Shortening of the Common Channel as a Rescue Surgery After Gastric Bypass Failure.

Background: After Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), up to 30% failures in weight loss have been reported. Among multiple solutions available, we report our experience with shortening of the common channel (SCC) by performing a limb distalization of the alimentary or the biliopancreatic limb.

Settings: University Hospital.

Effectiveness and efficiency of a special program to reduce the bariatric surgery waiting list at a tertiary hospital.

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is one of the most common surgical practices in Spain. However, this procedure currently has longest delay on surgical waiting lists (SWL). We have developed a special surgical program that aims to reduce this waiting list and to assess the economic and clinical repercussions in a high-volume bariatric surgery unit.

Correction to: Massive Hemothorax Due to Intrathoracic Herniation of the Gastric Remnant After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Concurrent Hiatal Hernia Repair.

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[Correlation between the Bethesda system for thyroid nodules and post-thyroidectomy histopathological diagnosis].

Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical condition. Thyroid nodules may be identified with ultrasonography in roughly 50% of the population. The risk of malignancy varies between 4 and 15% of the nodules.