Changes in body composition and insulin sensitivity in severely obese subjects after laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LASGB).

Background: Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LASGB) is a viable therapeutic approach to achieve stable body weight reduction in severe obesity. The aim of this study was to evaluate body composition and metabolic features in morbidly obese patients before and after LASGB.

Material/methods: There were 15 severely obese patients (Ob) (M/F: 4/11; mean age: 32.

Laparoscopic anterior adrenalectomy for the treatment of adrenal metastases.

Aim of this study was to evaluate the results in 6 patients undergoing laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of solitary adrenal gland metastases. One hundred forty-five patients underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy by transperitoneal anterior approach. In 6 patients the indication was the presence of a solitary adrenal gland metastasis.

Results of laparoscopic versus open resections for non-early rectal cancer in patients with a minimum follow-up of four years.

Background/aims: Laparoscopic rectal resection for malignancy is still debated. Concern has been expressed regarding the lack of significant data from larger patient series with longer periods of follow-up. The aims of this study were to compare long-term outcome with a minimum follow-up of four years in unselected patients undergoing either laparoscopic rectal resection or open rectal resection for cancer.

Long-term results of patients with pT2 rectal cancer treated with radiotherapy and transanal endoscopic microsurgical excision.

Anterior resection and abdomino-perineal resection are the surgical techniques used most frequently in the treatment of rectal cancer. Local recurrence rates of 10% to 14% are described after these conventional procedures. Preoperative neoadjuvant radiotherapy reduces local failure.