Bariatric Surgery as the One Route to Achieving Donor Heart Transplantation in a Patient with a Left-Ventricular Assist Device.

Bariatric and metabolic surgery is currently the most effective procedure of achieving and maintaining weight loss. In the case under discussion, a 48-year-old male patient with heart insufficiency and an implanted left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) wanted to reduce his high BMI (48.6 kg/m2), so as to qualify for the heart transplant waiting list.

Primary Sleeve Gastrectomy and Leaks: The Impact of Fundus-Wall Thickness and Staple Heights on Leakage-An Observational Study of 500 Patients.

The most feared complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is staple-line leakage. Staple height and fundus-wall thickness might influence such leakage, and this study examined their possible impact on leak incidence. Factors including gender, age, comorbidities, and reinforcement of the staple line were also investigated.

30-Day Morbidity and Mortality of Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multinational Cohort Study of 7704 Patients from 42 Countries.

Background: There are data on the safety of cancer surgery and the efficacy of preventive strategies on the prevention of postoperative symptomatic COVID-19 in these patients. But there is little such data for any elective surgery. The main objectives of this study were to examine the safety of bariatric surgery (BS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and to determine the efficacy of perioperative COVID-19 protective strategies on postoperative symptomatic COVID-19 rates.

Correction to: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Investigation of Fundus Wall Thickness and Staple Height-an Observational Cohort Study Fundus Wall Thickness and Leaks.

There is an error in the published article. One patient's gender was mistaken; it has been changed from female to male. Thus, the number of male and female patients in Tables 1 and 2, and the median and p value in Table 2 are incorrect.

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Investigation of Fundus Wall Thickness and Staple Height-an Observational Cohort Study : Fundus Wall Thickness and Leaks.

Background: Staple line leakage is a well-known complication after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Gastric wall thickness and the staple height may be determining factors for the occurrence of insufficiencies. To investigate this problem, an observational cohort study was carried out.

Postoperative surgical complications after radical axillary lymph node dissection in melanoma disease result in increased pain.

Postoperative pain is one of the major problems caused by the operative trauma. We recorded the postoperative pain of patients who underwent a radical axillary lymph node dissection (RALND) to evaluate the quality of our standardized perioperative pain management program and the influence of surgical complications. Between August 2003 and December 2007, we registered the postoperative level of pain of 111 patients who underwent a therapeutic RALND, using a visual analog scale (VAS).

Preemptive analgesia reduces pain after radical axillary lymph node dissection.

Background: Analyzing prospective data of our melanoma patients, we registered a suboptimal pain score under mobilization after radical axillary lymph node dissection (RALND). We performed a randomized, double blinded clinical trial to investigate the effects of a preemptive Parecoxib analgesic during the perioperative course.

Materials And Methods: Between October 2006 and December 2007, 32 patients with stage III/IV melanoma underwent therapeutic RALND and were randomized into two groups.

Intraoperative application of fibrin sealant does not reduce the duration of closed suction drainage following radical axillary lymph node dissection in melanoma patients: a prospective randomized trial in 58 patients.

Background: Patients suffering from malignant melanoma often require radical lymph node dissection of the axillary nodal basin. The effects of intraoperative application of fibrin sealant following radical axillary lymph node dissection (RALND) on the incidence of postoperative lymphatic secretion are discussed. To study the effect of intraoperatively applied fibrin sealant following RALND a randomized patient-blinded trial was carried out.