Evaluating the feasibility of phrenoesophagopexy during hiatal hernia repair in sleeve gastrectomy patients.

Background: Both hiatal hernias (HH) and morbid obesity significantly contribute to gastroesophageal reflux disease, which increases the risk for esophagitis and esophageal cancer. Therefore, concomitant HH repair is recommended during bariatric surgery procedures. Unfortunately, recurrence of HH after repair is not uncommon and the optimal surgical technique has yet to be established.

A matched cohort study of laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch and sleeve gastrectomy performed by one surgeon.

Setting: Spectrum Blodgett and Mercy Health St. Mary's hospitals in Grand Rapids, Michigan OBJECTIVE: To compare the 30-day outcomes of laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG).

Background: Laparoscopic BPD/DS has been shown to be superior to SG in terms of excess weight loss.

Bariatric surgery outcomes in patients aged 65 years and older at an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.

Background: Although morbid obesity rates in patients >or=65 years of age are increasing, few centers have reported weight loss surgery outcomes in elderly patients, resulting in a paucity of literature on perioperative mortality and morbidity.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 197 consecutive patients >or=65 years old who underwent weight loss surgery from January 2000 to December 2007. Primary data points included 30-day and 1-year mortality rates, length of stay (LOS), percent excess weight loss (EWL), change in daily medication use, and quality of life (QOL).