The long-term effect of body contouring procedures on the quality of life in morbidly obese patients after bariatric surgery.

Introduction: There has been a significant increase in the number of body contouring procedures performed worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term psychosocial effects of these procedures among patients who undergone weight loss surgery and maintained their body mass for a minimum of one year.

Material And Methods: Post-bariatric patients undergoing body contouring procedures were recruited for the study consecutively.

Inhibition of cysteine peptidase activity in ascitic fluid in pancreatic cancer patients.

The work's objective is to answer the question whether there is any possibility of activity inhibition of cysteine peptidases inhibitors playing an important role in key processes accompanying cancer formation, including pancreas. There is a justified speculation that specific inhibitors of these enzymes may inhibit development of cancer processes by inhibiting their activity. In vitro studies confirmed that these enzymes in ascitic fluid were inhibited with egg whites inhibitors even to 90% of their original activity.