Gastric Banding Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Gastric Banding, including details on laparoscopic gastric banding, stomach stapling, gastric bypass, risks, diet.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 5 (May)

1. 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.
   Obes Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Cardiac arrest following adjustment of a gastric band.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 750-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The original experimental model in rats to study gastric banding surgery.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 686-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Iatrogenic injury of the intrathoracic esophagus sustained during a gastric banding procedure.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 742-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Comparison of volume-controlled and pressure-controlled ventilation during laparoscopic gastric banding in morbidly obese patients.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 680-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Delayed intrathoracic gastric perforation after obesity surgery: a severe complication.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 745-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Emergency sleeve gastrectomy as rescue treatment for acute gastric necrosis due to type II paraesophageal hernia in an obese woman with gastric banding.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 737-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Combined laparoscopic gastric banding and stomach reduction (GBSR): initial experience after 1 year.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 690-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: an unusual presentation after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding due to erosion into the celiac axis.
   Obes Surg, 18(6): 759-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Gastric migration and strangulation after adjustable gastric banding.
    Obes Surg, 18(6): 753-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Bariatric surgery: low mortality at a high-volume center.
    Obes Surg, 18(6): 660-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Efficacy of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) as a Stand-Alone Technique for Children with Morbid Obesity.
    Obes Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Late Presentation of a Diaphragmatic Hernia Following Laparoscopic Gastric Banding.
    Obes Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery-A Comparative Study of Laparoscopic Banding vs. Bypass.
    Obes Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Esophageal dilation after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
    Surg Endosc, 22(6): 1482-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Short-term outcomes for super-super obese (BMI >/=60 kg/m(2)) patients undergoing weight loss surgery at a high-volume bariatric surgery center: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic gastric bypass, and open tubular gastric bypass.
    Surg Obes Relat Dis, 4(3): 408-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Reoperation after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: analysis of a cohort of 500 patients with long-term follow-up.
    Surg Obes Relat Dis, 4(3): 430-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Gastric banding for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in morbidly obese.
    Surg Obes Relat Dis, 4(3): 423-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Impact of technological advances on complications of revisional bariatric operations.
    J Am Coll Surg, 206(3): 1137-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Radiographical imaging of the normal anatomy and complications after gastric banding.
    Br J Radiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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