Prevalence of Gastritis among Morbidly Obese Patients Subjected to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy at a Tertiary Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Background And Objective: Morbidly obese persons often get gastritis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). The study examined the prevalence of gastritis and associated risk factors after LSG at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: The present retrospective cross-sectional study comprised patients with obesity aged 18 and older who received LSG between 2019 and 2023.

A single-center experience of safety and effectiveness of adjustable intragastric balloon in patients with super obesity.

Background: The Spatz3® Intragastric Adjustable Balloon (SAB) offers a novel approach to weight loss in super obese patients [body mass index (BMI) ≥50 kg/m2]. This study evaluates the safety, effectiveness, and predictors of success of SAB in this population.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, involving 94 patients with SAB implantation.

An Unusual Complication of Internal Hernia Post-laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Video Case Report.

Internal hernia is a well-recognized complication after laparoscopic Roux-En-Y gastric bypass. Recently, it has been recognized after laparoscopic one-anastomosis gastric bypass. Alteration of bowel anatomy was put as the cause of internal hernia after these procedures.

Associations between Zinc Deficiency, Taste Changes, and Salivary Flow Rates following Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgeries.

Background: The prevalence of taste change (hypogeusia) and its association with zinc deficiency is unclear due to differences in methods of assessment. We investigate the prevalence of hypogeusia using mixed methods and link it with changes in zinc levels following mini gastric bypass (MGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG).

Methods: This was a prospective observational study of MGB ( = 18) and SG ( = 25).

Chylous Ascites Post Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Video Case Report of a Rare Complication.

We report a 38-year-old morbidly obese female patient, who presented 10 days post sleeve gastrectomy with chylous ascites. A lymphangiogram showed free leakage from a small tributary of the cisterna chyli. Conservative measures failed to control the leak.

Intermittent use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in penetrating gunshot wound of the lower extremity.

The use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in penetrating injuries is an emerging adjunct in the civilian trauma surgeon’s toolbox for the management of traumatic hemorrhagic shock. Furthermore, within the Canadian civilian context, little has been reported with regard to its use as an assisted damage-control measure in vascular reconstruction of the lower extremity. We report a case of penetrating gunshot injury of the lower extremity where the preoperative deployment of REBOA had a remarkable positive impact in the resuscitation phase and the intraoperative control of blood loss.

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA): indications: advantages and challenges of implementation in traumatic non-compressible torso hemorrhage.

Background: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is regaining popularity in the treatment of traumatic non-compressible torso bleeding. Advances in invasive radiology coupled with new damage control measures assisted in the refinement of the technique with promising outcomes. The literature continues to have substantial heterogeneity about REBOA indications, applications, and the challenges confronted when implementing the technique in a level I trauma center.

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA): a scoping review protocol concerning indications-advantages and challenges of implementation in traumatic non-compressible torso haemorrhage.

Introduction: Haemorrhage remains the leading cause of preventable death in trauma. Damage control measures applied to patients in extremis in order to control exsanguinating bleeding from non-compressible torso injuries use different techniques to limit blood flow from the aorta to the rest of the body. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is regaining momentum recently as an adjunct measure that can provide the same results using less invasive approaches.

Medium to long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery in older adults with super obesity.

Background: Indications and outcomes of bariatric surgery in older adults suffering from morbid obesity remain controversial. We aimed to evaluate safety and medium to long-term outcomes of bariatric procedures in this patient population.

Setting: University Hospital, Canada.

An up-down determination of the required seated duration after intrathecal injection of bupivacaine and fentanyl for the prevention of hypotension during Cesarean delivery.

Purpose: A prolonged seated time after intrathecal injection of hyperbaric bupivacaine and morphine is related to the incidence of hypotension during Cesarean delivery, but results in a high incidence of pain during peritoneal closure. We conducted this study to determine the effect of the addition of intrathecal fentanyl on the relationship between seated time and hypotension and intraoperative analgesia requirements.

Methods: Women undergoing Cesarean delivery were randomized to receive an intrathecal injection of either 11.

The Labor Analgesia Requirements in Nulliparous Women Randomized to Epidural Catheter Placement in a High or Low Intervertebral Space.

Background: We hypothesized that an epidural catheter placed in a lower vertebral interspace will require less medication for labor analgesia.

Methods: Nulliparous women requesting neuraxial labor analgesia were randomized to epidural catheter placement at the ultrasound-confirmed L1-2 or L4-5 interspace. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia and breakthrough manual epidural boluses of 10 mL of 0.

Laparoscopic Wedge Resection of Gastrojejunostomy for Weight Recidivism after Gastric Bypass.

Background: Weight recidivism after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a common problem. Often, this weight loss failure or regain may be due to a wide gastrojejunostomy (GJ). We evaluated the feasibility and safety of a novel approach of laparoscopic wedge resection of gastrojejunostomy (LWGJ) for a wide stoma after RYGB associated with weight recidivism.

Laparoscopic Transgastric Resection of a Gastric Submucosal Tumor near Esophagogastric Junction with Concomitant Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Video Case Report.

Background: Over the past two decades, there has been a significant rise in bariatric surgery. As a consequence, the prevalence of obese patients with a combined gastric pathology such as a submucosal tumor (SMT) requiring excision at the same time as bariatric surgery is higher but the management remains controversial. We report the safety and effectiveness of a simultaneous laparoscopic transgastric resection of a large gastric SMT near the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) with sleeve gastrectomy (SG).

The median effective seated time for hypotension induced by spinal anesthesia at Cesarean delivery with two doses of hyperbaric bupivacaine: a randomized up-down sequential allocation study.

Background: Extending the time a parturient is left sitting after induction of spinal anesthesia (i.e., the seated time) has had varying success in decreasing hypotension at Cesarean delivery.