Publications by authors named "Lior Leibou"
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- Scientists found that men and women react differently to sunlight when it comes to wanting food!
- In both humans and mice, sunlight increases hunger in males, but not in females!
- The study shows that a substance called ghrelin, which makes us feel hungry, is affected by the sunlight and other body chemicals differently in men and women!
Background: The effect of weight reduction following bariatric surgery is already well known.
Objectives: To investigate the effects of abdominoplasty on metabolic markers indicative of weight loss.
Methods: The authors prospectively enrolled consecutive obese patients after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Background: The use of oral midazolam as premedication to induce anxiolysis before surgical procedures under local anesthesia is widely accepted in plastic surgery. Rhinoplasty performed under local anesthesia is known to generate high levels of perioperative anxiety, thus the use of appropriate premedication is important. Oral midazolam has been shown to be safe in various procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection of the gastric mucosa may be involved in the development of insulin resistance (IR).
Objectives: To investigate the association between HP status in stomach biopsies and weight reduction in patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).
Methods: In this retrospective analysis of medical charts, all patients who underwent LSG for weight reduction and had at least 1 year of follow-up were included.
Interdomal Suture through a Nondelivery Endonasal Approach: A New Technique.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
August 2016
Background: The use of interdomal sutures for tip refinement is common in open rhinoplasty and in endonasal rhinoplasty using a delivery technique, but there is paucity of reports in the literature regarding the use of interdomal suturing techniques when the nondelivery endonasal approach is chosen.
Objective: The authors describe a technique designed to refine the nasal tip with an interdomal suture placed through a nondelivery endonasal approach.
Methods: In this study, the authors retrospectively review the cases of 45 patients who underwent endonasal rhinoplasty with the authors' interdomal suturing technique between the years 2011 and 2013.
Background: Décolleté aging includes skin dyspigmentation, laxity, and visible wrinkling. The development of globally accepted scales for the assessment of décolleté aging is essential for aesthetic research and patient evaluation.
Objective: To develop a set of grading scales for the objective assessment of décolleté aging criteria and establish the reliability and validity of these scales.
Background: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy in humans. Several factors have been associated with the biological behavior of these tumors, including histopathologic type, depth of tumor invasion, perineural invasion, and the expression of several biological markers including Ki67, a proliferative marker. Previous studies assessing the relationship between the proliferative fraction, as expressed by Ki67, and the histological variants of BCC as well as its association with the tendency to recur, failed to illustrate significant statistical correlation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Transthyretin (TTR)-associated familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant multisystem disease with neurological and extra-neurological manifestations. It is caused by various mutations in the TTR gene leading to the formation of insoluble amyloid.
Objectives: To describe the clinical and genetic findings in patients with TTR-associated FAP in Israel.
Article Synopsis
- Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a genetic disorder caused by a repeat expansion in the ZNF9 gene and primarily affects individuals of Jewish European ancestry.
- A study of 10 patients revealed symptoms like proximal muscle weakness, muscle pain, and myotonia, with many also requiring cataract surgery and some showing cardiac issues.
- The findings suggest that DM2 often starts with muscle weakness without myotonia, and standard EMG tests may not always detect myotonic discharges initially, leading to potential underdiagnosis of the condition.