1. Surgery for Diabetes at Lower BMI: Some Caution

   • Mervyn Deitel

   Editorial 30 August 2008 Pages: 1211 - 1214

2. Assessing the Acute Abdomen in the Bariatric Patient: Need for Improvement

   • Paul O’Brien
   • Wendy Brown

   Editorial 17 July 2008 Pages: 1215 - 1216

3. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Morbid Obesity: The Effect of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

   • Mariel A. Mejía-Rivas
   • Alejandro Herrera-López
   • Miguel A. Valdovinos

   Research Article 30 May 2008 Pages: 1217 - 1224

   

4. Regional Variations in Gastric Bypass Surgery: Results from the 2005 Nationwide Inpatient Sample

   • Wendy E. Weller
   • Carl Rosati

   Research Article 23 April 2008 Pages: 1225 - 1232

5. One-year Readmission Rates at a High Volume Bariatric Surgery Center: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty-Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

   • John Saunders
   • Garth H. Ballantyne
   • Hans J. Schmidt

   Research Article 02 May 2008 Pages: 1233 - 1240

   

6. The Impact of Medicaid Status on Outcome After Gastric Bypass

   • J. Wesley Alexander
   • Hope R. Goodman
   • Laura James

   Research Article 10 July 2008 Pages: 1241 - 1245

7. Gastric Bypass Surgery in Rats Produces Weight Loss Modeling after Human Gastric Bypass

   • David S. Tichansky
   • John D. Boughter Jr.
   • Atul K. Madan

   Research Article 25 June 2008 Pages: 1246 - 1250

   

8. Sleeve Gastrectomy—A “Food Limiting” Operation

   • John Melissas
   • Markos Daskalakis
   • John A. Papadakis

   Research Article 29 July 2008 Pages: 1251 - 1256

   

9. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy without an Over-Sewing of the Staple Line

   • Mojmir Kasalicky
   • David Michalsky
   • Martin Fried

   Research Article 23 July 2008 Pages: 1257 - 1262

   

10. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Duodeno-Jejunal Bypass: A New Surgical Procedure for Weight Control. Feasibility and Safety Study in a Porcine Model

    • Gianmattia del Genio
    • Michel Gagner
    • Alberto del Genio

    Modern Surgery: Technical Innovation 18 June 2008 Pages: 1263 - 1267

    

11. Lap-Band Impact on the Function of the Esophagus

    • Zoi Gamagaris
    • Carlie Patterson
    • Elizabeth H. Weinshel

    Research Article 29 July 2008 Pages: 1268 - 1272

    

12. Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in Morbidly Obese with the Metabolic Syndrome at US Academic Centers

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

    Research Article 22 April 2008 Pages: 1273 - 1277

13. Metabolic Syndrome after Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

    • Clare Nugent
    • ChunHong Bai
    • Zobair M. Younossi

    Research Article 09 April 2008 Pages: 1278 - 1286

14. Bowel Habits After Bariatric Surgery

    • Natascha Potoczna
    • Susanne Harfmann
    • Fritz F. Horber

    Research Article 08 March 2008 Pages: 1287 - 1296

    

15. Lipid Mobilization Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Examined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy

    • L. Johansson
    • M. Roos
    • F. A. Karlsson

    Research Article 08 April 2008 Pages: 1297 - 1304

    

16. Histological Alterations Following Bariatric Surgery: Pilot Study

    • Franco Carlo Migliori
    • Giacomo Robello
    • Giuseppe M. Marinari

    Research Article 18 April 2008 Pages: 1305 - 1307

    

17. The Desire for Body Contouring Surgery after Bariatric Surgery

    • James E. Mitchell
    • Ross D. Crosby
    • L. Michael Howell

    Research Article 17 June 2008 Pages: 1308 - 1312

    

18. Launois-Bensaude Syndrome: An Unusual Localization of Obesity Disease

    • Giovanni Verna
    • Nicola Kefalas
    • Maria Alessandra Bocchiotti

    Research Article 12 April 2008 Pages: 1313 - 1317

    

19. Limitations of the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD) with Bariatric Surgical Candidates

    • Steven Walfish
    • Edward A. Wise
    • David L. Streiner

    Research Article 10 May 2008 Pages: 1318 - 1322

20. Deciphering the Sleeve: Technique, Indications, Efficacy, and Safety of Sleeve Gastrectomy

    • Ehab Akkary
    • Andrew Duffy
    • Robert Bell

    Review 06 June 2008 Pages: 1323 - 1329

    

21. Preoperative Psychological Testing—Another Form of Prejudice

    • David Ashton
    • Franco Favretti
    • Gianni Segato

    Review 12 March 2008 Pages: 1330 - 1337

22. Single Incision Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (SILS): A Novel Technique

    • Alan A. Saber
    • Mohamed H. Elgamal
    • Arun J. Rao

    Modern Surgery: Technical Innovation 08 August 2008 Pages: 1338 - 1342

    

23. Adaptive and Neuroendocrine Procedures: A New Pathway in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

    • Sergio Santoro

    Modern Surgery: Technical Innovation 28 May 2008 Pages: 1343 - 1345

    

24. Small Bowel Obstruction Creates a Closed Loop in Patients with a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band

    • Nicholas A. Campbell
    • Wendy A. Brown
    • Peter Nottle

    Case Reports 25 July 2008 Pages: 1346 - 1349

    

25. Distal Esophageal Erosion After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Placement with Nissen Fundoplication Takedown

    • Gintaras Antanavicius
    • Daniel Leslie
    • Sayeed Ikramuddin

    Case Report 18 July 2008 Pages: 1350 - 1353

    

26. Multiple Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis—A Differential Diagnosis of Obesity. Is There a Rationale for Fibrate Treatment?

    • Heike Zeitler
    • Gudrun Ulrich-Merzenich
    • Peter Walger

    Case Report 05 June 2008 Pages: 1354 - 1356

    

27. Metabolic Syndrome is Related to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Severely Obese Subjects

    • Cemal Nuri Ercin
    • Teoman Dogru
    • Alper Sonmez

    Letter to the editor 19 June 2008 Pages: 1357 - 1357

28. Reply to Letter: Metabolic Syndrome is Related to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Severely Obese Subjects

    • Wei-Jei Lee
    • Phui-Ly Liew

    Letter to the editor 10 July 2008 Pages: 1358 - 1358