1. The First International Consensus Summit for Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG), New York City, October 25–27, 2007

   • Mervyn Deitel
   • Ross D. Crosby
   • Michel Gagner

   Other 21 March 2008 Pages: 487 - 496

   

2. IFSO Guidelines for Safety, Quality, and Excellence in Bariatric Surgery

   • John Melissas

   Guidelines 14 March 2008 Pages: 497 - 500

3. The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Postoperative Mortality from Critical Illness

   • Fredric M. Pieracci
   • Lynn Hydo
   • Philip S. Barie

   Research Article 02 April 2008 Pages: 501 - 507

   

4. Preoperative Weight Loss Decreases the Operative Time of Gastric Bypass at a Veterans Administration Hospital

   • Sergio Huerta
   • Serag Dredar
   • Edward H. Livingston

   Research Article 26 March 2008 Pages: 508 - 512

   

5. Laparoscopic Totally Stapled Entero-Enterostomy: A Safe and Reproducible New Technique

   • M. Lannoo
   • B. Smet
   • A. D’Hoore

   Research Article 18 March 2008 Pages: 513 - 516

   

6. Physical Activity Predicts Weight Loss Following Gastric Bypass Surgery: Findings from a Support Group Survey

   • Garry Welch
   • Cheryl Wesolowski
   • Jane Garb

   Research Article 26 March 2008 Pages: 517 - 524

   

7. Early Experience with Intraluminal Reinforcement of Stapled Gastrojejunostomy During Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass

   • Alan A. Saber
   • Keith R. Scharf
   • Ruvie L. M. C. Martinez

   Research Article 07 March 2008 Pages: 525 - 529

8. Seven Cases of Gastric Perforation in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patients: What Lessons Can We Learn?

   • Kent C. Sasse
   • John Ganser
   • Vicki Bovee

   Research Article 07 March 2008 Pages: 530 - 534

9. Almost Routine Prophylactic Cholecystectomy During Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass is Safe

   • A. Nougou
   • M. Suter

   Original Article 28 March 2008 Pages: 535 - 539

10. Pregnancy Following Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

    • Joseph R. Wax
    • Angelina Cartin
    • Jacquelyn Blackstone

    Research Article 04 March 2008 Pages: 540 - 544

11. Monitored Anesthesia Care with Propofol Versus Surgeon-Monitored Sedation with Benzodiazepines and Narcotics for Preoperative Endoscopy in the Morbidly Obese

    • Atul K. Madan
    • David S. Tichansky
    • Tiffany K. Bee

    Research Article 02 April 2008 Pages: 545 - 548

12. Compensatory Exercise Hyperventilation is Restored in the Morbidly Obese After Bariatric Surgery

    • Gerald S. Zavorsky
    • Do Jun Kim
    • Nicolas V. Christou

    Research Article 18 March 2008 Pages: 549 - 559

    

13. A Prospective Multicenter Study of 163 Sleeve Gastrectomies: Results at 1 and 2 Years

    • D. Nocca
    • D. Krawczykowsky
    • J. M. Fabre

    Research Article 04 March 2008 Pages: 560 - 565

    

14. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as an Alternative to Gastric Bypass in Patients with Multiple Intraabdominal Adhesions

    • Bernabé Matías Quesada
    • Hernán Eduardo Roff
    • Luis Tomás Chiappetta Porras

    Research Article 15 March 2008 Pages: 566 - 568

15. Preliminary Results of the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Procedure by a New Generation of Silicone Band: MIDBAND

    • P. M. Blanc
    • J. M. Lagoutte
    • D. Nocca

    Research Article 14 March 2008 Pages: 569 - 572

    

16. Ten Years Experience with Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

    • Jean Biagini
    • Lamisse Karam

    Research Article 26 March 2008 Pages: 573 - 577

    

17. Preoperative Upper Gastrointestinal Testing Can Help Predicting Long-term Outcome After Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity

    • Michel Suter
    • Vittorio Giusti
    • Alexandre Paroz

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2008 Pages: 578 - 582

18. Crural Repair Permits Morbidly Obese Patients with Not Large Hiatal Hernia to Choose Laparoscopic Adjustable Banding as a Bariatric Surgical Treatment

    • Eldo E. Frezza
    • Audrae Barton
    • Mitchell S. Wachtel

    Research Article 04 March 2008 Pages: 583 - 588

    

19. Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Morbidly Obese Bariatric Patients with Concurrent Hepatitis B Viral Infection

    • Wei-Jei Lee
    • Weu Wang
    • Ming-Te Huang

    Research Article 11 March 2008 Pages: 589 - 594

    

20. Influence of High BMI on Functional Outcome After Total Hip Arthroplasty

    • André Busato
    • Christoph Röder
    • Stefan Eggli

    Research Article 28 March 2008 Pages: 595 - 600

    

21. Remission of Metabolic Syndrome: A Study of 140 Patients Six Months after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    • Marçal Rossi
    • Renato Barretto Ferreira da Silva
    • Ethel Zimberg Chehter

    Research Article 27 March 2008 Pages: 601 - 606

    

22. Psychological Gender Differences in Bariatric Surgery Candidates

    • David Mahony

    Research Article 27 March 2008 Pages: 607 - 610

23. Advances in Circular Stapling Technique for Gastric Bypass: Transoral Placement of the Anvil

    • Ninh T. Nguyen
    • Marcelo W. Hinojosa
    • Samuel E. Wilson

    Modern Surgery: Technical Innovation 28 March 2008 Pages: 611 - 614

    

24. Experience with the Duodenal Switch Operation in the Presence of Intestinal Malrotation

    • Varun Puri
    • Jyoti Ramachandran
    • Ranjan Sudan

    Case Report 18 March 2008 Pages: 615 - 617

    

25. Functional Aspects of the Esophagus Should be Taken Into Account When Choosing an Individualized Restrictive Bariatric Procedure

    • Helmut Weiss
    • Alexander Klaus
    • Heinz Wykypiel

    Correspondence 27 March 2008 Pages: 618 - 618

26. Reply

    • Jean-Marc Sabate
    • Mohamed Merrouche
    • Simon Msika

    Reply 28 March 2008 Pages: 619 - 619

27. Latin American Chapter of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO-LA)

    • Arthur B. Garrido Jr

    Statutes and Bylaws 04 March 2008 Pages: 620 - 622