Four Weeks of Preoperative Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Liver Volume: a Randomised Controlled Trial.

Purpose: Weight loss before bariatric surgery with a low-calorie diet (LCD) has several advantages, including reduction of liver volume and an improved access to the lesser sac. Disadvantages include performing surgery in a state of undernutrition, side effects, costs and patient compliance. Omega-3 fatty acids may serve as an alternative to reduce liver steatosis.

Perioperative Online Weight Monitoring in Bariatric Surgery with a Digital Internet-Connected Scale.

Introduction: Strict follow-up after bariatric surgery is an important factor in achieving and maintaining weight loss, whereas regaining weight is the most important threat in long-term follow-up. Stagnation in weight loss or weight regain can be signals of early treatment failure. The aim of this study is to assess the possibility of obtaining frequent objective weight measurements using an Internet-connected home weighing scale.

[Bariatric surgery with an adjustable gastric band; long-term follow-up of the first 30 patients in the Netherlands].

Objective: Evaluation of the long-term results of bariatric surgery with an adjustable gastric band for the treatment of morbid obesity.

Design: Retrospective, descriptive.

Method: From September 1991-September 1993, 30 patients (6 males, 24 females) received an adjustable gastric band because of morbid obesity, being the first group in the Netherlands.

A pilot study for one-stop endoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.

Background: One-stop surgery was developed for patients to undergo surgical evaluation, anesthesia, surgery, and discharge all within 1 day. This study aimed to assess the feasibility, patient satisfaction, and potential of one-stop endoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia surgery.

Methods: After general practitioners had been informed, prospectively selected patients with unilateral or bilateral inguinal hernia underwent one-stop surgery by TEP.

Adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus after placement of a gastric band.

A 43-year-old man presented with severe back pain. He had a history of morbid obesity, for which an esophagogastric silicone band was placed 2 years before presentation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the vertebral column showed multiple osseous metastases.