Bariatric Surgery as the One Route to Achieving Donor Heart Transplantation in a Patient with a Left-Ventricular Assist Device.

Bariatric and metabolic surgery is currently the most effective procedure of achieving and maintaining weight loss. In the case under discussion, a 48-year-old male patient with heart insufficiency and an implanted left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) wanted to reduce his high BMI (48.6 kg/m2), so as to qualify for the heart transplant waiting list.

Correction to: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Investigation of Fundus Wall Thickness and Staple Height-an Observational Cohort Study Fundus Wall Thickness and Leaks.

There is an error in the published article. One patient's gender was mistaken; it has been changed from female to male. Thus, the number of male and female patients in Tables 1 and 2, and the median and p value in Table 2 are incorrect.

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Investigation of Fundus Wall Thickness and Staple Height-an Observational Cohort Study : Fundus Wall Thickness and Leaks.

Background: Staple line leakage is a well-known complication after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Gastric wall thickness and the staple height may be determining factors for the occurrence of insufficiencies. To investigate this problem, an observational cohort study was carried out.