Table of Contents: Preface
Short Comunications
Comunication A - Rhabdomyolysis – A Severe Complication in Bariatric Surgery; pp. 1-11
(Stroh Christine, Hohmann U., Manger T., Department of General, Abdominal & Pediatric Surgery, Teaching Hospital of the Friedrich- Schiller-University at Jena, Germany, et al.)
Comunication B - Gastric Cancer after Bariatric Surgery; pp. 13-20
(Stroh Christine, Hohmann U., Manger T., Department of General, Abdominal & Pediatric Surgery, Municipal Hospital SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera gGmbH, Teaching Hospital of the Friedrich- Schiller-University at Jena, Germany)
Comunication C - Recreational Marijuana Use in a Bariatric Clinic Population; pp. 21-27
(Valerie Taylor, Mood Disorders Program, Centre for Mountain Health Services, Canada, Arya Sharma, McMaster University)
Comunication D - The Problem of Band Erosion in Bariatric Surgery: Histologic Evaluation of Periprosthesic Tissue; pp. 29-35
(Ezio Lattuada, Fundazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano Italy)
Comunication E - Dental Complications in Obesity and Following Bariatric Surgery; pp. 37-44
(Ilana Heling, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine Founded by the Alpha Omega Fraternity, Jerusalem, Israel)
Research and Review Studies
Chapter I - Neuroendocrine Feeding Regulation in the Perspective of Modern Food Supply – Lessons for Obesity Treatment; pp. 45-89
(Volker Schusdziarra, Johannes Erdmann, Department of Nutritional Medicine, Else-Kröner-Fresenius Center of Nutritional Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany, Rafael R. Schick, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Armed Forces Hospital Ulm,
Germany)
Chapter II - New Research in Morbid Obesity; pp. 91-116
(Eldo E. Frezza, Department of Surgery, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mitchell S. Wachtel, Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center)
Chapter III - Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Diffusing Capacity at Rest and during Exercise in those with Morbid Obesity: Pre and Post Surgical Intervention; pp. 117-150
(Gerald S. Zavorsky, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, Dept. of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri)
Chapter IV - The Current State of Surgical Weight Loss Options for Morbidly Obese Adolescents; pp. 151-167
(Evan P. Nadler, Division of Pediatric Surgery and Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA)
Chapter V - Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Mechanism for Liver Injury and Hepatocellular Dysfunction; pp. 169-184
(Thomas S. Helling, Department of Surgery, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, PA)
Chapter VI - Micronutrient Encephalopathy after Bariatric Surgery; pp. 185-204
(Michael M. Rothkopf, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA, Touro College of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA)
Chapter VII - Borderline Personality, Binge Eating Disorder, and Obesity; pp. 205-218
(Randy A. Sansone, Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, Kettering Medical Center, Ohio, Lori A. Sansone, Civilian Family Medicine Physician at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio)
Chapter VIII - Hemorheological, Coagulation and Fibrinolytic Disturbances in Obesity; pp. 219-240
(Eva Solá, Endocrinology Service, Doctor Peset University Hospital, Valencia, Spain, Amparo Vayá, Hemorheology and Thrombosis Unit, Department of Clinical Pathology, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain, Amparo Estellés, Research Center, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain, et al.)
Chapter IX - Morbid Obesity, Surgical Options and Regulation of Consumption; pp. 241-268
(Fŕtima Sabench Pereferrer, Mercč Hernŕndez Gonzŕlez, Santiago Blanco Blasco, Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sant Joan University Hospital, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain, et al.)
Chapter X - A Modified Duodenal Switch for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity: Clinical and Analytical Results; pp. 269-291
(Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute, Miguel Angel Rubio Herrera, María Elia Pérez Aguirre, Departments of Surgery and Endocrinology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, et al.)
Chapter XI - Respiratory Function Abnormalities in Morbidly Obese Subjects and the Risk of Low Lung Volume Injury; pp. 293-302
(A. Koutsoukou, N.G. Koulouris, Critical Care Department and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Greece)
Chapter XII - Morbid Obesity: Significance of Psychological Treatment after Bariatric Surgery; pp. 303-312
(Johann F. Kinzl, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck)
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