How to reduce the adverse effects of weight stigma on the quality of life: a preferred reported items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA).

Introduction: Obesity, affecting 38% of adults globally, carries economic burdens and health risks like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Weight-loss programs often face challenges due to stigma and poor body image, impacting individuals' quality of life. Research on interventions targeting weight stigma is lacking, emphasizing the need for comprehensive approaches addressing psychological and behavioral aspects for effective care.

Effect of a patient education program focused on weight stigma on quality of life and self-efficacy in patients living with obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: After a literature review and interviews with patients living with obesity, key psychosocial determinants such as coping strategies, weight bias internalization, body dissatisfaction and self-efficacy were identified as critical to address obesity-related stigma. The intervention was tailored using evidence-based techniques and input from health professionals to ensure relevance and avoid redundancy. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effect of an intervention specifically designed to address weight stigma among individuals living with obesity.

Where to Biopsy to Detect and How Many Biopsies Are Needed to Detect Antibiotic Resistance in a Human Stomach.

This study aims to determine the gastric distribution, density, and diversity of infection. Subtotal resection of the stomachs of three -infected and asymptomatic obese patients were collected after a sleeve gastrectomy. Distribution and density of were determined using culture and RT-PCR on multiple gastric sites (88, 176, and 101 biopsies per patient).

Evaluation of stress patterns during simulated laparoscopy in residency.

Background: Laparoscopy simulation offers realistic complexity of tasks and required skills, and helps to develop competencies. However the relationship of stress to the experience has not been comprehensively explored. Objectives were: 1) to evaluate stress level before and during laparoscopy in surgery interns (PGY-1) and surgery residents (PGY-2); 2) to evaluate performance in simulated laparoscopy in both groups; 3) to study the correlation between stress pathways themselves and to study which factors mediate the relationship between stress and performance.

Health-related quality of life after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. A multicentric experience.

Background: Obesity has an impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and bariatric surgery may improve HRQoL in addition to severe obesity-related comorbidities. Aim of the study was to evaluate HRQoL following sleeve gastrectomy and the sensitivity of two HRQoL questionnaires: the Impact of Weight on Quality Of Life-Lite (IWQOL-Lite) and the World Health Organization-Quality Of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) scales.

Methods: Data were prospectively collected from 149 adult patients submitted to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, before, at 6 and 12 months post-operatively.

Development of the right colon and the peritoneal surface during the human fetal period: human ontogeny of the right colon.

Background: Development of the digestive tract during the human fetal period has been the subject of many studies, but there are no works that study the ontogeny of both the right colon and the peritoneum.

Methods: Based on the dissections of adult male cadavers and human fetuses, the aim of this anatomical study was to demonstrate the rules of the morpho-functional group, consisting of the right colon and its peritoneum surface, in human ontogeny.

Results: The morphology of the right colon results from a rotational motion, inducting the migration of the cecum in the right iliac fossa and formation of the hepatic flexure.

Primate model of uveoretinitis and vasculitis/experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis induced in cynomolgus monkeys by retinal s antigen.

Purpose: We aimed to describe the clinical and angiographic changes in an experimental model of autoimmune uveoretinitis and vasculitis in primates.

Methods: Six cynomolgus monkeys received a single subcutaneous immunization with 100 microg of human S antigen with complete Freund's adjuvant.

Results: All the animals had a bilateral long-term disease occurring usually in 1 eye approximately 4 weeks after immunization, the second eye being involved 1-5 weeks later.

Comparison of conventional and laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure reversal.

Purpose: This study compares open Hartmann's procedure reversal (OHPR) and laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure reversal (LHPR) in patients first treated for peritonitis (Henchey III or IV).

Methods: Fourteen patients who underwent LHPR during a 2-year period were compared with 20 patients who had previously undergone an open procedure at the same institution.

Results: Conversion rate was 14.

Evidence for protective roles of polyethylene glycol plus high sodium solution and trimetazidine against consequences of renal medulla ischaemia during cold preservation and reperfusion in a pig kidney model.

Background: The renal medulla is particularly sensitive to oxidant stress and to ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). In organ transplantation, delayed graft function is an important problem and cold ischaemia is thought to be the most important factor in short- and long-term complications. Our aim was to study cold-induced damage in proximal tubular segments and renal medulla osmolite excretion during use of various preservation solutions, and to clarify the role of trimetazidine (TMZ) in limiting renal dysfunction.

Protective roles of polyethylene glycol and trimetazidine against cold ischemia and reperfusion injuries of pig kidney graft.

Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) represents an allo-independent risk factor which favors chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). Here we analyzed the influence of preservation solutions on the function of autotransplanted pig kidneys over 1-16 weeks after surgery. Kidneys were cold-flushed and cold-stored for 24 or 48 h either in University of Wisconsin (UW), modified-UW Hôpital Edouard Herriot, polyethylene glycol 20 kDa (PEG)-supplemented preservation solutions with low K+ (ECPEG) or high K+ (ICPEG) content.

Polyethylene glycol reduces early and long-term cold ischemia-reperfusion and renal medulla injury.

Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) after transplantation is a major cause of delayed graft function, which has a negative impact on early and late graft function and improve acute rejection. We have previously shown that polyethylene glycol (PEG) and particularly PEG 20M has a protective effect against cold ischemia and reperfusion injury in an isolated perfused pig and rat kidney model. We extended those observations to investigate the role of PEG using different doses (30g or 50g/l) added (ICPEG30 or ICPEG50) or not (IC) to a simplified preservation solution to reduce IRI after prolonged cold storage (48-h) of pig kidneys when compared with Euro-Collins and University of Wisconsin solutions.