Saliva from obese individuals suppresses the release of aroma compounds from wine.

Background: Recent evidence suggests that a lower extent of the retronasal aroma release correspond to a higher amount of ad libitum food intake. This has been regarded as one of the bases of behavioral choices towards food consumption in obese people. In this pilot study we investigated the hypothesis that saliva from obese individuals could be responsible for an alteration of the retro-nasal aroma release.

Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LAGB) in moderately obese patients with and without co-morbidities.

Background: Overweight and obesity independently increase cardiovascular risk, while even modest weight loss can result in clinically significant improvements in cardiovascular risk and reduce long-term mortality. Lowering the body mass index (BMI) threshold for bariatric surgery to those with moderate obesity might be one way to lower the burden of this disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LAGB) in moderately obese subjects with or without obesity-related co-morbidities.

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: 10-year results of a prospective, randomized trial.

Background: There are few studies of long-term outcomes for either laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). The objective of this study was to compare outcomes of patients randomly assigned to undergo LAGB or LRYGB at 10 years.

Methods: LAGB, using the pars flaccida technique, and standard LRYGB were performed.

Laparoscopic reinforced sleeve gastrectomy: early results and complications.

Background: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) was pioneered as a two-stage intervention for super and super-super obesity to minimize morbidity and mortality; it is employed increasingly as a primary procedure. Early outcomes and integrity of laparoscopic SG (LSG) against leak using a technique incorporating gastric transection-line reinforcement were studied.

Methods: Between 2003 and 2009, 121 patients underwent LSG (16, two-stage; 105, primary).

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding with truncal vagotomy versus laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding alone: interim results of a prospective randomized trial.

Background: In an attempt to potentiate the effect of laparoscopic gastric banding (LGB) on weight reduction and to reduce the risk of weight regain, we added laparoscopic truncal vagotomy (TV) to adjustable LGB. We report on our early interim results of a prospective 5-year randomized clinical trial comparing patients who underwent LGB plus TV (LGBTV) with a control group who underwent LGB alone.

Methods: From December 2005 to November 2006, patients were randomly allocated to LGBTV or LGB alone.

[Peritoneal multicystic mesothelioma: unusual case of localization in the left lobe of the liver].

Peritoneal multicystic mesothelioma is a very rare clinical condition. This neoplastic variant has a high incidence of recurrence after surgical resection. It usually occurs in middle-aged women with a previous history of gynaecological surgery and presents with the symptoms of an abdominal or pelvic mass.