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Bariatric analysis and reporting outcome system (BAROS) applied to laparoscopic gastric banding patientsF Favretti
Surgical Department, Padua University, Italy
Obes Surg 8:500-4. 1998..The Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcome System (BAROS), introduced by Oria and Moorhead in 1997, seems to provide a standard for comparison in the surgical treatment of morbid obesity...- Laparoscopic banding: selection and technique in 830 patientsF Favretti
Obesity Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 12:385-90. 2002..Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) with the Lap-Band has been our first choice operation for morbid obesity since September 1993. Results in terms of complications and weight loss are analyzed... - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in 1,791 consecutive obese patients: 12-year resultsFranco Favretti
Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital Vicenza, Italy
Obes Surg 17:168-75. 2007..This study examines 1,791 consecutive laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedures with up to 12 years follow-up. Long-term results of LAGB with a high follow-up rate are not common... - Comparative long-term mortality after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus nonsurgical controlsLuca Busetto
Servizio Terapia Medica e Chirurgica dell Obesità , University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Surg Obes Relat Dis 3:496-502; discussion 502. 2007..The net effect of bariatric surgery on total mortality is still controversial. Gastric bypass has been shown to reduce the relative risk of death, but similar data with LABG are still lacking... - The role of brief strategic therapy on the outcome of gastric bandingDorina Caniato
Department of Psychology, Strategic Therapy Center of Arezzo, Obesity Center, University of Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 12:666-71. 2002.... - Variation in lipid levels in morbidly obese patients operated with the LAP-BAND adjustable gastric banding system: effects of different levels of weight lossL Busetto
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 10:569-77. 2000..We analyzed the effects of different levels of body weight loss on the lipid levels of morbidly obese patients operated with the LAP-BAND System... - Short-term effects of weight loss on the cardiovascular risk factors in morbidly obese patientsLuca Busetto
Obesity Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unviersity of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Res 12:1256-63. 2004..To analyze the short-term effects of weight loss on the cardiovascular risk factors in morbidly obese patients... - Progress in implantable gastric stimulation: summary of results of the European multi-center studyMaurizio De Luca
Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Vicenza, Italy
Obes Surg 14:S33-9. 2004..The LOSS (Laparoscopic Obesity Stimulation Survey) is a prospective non-randomized trial which enrolled 69 patients involving 11 investigator centers in 5 European Countries. In 19 patients, ghrelin was analyzed... - Weight loss and postoperative complications in morbidly obese patients with binge eating disorder treated by laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandingLuca Busetto
Obesity Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 15:195-201. 2005..The authors investigated the outcome of morbidly obese patients with binge eating disorder (BED) treated surgically with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding... - High ghrelin concentration is not a predictor of less weight loss in morbidly obese women treated with laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandingLuca Busetto
Obesity Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 16:1068-74. 2006..We analyzed the role of high plasma ghrelin concentrations at surgery as a negative predictor of weight loss in morbidly obese patients treated with laparoscopic gastric banding (LAGB)... - Preoperative weight loss by intragastric balloon in super-obese patients treated with laparoscopic gastric banding: a case-control studyLuca Busetto
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 14:671-6. 2004..The authors investigated the usefulness of preoperative treatment with the BIB intragastric balloon in super-obese patients before undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB)... - Treatment of morbid obesity with the Transcend Implantable Gastric Stimulator (IGS): a prospective surveyFranco Favretti
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Obes Surg 14:666-70. 2004..The observed weight loss is comparable to other noninvasive procedures. If weight loss is maintained, IGS could be considered as a first choice therapy in the treatment of morbid obesity in selected patients... - Postoperative management of laparoscopic gastric bandingLuca Busetto
Obesity Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 13:121-7. 2003..The authors investigated the postoperative management of morbidly obese patients treated by laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) with the Lap-Band System... - Patient management after LAP-BAND placementFranco Favretti
Obesity Center, University of Padova, Regional Hospital, Contra Chioare, 13, 36100, Vicenza, Italy
Am J Surg 184:38S-41S. 2002..Communication and collaboration with the patient's primary care provider are important. All of the elements above are necessary to provide the comprehensive care that contributes to optimal patient outcomes... - Avoiding postoperative complications with the LAP-BAND systemHadar Spivak
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, 4301 Garth Road, Suite 209, Baytown, Texas 77521, USA
Am J Surg 184:31S-37S. 2002..Surgeons and patients should adopt strategies that will help avoid complications and be sensitive to any indication of their emergence... - An adjustable silicone gastric band for laparoscopic treatment of morbid obesity--technique and resultsFranco Favretti
Obesity Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Surg Technol Int 10:109-14. 2002..This procedure, using the laparoscopic approach , has been performed in our institutions since 1992. The goals of this article are to describe both our standardized surgical technique that minimized the morbidity rate and its results... - Liver volume and visceral obesity in women with hepatic steatosis undergoing gastric bandingLuca Busetto
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
Obes Res 10:408-11. 2002..To investigate the relationships between visceral obesity and hepatic steatosis in obese patients undergoing adjustable silicone gastric banding with the LAP-BAND... 
Safety and efficacy of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in the elderlyLuca Busetto
Universita degli Studi di Padova, Clinica Medica 1, Padova, Italy
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:334-8. 2008..The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in older patients registered in the database of the Italian Group for Lap-Band Gruppo Italiano Lap-Band (GILB)...- Outcome predictors in morbidly obese recipients of an adjustable gastric bandLuca Busetto
Obesity Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 12:83-92. 2002..The authors investigated the outcome predictors in obese patients who underwent laparoscopic adjustable banding with the Lap-Band...