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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...- 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... - 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... 
Pregnancy outcome in morbidly obese women before and after laparoscopic gastric bandingAnnunziata Lapolla
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani n 2, 35100, Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 20:1251-7. 2010..Increasing numbers of pregnancies are seen in obese women treated surgically with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB). We compared their maternal and fetal outcomes with obese women without LAGB and normal-weight controls...- The gastric band: first-choice procedure for obesity surgeryFranco Favretti
Department of Surgery and Obesity Center, Regional Hospital, 36100, Vicenza, Italy
World J Surg 33:2039-48. 2009..Overall, LAGB provides a safe, effective intervention for obese patients and remains our first-choice procedure for bariatric surgery... - 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)... - Weight loss and changes in use of antidiabetic medication in obese type 2 diabetics after laparoscopic gastric bandingGianni Segato
Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy
Surg Obes Relat Dis 6:132-7. 2010..We analyzed the weight loss and changes in use of diabetic medication in obese patients with type 2 diabetes treated with laparoscopic adjustable 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)... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Bariatric surgery improves atherogenic LDL profile by triglyceride reductionSabina Zambon
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
Obes Surg 19:190-5. 2009..Objective of this study was to determine the relations between plasma phospholipid fatty acid composition and the presence of small dense LDL particles in morbidly obese patients treated with laparoscopic gastric banding (LAGB)... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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)... - 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...