Pages: 1535 - 1538

21. Laparoscopic Latero-lateral Jejuno-jejunostomy as a Rescue Procedure after Complicated Mini-Gastric Bypass

    • Roger Noun
    • Smart Zeidan
    • Nagi Safa

    Report 01 November 2006 Pages: 1539 - 1541

22. Gastric Bypass for Insulin Resistance due to Lipodystrophy

    • Nicole M McGrath
    • Govind Krishna

    Report 01 November 2006 Pages: 1542 - 1544

23. Perforated Ulcer at the Gastrojejunostomy: Laparoscopic Repair after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • Matthias Bramkamp
    • Markus Karl Muller
    • Markus Weber

    Report 01 November 2006 Pages: 1545 - 1547

24. Gastrogastric Fistula after Gastric Bypass – Is Surgery Always Needed?

    • Mathieu D'Hondt
    • Franky Vansteenkiste
    • Dirk Devriendt

    Report 01 November 2006 Pages: 1548 - 1551

25. Gastric Cancer and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • Francesco Saverio Papadia
    • Nicola Scopinaro

    Letter 01 November 2006 Pages: 1552 - 1552