Additional preparation program for bariatric surgery: Two-year results of a large cohort study.

Background: Multidisciplinary screening of bariatric surgery candidates is recommended, and some centers provide an additional preparation program (APP) to optimize patients preoperatively.

Objective: To compare patients with APP to standard care 2 years after primary bariatric surgery regarding postoperative weight loss and resolution of obesity-related comorbidities.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted for patients undergoing primary Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy between September 2017 and March 2019.

A randomized clinical trial evaluating eHealth in bariatric surgery.

Background: Supporting patients before, and long after, their bariatric treatment contributes a lot to successful outcome. eHealth interventions have a hypothetical benefit in addition to standard care. This could lead to increased weight loss, reduction of obesity-related diseases, patient adherence, and quality of life.

The Dutch bariatric weight loss chart: A multicenter tool to assess weight outcome up to 7 years after sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Background: Current methods for weight loss assessment after bariatric surgery do not meet the high standards required to accurately judge patient outcome in a fair and evidence-based way.

Objectives: To build an evidence-based, versatile tool to assess weight loss and weight regain and identify poor responders up to 7 years after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), for any preoperative body mass index (BMI).

Setting: Multicenter, observational study.

Long-term results after revisions of failed primary vertical banded gastroplasty.

Aim: To compare the results after revision of primary vertical banded gastroplasty (Re-VBG) and conversion to sleeve gastrectomy (cSG) or gastric bypass (cRYGB).

Methods: In this retrospective single-center study, all patients with a failed VBG who underwent revisional surgery were included. Medical charts were reviewed and additional postal questionnaires were sent to update follow-up.

[Intestinal ischaemia caused by acute mesenteric vein thrombosis].

Acute mesenteric vein thrombosis is an uncommon cause of intestinal ischaemia, with a considerable morbidity and mortality rate. There is a delay in diagnosis owing to the fact that patients present with non-specific abdominal symptoms; there is often a low level of suspicion by the clinician. We discuss the case histories of a 23 year-old woman and a 49 year-old woman with intestinal ischaemia caused by acute mesenteric vein thrombosis.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy feasible for bariatric revision surgery.

Bariatric revision surgery is associated with several complications that can be attributed to decreased quality of tissue and complexity of the surgery. A laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a simple technique with potential advantages. Therefore, the results of this procedure were evaluated as a revisional option.

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy of primary irresectable unicentric Castleman's disease: a case report and review of the literature.

Background: Castleman disease (CD) is a rare benign disorder characterised by hyperplasia of lymphoid tissue that may develop at a single site or throughout the body. The etiology of this disorder is unclear, although the histopathological presentation can be differentiated into a hyaline vascular variant, a plasma cell variant and a mixed variant. Clinically, it has been recorded that 3 manifestations of CD are characterized: a localized unicentric type, a generalized multicentric type and a mixed form.