30-day morbidity and mortality of revisional bariatric surgery - An international multi-centre collaborative (BROAD) study.

Introduction: Revisional bariatric surgery (RBS) for insufficient weight loss/weight regain or metabolic relapse is increasing worldwide. There is currently no large multinational, prospective data on 30-day morbidity and mortality of RBS. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the 30-day morbidity and mortality of RBS at participating centres.

Gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention after bariatric surgery: data from a prospective cohort study.

Background: It is unknown whether international guidelines on gestational weight gain can be used in pregnancies after bariatric surgery.

Objectives: To investigate gestational weight gain, intrauterine growth, and postpartum weight retention in postbariatric women.

Setting: 8 Belgian hospitals.

Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy: Better Long-Term Results? A Long-Term Cohort Study Until 5 Years Follow-Up in Obese and Superobese Patients.

Introduction: The failure rate of the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is increasing. Gastric pouch dilation is frequently suggested to be one of the causes for the failure. The banded laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (BLSG) has been proposed to overcome this complication.

Correction to: Contraception, Menstruation, and Sexuality after Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Cohort Study.

The spelling of author name Jill Shawe was incorrect in the original article. It is correct here.

Contraception, Menstruation, and Sexuality after Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Women with a history of bariatric surgery are recommended to avoid pregnancy at least 12 months after surgery. Evidence on the impact of bariatric surgery on contraception, menstrual cycle, and sexuality in the first year postoperative is therefore indispensable.

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to prospectively study changes in contraception, menstrual cycle and sexuality in women of reproductive age following bariatric surgery.

Banded Gastric Bypass: Better Long-Term Results? A Cohort Study with Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up.

Background: While gastric bypass has been the treatment of choice for morbid obesity, insufficient weight loss and even weight regain has been observed in a sub-group of patients. Dilatation of the pouch, pouch outlet, and proximal alimentary limb have been suggested to cause weight regain on the long term. The banded gastric bypass surgery has been introduced to overcome this problem.

AURORA: bariatric surgery registration in women of reproductive age - a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Background: The expansion of the obesity epidemic is accompanied with an increase in bariatric procedures, in particular in women of reproductive age. The weight loss induced by the surgery is believed to reverse the negative impact of overweight and obesity on female reproduction, however, research is limited to in particular retrospective cohort studies and a growing number of small case-series and case-(control) studies.

Methods/design: AURORA is a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Banded gastric bypass - four years follow up in a prospective multicenter analysis.

Background: The gastric bypass is the gold standard of bariatric surgery. Nevertheless some patients show insufficient weight loss or weight regain. Dilation of the pouch or the pouch outlet may be the cause.