The United States Experience with One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass at MBSAQIP-Accredited Centers.

Purpose: One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) has emerged as a potentially safe and effective weight-loss procedure. Worldwide, OAGB is the third most commonly performed primary bariatric procedure, comprising 4% of the annual volume. In the USA, OAGB has yet to be endorsed as a primary bariatric procedure and can only be performed under research protocols or as a revision procedure.

Comparison of Short-term Safety of One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy in the United States: 341 cases from MBSAQIP-accredited Centers.

Background: One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) is the third most common (4%) primary bariatric procedure worldwide but is seldom performed in the United States and is currently under consideration for endorsement by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Evidence from the United States on safety of OAGB compared to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is limited.

Objective: To compare the short-term safety outcomes of the three primary bariatric procedures.

Characterization and prognosis of temozolomide-induced aplastic anemia in patients with central nervous system malignancies.

Background: Temozolomide-induced aplastic anemia (TIAA) is a rare but highly challenging complication of temozolomide (TMZ) therapy. Evidence describing prognosis, clinical characteristics, and treatment of this entity is very limited.

Methods: We performed a multicenter, 22-year observational cohort study of patients with central nervous system (CNS) malignancies treated with temozolomide who developed TIAA, retrospectively analyzing prognosis, complications, and recovery.

Risperidone for successful treatment of postictal psychosis refractory to olanzapine.

Postictal psychosis (PIP) in patients with epilepsy is often mistaken for other primary psychiatric disorders. Depending on its severity, PIP often prompts empiric treatment with atypical antipsychotics, which are balanced against the risk of lowered seizure thresholds. Here we present a case of olanzapine-resistant PIP, where risperidone was used as a safe and effective abortive treatment.

Increased bronchoalveolar lavage human beta-defensin type 2 in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation.

Human beta-defensin-2 (HBD)2 is an antimicrobial peptide that participates in the innate host immune defense. HBD2 is present in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid during conditions associated with airway inflammation but not in normal subjects. We measured HBD2 concentrations by semiquantitative Western analysis in BAL of prelung transplant patients (PRE) and postlung-transplant BAL associated with either "quiescent" histopathology (i.