Background and objectives: Obesity is an independent risk factor for development and
progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We conducted a systematic review to assess the …

The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery in response to inquiries made to the society by patients, physicians, society …

BACKGROUND: In the past 10 years, most bariatric surgeries have seen an important
reduction in the early complication rate, partly associated with the development of the …

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has issued the following
position statement in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, …

Background Annually, more than 2 million patients are admitted with emergency general
surgery (EGS) conditions. Emergency general surgery cases comprise 11% of all general …

The compliance of a system is defined as the change in volume that occurs per unit change
in the pressure of the system. In layman terms, compliance is the ease with which an elastic …

Mature adipocytes can reverse their phenotype to become fibroblast-like cells. This is
achieved by ceiling culture and the resulting cells, called dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells, are …

Iron has an essential physiologic role, as it is involved in oxygen transportation and energy
formation. The body cannot synthesize iron and must acquire it. Food is the only natural …

… Moustarah F 2 … Hindy P, Hong J, Lam-Tsai Y, Gress F. A comprehensive review of
esophageal stents. … Disclosure: Fady Moustarah declares no relevant financial relationships with …

Objective Obesity is frequently associated with systemic hypertension. Blood pressure measure
is inaccurate in severely obese patients because of poor cuff size fitting. The aim of the …