[The biliointestinal bypass: a thirty-years experience].

Aim: Aim of our study was the evaluation of Italian experience with bilio-intestinal bypass in the surgical treatment of morbid obesity.

Materials And Methods: 1030 patients; mean age 36.1 years; preoperative mean weight Kg 136.

The bilio-intestinal bypass.

Background: Since 1990 we adopted the bilio-intestinal bypass (BIBP) for all morbid obese patients eligible to a malabsorption procedure. Since 2001 we used laparoscopic technique.

Materials And Methods: 102 patients; mean age 35.

Adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity. Our experience.

Background: The adjustable gastric banding is considered the most common procedure in Europe for the treatment of morbid obesity. We report our experience with this procedure, that was introduced in our Departments of Surgery since 1993.

Methods: From December 1993 to December 2004, 684 morbid obese patients (139 males and 545 females) underwent adjustable gastric banding (AGB) in our departments of Surgery.

[The BIB intragastric balloon].

Introduction: Since 1998, we adopted in our clinical practice for obesity treatment the new intragastric balloon (BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon, BIB), it has the characteristics of an "ideal gastric balloon" (Workshop Tarpon Springs, 1987).

Materials And Methods: Since March 1998 we have placed by endoscopic approach 518 BIB in 480 patients affected by first, second and severe morbid obesity; 124 male and 356 female, mean age 41.6 years (18-72), mean weight Kg 116.