XXL-TYPE PERSONALITY. Personality traits promoting excess body weight.

The Aim Of The Study: The study aimed to determine whether persons suffering from obesity may be characterised by specific personality traits which promote the development of excess body weight. Additionally, the aim involved finding whether persons suffering from morbid obesity differed from healthy individuals and somatic patients as regards selected personality traits.

Material And Methods: The study enrolled 34 patients with the diagnosis of morbid obesity in the process of qualification for surgical treatment of obesity.

Age is not associated with increased surgical complications in patients after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Introduction: Age is considered as a risk factor in bariatric surgery. The observation was made on the basis of results from studies where patients underwent different type of surgery, but laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) was not among them. It is necessary to reevaluate the association of age with adverse events in the group of patients after LSG.

Usefulness of the Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score (OR-MRS) in choosing the laparoscopic bariatric procedure.

Introduction: The most popular scale to stratify the postoperative risk is the Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score (OS-MRS). The design and ease of interpretation make the scale a potential tool for clinical use.

Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of the OS-MRS scale in the enrollment of patients for laparoscopic bariatric procedures, including laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB).

Elastography in pancreatic solid tumours diagnoses.

Introduction: Pancreatic solid tumour diagnoses remain a challenge for modern medicine. However, using endosonography together with elastography helps to examine the elasticity of tissues and therefore may allow definition of the nature of pancreatic tumours.

Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of elastography with the strain ratio method and quantitative evaluation of pancreatic solid tumours.