Complications and outcome after laparoscopic bariatric surgery: LAGB versus LRYGB.

Background And Aims: Unsatisfactory patient compliance and unfavorable results of weight loss let centers prefer the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) as a combined restrictive and malabsorptive procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate results of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) versus laparoscopic RYGB.

Setting: The study was conducted at Centre Hospitalier Emil Mayrisch Clinic for specialized care (n = 618 beds) in Luxembourg (South).

Predictive relevance of clinical scores and inflammatory parameters in secondary peritonitis.

Hypothesis: To measure and evaluate clinical scores and various inflammation parameters for providing a better outcome assessment of patients with secondary peritonitis.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: ICU of a university and a university affiliated hospital.

Severe complication of laparoscopic mesh hiatoplasty for paraesophageal hernia.

Background: Several studies have shown that laparoscopic hernia repair for large paraesophageal hiatal hernia is associated with a high recurrence rate. Therefore, some authors recommend the use of prosthetic meshes. Considering the dynamic area between the esophagus and the diaphragmatic crura with its constant motion, it is astonishing that only a minor number of surgeons describe mesh-associated complications.

Laparoscopic resection of an intradiaphragmatic bronchogenic cyst.

Background: A 43-year-old woman with recurrent hiccup and discomfort in the right upper abdomen was diagnosed by computed tomographic (CT) scan with a cystic tumor in the right liver. Echinococcus serology was negative.

Methods: A laparoscopic procedure was chosen as standard therapy for symptomatic cystic liver tumors.