Disease relevance of Gastroplasty

• OBJECTIVE: To compare gastric banding (GB) and vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) with respect to postsurgical gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and to investigate the role of preexisting hiatus hernia [1].
• Effects of weight reduction after gastroplasty on glucose and lipid metabolism [2].
• Plasma levels of neurotensin in gastroplasty for morbid obesity [3].
• We present a patient with a Gastro-clip gastroplasty, who presented years after the procedure with a functional gastric outlet obstruction [4].
• Using the intravenous glucose tolerance test, we demonstrated a full normalization of insulin secretion, action on glucose metabolism and clearance in eight obese women who recovered and maintained ideal body weight following gastroplasty [5].

High impact information on Gastroplasty

• The purpose of the study was to examine the gastrointestinal hormone responses to meals in morbidly obese patients before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (GBP; n = 9) or vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG; n = 7) [6].
• Our results further support use of a systematic efficient folate supplementation after gastroplasty [7].
• RY-GBP is associated with early satiety and an aversion to sweets secondary to dumping syndrome symptoms and has a significantly better weight loss than various gastroplasty procedures, including the vertical banded gastroplasty [8].
• Radioisotopic gastric emptying studies, using technetium-99m-sulfur-colloid-labeled egg, were performed in 14 patients who had undergone gastroplasty [9].
• RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Clinical characteristics and serum VAP-1 levels in 20 morbidly obese subjects (mean BMI 38.84 kg/m(2)) were measured before and after vertical banded gastroplasty [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Gastroplasty

• As the incidence of coronary heart disease is known to be inversely related to serum HDL cholesterol, gastroplasty may offer an additional advantage over jejunoileal shunt operations in improving the long-term prognosis in morbid obesity [11].
• Electrocardiograms, serum electrolytes, plasma concentrations of pre-albumin and retinol-binding globulin, and dietary intakes were analyzed in 22 women during weight loss after gastroplasty surgery for morbid obesity [12].
• The relationship between postoperative weight loss after vertical banded gastroplasty in morbidly obese patients and preoperative serum triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, uric acid and fasting plasma glucose was evaluated [13].

Biological context of Gastroplasty

• In order to elucidate the long-term alterations in cholesterol transport and esterification as a part of the changes in the carbohydrate and lipoprotein metabolism subsequent to calorific restriction, 15 obese women were investigated before and after treatment with vertical banded gastroplasty [14].

Anatomical context of Gastroplasty

• The cause of this prolonged reduction is at present unknown, but may be a reduced luminal stimulation of the small intestine or an altered vagal tonus following gastroplasty [3].
• Three patients have experienced late major lower esophageal bleeding from ulceration of mucosa adjacent to the gastroplasty tube; two the these patients have no demonstrable gastroesophageal reflux [15].
• Thiamin and vitamin B6 intakes and erythrocyte transketolase and aminotransferase activities in morbidly obese females before and after gastroplasty [16].
• The stapled, uncut gastroplasty has universal application with excellent results, not only in typical cases of gastroesophageal reflux, but also in complicated situations such as short esophagus, strictures, or dysperistaltic and aperistaltic esophagus [17].

Associations of Gastroplasty with chemical compounds

• After recovery from vertical-band gastroplasty, 13 patients received ursodeoxycholic acid 1000 mg/day [18].
• Reciprocal changes were observed between postglucose acute insulin secretion and insulin-mediated glucose disposal so that the so-called disposition index (product of these two variables) remained unchanged after vs before gastroplasty in those individuals with normal glucose tolerance [5].
• The percentage protein-lipid composition of LDL2 and HDL3 in obese patients was characterized by a decreased cholesterol ester content before gastroplasty which was normalized 12 months after gastroplasty [19].
• Gastro-clip gastroplasty: a very long-term complication [4].
• Vertical banded gastroplasty in the Aegean Region of Turkey [20].

Gene context of Gastroplasty

• After gastroplasty, adiponectin concentrations increased significantly (15.4+/-8.2 vs 19.8+/-6.2 microg/ml, P<0.005) associated with changes of weight and body mass index (r=-0.45, P<0.007; r=-0.35, P<0.04) [21].
• Vertical banded gastroplasty modifies plasma ghrelin secretion in obese patients [22].
• The aim of the study was to determine the basal and meal stimulated plasma gastrin and pancreatic polypeptide levels in six morbidly obese patients before and after partial gastric transection (gastroplasty), an operation which results in the distention of the stomach with a small volume of food [23].
• Gastroesophageal reflux in morbidly obese patients treated with gastric banding or vertical banded gastroplasty [1].
• Postprandial plasma PP increased significantly (P less than 0.01) independent of gastroplasty [24].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Gastroplasty

• A total of 82 patients with gastroesophageal reflux were consecutively treated with stapled, uncut gastroplasty and complete fundoplication over a 12-year period [25].
• The preoperative scores were measured by a) visual analogue scales (VAS1, VAS2, VAS3), b) Roland-Morris disability questionnaire, c) Oswestry LBP disability questionnaire, and d) Waddell disability index, and were compared with the scores obtained by the same instruments 2 years after vertical banded gastroplasty [26].
• Changes in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secretion after biliopancreatic diversion or vertical banded gastroplasty in obese subjects [27].
• Pulmonary function and pain after gastroplasty performed via laparotomy or laparoscopy in morbidly obese patients [28].
• We evaluated prospectively collected data on 25 patients who underwent revisional bariatric surgery because of severe gastroesophageal reflux disease after vertical banded gastroplasty [29].

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