1. César Roux and his Contribution

   • Mervyn Deitel

   EditorialNotes 14 November 2007 Pages: 1277 - 1278

2. Resolution of Obstructive Sleep Apnea after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

   • J. Esteban Varela
   • Marcelo W. Hinojosa
   • Ninh T. Nguyen

   Research Articles 14 November 2007 Pages: 1279 - 1282

3. Internal Hernia as a Complication of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

   • Antonio Iannelli
   • Massimo Senni Buratti
   • Jean Gugenheim

   OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1283 - 1286

4. Weight Loss Outcome after Silastic Ring Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Five Years of Follow-up

   • Jorge Mali Junior
   • Antonio Carlos Valezi
   • Marco Cezar Lopes de Menezes

   OriginalPaper 10 October 2007 Pages: 1287 - 1291

5. Changes in Blood Lipid Levels following Silastic Ring Vertical Gastroplasty

   • Edward Ram
   • Tali Vishne
   • Zeev Dreznik

   OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1292 - 1296

6. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy — Influence of Sleeve Size and Resected Gastric Volume

   • Rudolf A. Weiner
   • Sylvia Weiner
   • Gerhard Weigand

   OriginalPaper 10 October 2007 Pages: 1297 - 1305

7. Postoperative Morbidity of Biliopancreatic Diversion Depending on Common Limb Length

   • Jose-Antonio Gracia
   • Mariano Martinez
   • Pablo Royo

   OriginalPaper 10 October 2007 Pages: 1306 - 1311

8. Three-Year Results of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass-on-Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: an Effective and Safe Procedure which Enables Endoscopy and X-Ray Study of the Stomach and Biliary Tract

   • Stefano Cariani
   • Enrico Amenta

   OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1312 - 1318

9. Abdominoplasty after Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Patients: A 4-Year Clinical Experience

   • Marco Fraccalvieri
   • Giacomo Datta
   • Stefano Bruschi

   OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1319 - 1324

10. Wound Infections in Post-bariatric Patients undergoing Body Contouring Abdominoplasty: the Role of Smoking

    • G. Gravante
    • A. Araco
    • V. Cervelli

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1325 - 1331

11. Development of a Porcine Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Survival Model for the Study of Post-Surgical Physiology

    • David R. Flum
    • Allison Devlin
    • David E. Cummings

    OriginalPaper 10 October 2007 Pages: 1332 - 1339

12. Comparison of Anterior Gastric Wall and Greater Gastric Curvature Invaginations for Weight Loss in Rats

    • Pedro E. B. Fusco
    • Renato S. Poggetti
    • Dario Birolini

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1340 - 1345

13. Intragastric Balloon Insertion Increases the Frequency of Erosive Esophagitis in Obese Patients

    • Angelo Rossi
    • Gianluca Bersani
    • Vittorio Alvisi

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1346 - 1349

14. Cognitive Structures of Obese Patients undergoing Bariatric Surgery: a Concept Mapping Analysis

    • Claire Marchand
    • Christine Poitou
    • Jean-François d’Ivernois

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1350 - 1356

15. The Health-Related Quality of Life of Obese Persons Seeking or Not Seeking Surgical or Non-surgical Treatment: a Meta-analysis

    • Annemieke M. A. van Nunen
    • Eveline J. M. Wouters
    • Rinie Geenen

    OriginalPaper Open access 10 October 2007 Pages: 1357 - 1366

    

16. Plasma Protein Carbonyl and Thiol Stress Before and After Laparoscopic Gastric Banding in Morbidly Obese Patients

    • Hafize Uzun
    • Dildar Konukoglu
    • Mustafa Taskin

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1367 - 1373

17. Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein Plasma Levels and Liver TNF-Alpha Gene Expression in Obese Patients: Evidence for the Potential Role of Endotoxin in the Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

    • Armando Guerra Ruiz
    • Fernando Casafont
    • Fernando Pons-Romero

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1374 - 1380

18. Effect of High Fat Diet on the Volume of Liver and Quantitative Feature of Kupffer Cells in the Female Rat: A Stereological and Ultrastructural Study

    • Ilhami Kiki
    • B. Zuhal Altunkaynak
    • Suleyman Kaplan

    OriginalPaper 14 November 2007 Pages: 1381 - 1388

19. Pathophysiology of Obesity: Why Surgery Remains the Most Effective Treatment

    • Talat Waseem
    • Kris M. Mogensen
    • Malcolm K. Robinson

    Review 14 November 2007 Pages: 1389 - 1398

20. Implications of Altered Gastrointestinal Motility in Obesity

    • T. K. Gallagher
    • J. G. Geoghegan
    • D. C. Winter

    Review 10 October 2007 Pages: 1399 - 1407

21. Use of a Roux Limb to Correct Esophagogastric Junction Fistulas after Sleeve Gastrectomy

    • Aniceto Baltasar
    • Rafael Bou
    • Luis Cipagauta

    Case Report 10 October 2007 Pages: 1408 - 1410

22. Percutaneous Gastric Drainage as a Treatment for Small Bowel Obstruction after Gastric Bypass

    • Nahid Hamoui
    • Peter F. Crookes
    • Howard S. Kaufman

    Case Report 10 October 2007 Pages: 1411 - 1412

23. Allergic Reaction to Contrast Medium following Gastric Band Adjustment

    • Pascale Dewachter
    • Claudie Mouton-Faivre

    Case Report 14 November 2007 Pages: 1413 - 1415

24. Gas-Producing Infection of the Spleen in a Super-Super-Obese Patient

    • Serge Landen
    • Jean Closset

    Case Report 15 November 2007 Pages: 1416 - 1418

25. Peptic Ulcer following Gastric Bypass

    • John M. Snyder

    Correspondence 14 November 2007 Pages: 1419 - 1419

26. Regarding the Editorial: Is a “Big Apple” New in the Big Apple?

    • James A. Sapala

    EditorialNotes 14 November 2007 Pages: 1420 - 1420