Total plasma magnesium, zinc, copper and selenium concentrations in obese patients before and after bariatric surgery.

Obesity enhances the risk of type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory conditions and often leads to metal dyshomeostasis, which contributes to the negative health aspects associated with the disease. In severe cases, bariatric surgery can be recommended to achieve sustained weight loss and improvement in health. Here, magnesium, zinc, copper and selenium concentrations were examined in 24 obese patients (7 males; 17 females) before and 9 months after undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

Predictive Value of C-Reactive Protein for Complications Post-Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass.

Background: Laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) has gained increasing popularity as the primary procedure of choice for the management of patients with morbid obesity. Despite the advances, a few patients will still develop complications and predicting these early complications in morbidly obese patients can prove to be difficult. Radiological investigations have limited diagnostic value and have associated side effects and cost.

Management and outcome of recurrent gallstone ileus: A systematic review.

Aim: To help the surgeon in decision making when treating a patient with recurrent gallstone ileus (RGSI).

Methods: A systematic review related to RGSI was performed using the databases CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE via PubMed from May 1912 to April 2015. All languages were included and the grey literature was also searched.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass could slow progression of retinopathy in type 2 diabetes: a pilot study.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well-recognised complication of obesity. One of the microvascular complications of T2DM is diabetic retinopathy (DR). Bariatric surgery has been shown to effectively treat obesity and can induce remission of T2DM.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: what are the preoperative predictors of weight loss?

Obesity has become an increasingly important health problem over the past 30 years. Presently around a quarter of the UK adult population are obese and this figure is set to increase further in the coming decades. The health consequences of obesity on multiple body systems have been well established as has the financial cost of the condition to both the individuals affected as well as to society as a whole.

Obesity-related hypertension and its remission following gastric bypass surgery - a review of the mechanisms and predictive factors.

It is well established that hypertension and obesity appear to be associated. The exact mechanism by which they are linked is unclear and remains a topic of a great deal of research. Current NICE guidelines recommend that patients with a BMI in excess of 35 kg/m(2) should be considered for bariatric surgery if they have a concomitant obesity-associated condition, of which hypertension is one.

A prospective cohort study of feeding needle catheter jejunostomy in an upper gastrointestinal surgical unit.

Background & Aim: Feeding jejunostomy is recommended to facilitate early enteral nutrition after major upper gastrointestinal surgery. We aimed to determine the benefits and risks associated with routine practice of feeding needle catheter jejunostomy (NCJ) in high-risk upper gastrointestinal surgery.

Method: This is a prospective consecutive cohort study of 84 patients underwent feeding NCJ over a 3 years period in an Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Unit.