Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that weight-reduction (bariatric) surgery reduces
long-term mortality in morbidly obese patients. Background: Obesity is a significant cause of …

… ): I suspect that one of the reasons why the authors of this landmark paper sent me a
manuscript-in fact, to be perfectly honest, two manuscripts–was that when Lloyd MacLean …

… education grant from Johnson & Johnson and by the LD MacLean Scholarship Fund. … (Reprinted
with permission from MacLean LD, Rhode BM, Nohr CW. Long- or short-limb …

… MacLean whether or not they have characterized the material in their anergic patients'
serum which has similar effects on rosette formation, and whether or not they know its chemical …

IT HAS BEEN our practice for several years to establish a hemodynamic diagnosis for all
patients in shock. One of three possi-bilities is usually apparent after measuring cardiac output, …

The rate of wound infections in morbidly obese patients who underwent gastroplasty surgery
at our institution was 16.5% compared with a rate of 2.5% in normal-weight patients who …

… MacLean LD. Progress in the treatment of obesity. Obesity Surgery 1996; 6:398–405. …
Rhode BM, Shustik C, Christou NV, MacLean LD. Iron absorption and therapy after gastric …

… MacLean and Dr. Kellum agree that better weight reduction is achieved with gastric bypass
than with vertical banded gastroplasty. However, I would like to speak in defense of vertical …

Background: Stomal ulcer is a serious complication of gastrogastric fistula following Roux-en-Y
gastric bypass for obesity. Study Design: A 1–8 year continuous followup of 499 patients …

… MacLean's, and I would agree with him that we should be expressing … MacLean's findings of
a nutritional deprivation in these … MacLean a question: We have been particularly concerned …