Five-Year Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery vs. Conservative Weight Management in People with HIV: A Single-Center Tertiary Care Experience.

Introduction: Individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection now have life expectancies similar to non-infected people but face increased obesity prevalence. The long-term effects of bariatric surgery (BS) and conservative weight therapy (CWT) in patients living with HIV (PLWH) remain unexplored.

Methods: A retrospective review (2012-2018) at a Tertiary Centre for Bariatric Surgery and National Centre for HIV care examined the outcomes of BS and CWT.

Bone health following paediatric and adolescent bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Childhood obesity is a pressing health crisis of epidemic proportions. Bariatric surgery (BS) is an effective weight loss solution however its role in the paediatric population is contentious owing to the paucity of weight specific and generalised health outcomes. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the impact of paediatric BS on bone health.

Outcomes of One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass Conversion to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Severe Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

One-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) is an effective procedure to treat severe obesity. However, conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is increasing. We therefore conducted a systematic review to determine the safety and efficacy associated with OAGB-RYGB conversion.

The Human Skin Volatolome: A Systematic Review of Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Analysis.

The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can provide important clinical information (entirely non-invasively); however, the exact extent to which VOCs from human skin can be signatures of health and disease is unknown. This systematic review summarises the published literature concerning the methodology, application, and volatile profiles of skin VOC studies. An online literature search was conducted in accordance with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis, to identify human skin VOC studies using untargeted mass spectrometry (MS) methods.

Determining the Diagnostic Value of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission/Computed Tomography in Detecting Prosthetic Aortic Graft Infection.

Background: To determine the diagnostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in detecting prosthetic aortic graft infection (AGI).

Methods: Twenty-one patients with prosthetic grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms underwent FDG PET/CT scans for suspected graft infection over a 15-month period. Images were evaluated for tracer pattern and grade of FDG uptake in addition to measuring the maximal standardized uptake value (SUVmax).

Spontaneous multisystem deep venous thrombosis as an unusual presentation of Behçet's disease in a young Afro-Caribbean patient.

Behçet's disease is an autoimmune mediated multisystem vasculitis. It is most prevalent in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean patients and considered rare in Afro-Caribbean populations. The disease phenotype in Afro-Caribbean patients is more severe with systemic involvement, in particular lesions affecting the vascular system known as angio-Behçet's.

Spontaneous mesenteric hematoma complicating an exacerbation of Crohn's disease: report of a case.

Case Presentation: Spontaneous mesenteric haematoma is a rare condition that occurs due to localized bleeding in the mesenteric vascular tree of a bowel segment in the absence of an identifiable cause. Here we report a case of spontaneous mesenteric haematoma during an inflammatory exacerbation of Crohn's disease. The patient underwent surgical management for small bowel obstruction secondary to Crohn's disease, however the concurrent presence of a spontaneous mesenteric haematoma in the mid-jejunal mesentery was successfully managed conservatively.

Unexpected protective role for Toll-like receptor 3 in the arterial wall.

The critical role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in mammalian host defense has been extensively explored in recent years. The capacity of about 10 TLRs to recognize conserved patterns on many bacterial and viral pathogens is remarkable. With so few receptors, cross-reactivity with self-tissue components often occurs.

Treating atherosclerosis: the potential of Toll-like receptors as therapeutic targets.

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease with a strong involvement of innate immunity. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the best-characterized pattern recognition receptors of the innate immune system. Almost all cell types in lesions, inflammatory leukocytes and resident vascular cells alike express TLRs.