Reliability and validity study of the translated Arabic version of Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II.

Objectives: To generate a translated Arabic adaptation of the revised Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II (MA-II), then to assess its reliability and validity.

Methods: The MA-II was translated to Arabic by 3 independent translators. Next, a concise translation, developed from the 3 translations, was re-translated to English and was compared with the original questionnaire.

Trends in bariatric surgery and incidentalomas at a single institution in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study and literature review.

Background: Data are lacking on trends in bariatric surgery and the frequency of incidental findings in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: Report on trends in bariatric surgery as well as our experience in incidental findings along with a literature review (mainly on gastrointestinal stromal tumor).

Design: Retrospective chart and literature review.

Characteristics of morbid obese patients with high-risk cardiac disease undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery.

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is an efficient and safe method of weight reduction among patients who have morbid obesity which cannot be treated by the conservative approach. Safety and feasibility of bariatric surgery among high-risk patients are understudied. Therefore, we aimed to report the patient-level characteristics and outcome among high-risk obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery in Saudi Arabia.