1. Obesity Surgery: Fifth Year

   • Mervyn Deitel
   • George S M Cowan Jr

   OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 223 - 223

2. Manuscript Preparation

   • Editorial Office

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3. Copyright Transfer Form

   • Editorial Office

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4. General Information

   • Editorial Office

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5. Social Program

   • Editorial Office

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6. Registration Form

   • Editorial Office

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7. Outline of Sessions

   • Editorial Office

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8. Program: Ninth International Symposium on Obesity Surgery

   • Editorial Office

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9. Abstracts of the Ninth International Symposium on Obesity Surgery

   • Editorial Office

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10. Index of Abstract Authors

    • Editorial Office

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11. Obesity Surgery in Children

    • Charles W Breaux

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 279 - 284

12. The Effect of Follow-up on Reporting Success for Obesity Surgery

    • Kathleen E Renquist
    • Joseph J Cullen
    • NBSR Contributors

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 285 - 292

13. Local vs Systemic Antibiotics to Decrease Wound Complications following Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial

    • Karl Miller
    • Barbara Lang
    • Emanuel Hell

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 293 - 297

14. Alterations in Thyroid Hormones and Thyrotropin (TSH) in Morbidly Obese Patients before and after Vertical Gastroplasty

    • Spiros T Papavramidis
    • Alkis Ch Zisiadis
    • Anastasios P Aidonopoulos

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 298 - 301

15. Biliopancreatic Diversion, with Distal Gastrectomy, 250 cm and 50 cm Limbs: Long-term Results

    • Simon Marceau
    • Simon Biron
    • Picard Marceau

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 302 - 307

16. Pregnancies in an 18-Year Follow-up after Biliopancreatic Diversion

    • Daniele Friedman
    • Sonia Cuneo
    • Nicola Scopinaro

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 308 - 313

17. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A 7-year Retrospective Review of 3855 Patients

    • Sherman C Smith
    • Gerald N Goodman
    • Charles B Edwards

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 314 - 318

18. Identification of Genes Predisposing to Clinically Severe Obesity: An Approach

    • Michael North
    • J Robert Jacobs
    • Mary Lou Walen

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 319 - 322

19. Videolaparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

    • Antonio Catona
    • Marcus Gossenberg
    • Ennio Armeni

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20. Invited Commentary

    • Edward E Mason

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21. A Psychological Profile of the Bariatric Patient with Implications for Treatment

    • Gaye Andrews

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22. Are You Talking to Me? An Awakening

    • Maureen Gordon

    OriginalPaper 01 August 1995 Pages: 334 - 336

23. Bariatric Surgery Postoperative Behavioral Change: The Importance of Ongoing Assessment and Teaching

    • Jacquelyn K Smiertka
    • Bruce H MacPherson

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24. Diagnosis and Treatment of Rapid Pulse

    • Edward E Mason

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25. To the Editor:

    • Basil R Meyerowitz

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