Search results for "Obesity Surgery"

Uso degli inibitori di pompa protonica in un Policlinico Universitario

2012

Summary Introduction Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are highly prescribed drugs in Italy and in particular in the Sicilian region but little is known about their use in the hospital setting. Materials and methods PPI utilization and related costs were reviewed retrospectively by examining the pharmaceutical records of drug dispensation to the various wards of the Policlinico Universitario P. Giaccone of Palermo in 2010. Differences in the prescribing rates and drug preferences among the different clinical wards were analyzed. Results A total of 20,420 patients were hospitalized at the Policlinico of Palermo in 2010. Overall, the consumption of PPIs was 120 DDD/100 bed-days for the year 2010 …

Gastro-gastric fistula after Gastric by-pass: from a casual complication the answer to the problem of gastro-duodenal and bilio-pancreatic inexplorab…

2008

Adipositaschirurgie bei monogenetisch bedingter Adipositas

2007

Surgical treatment of patients suffering from monogenetic forms of morbid obesity is considered to be the poorest investigated theme in bariatric surgery. This review article presents aspects of genetic disorders in morbid obesity as well as some aspects of surgical treatment in patients with monogenetic forms of morbid obesity (Prader-Willi-Syndrome). Gastric restrictive procedures such as vertical banded gastroplasty or adjustable gastric banding as well as malabsorptive and mix procedures such as biliopancreatic diversion or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are used for treatment, similar to polygenetic forms of morbid obesity. Until to now there is no evidence-based data because of the small nu…