Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD) is the official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. This international journal is devoted to the publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts with objective data regarding techniques of the treatment of severe obesity.
Check out the current issue Featured Article
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutritional, Metabolic, and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient — 2013 Update
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 159–191
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Featured Articles
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutritional, Metabolic, and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient — 2013 Update
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 159–191
Effects of bariatric surgery on diabetic nephropathy after 5 years of follow-up
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 9 (2013) 7–14
Quality of Life after sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 31-40
Evaluation of the nutrient status after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy 1, 3, and 5 years after surgery
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 542-547
Nonexercise activity thermogenesis: a way forward to treat the worldwide obesity epidemic
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 501-506
Presidential address—obesity discrimination: what can we do? Bruce M. Wolfe, M.D.
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 495-500
Effect of bypassing the proximal gut on gut hormones involved with glycemic control and weight loss
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 371-374
Laparoscpopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a case-control study and 3 years of follow-up
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 243-349
Quality of Life afer sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 8 (2012) 31-40
Effects of postbariatric surgery weight loss on adipokines and metabolic parameters: comparison of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy – a prospective randomized trial
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 7 (2011) 561-568
Association of Obesity with Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 6 (2010) 465-469
Path to Bariatric Nurse Certification
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 6 (2010) 399-407
Relationship Between Surgeon and Adverse Outcomes after RYGB
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 6 (2010) 118-125
Socioeconomic Disparities in Eligibility & Access to Bariatric Surgery
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 6 (2010) 8-15
Cardiac Remodeling After Substantial Weight Loss
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 (2009) 648-652
Correlations Between Inta-Abdominal Pressure and Obesity-related Co-Morbidities
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 (2009) 524-528
Systematic Review of Sleeve Gastrectomy as Staging & Primary Bariatric Procedure
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 92009) 469-475
Number of Weight Loss Attempts & Maximum Weight Loss Before Roux-en-Y
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 (2009) 208-211
Bariatric Surgery in Medicare Patients
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 (2009) 299-304
Health and Health-Related Quality of Life
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 4 (2008) 651-659
Effect of Center of Excellence Requirement by Centers of Medicare & Medicaid
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 4 (2008) 437-440
AACE, TOS and ASMBS Guidelines for Clinical Practice
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 4 (2008) S109-S184
Effect of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Obese Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 4 (2008) 1-5
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastic Banding vs. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 3 (2007) 127-133
Antecolic vs. Retrocolic Alimentary Limb in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 3 (2007) 423-427
Natural History of Morbid Obesity without Surgical Intervention
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 3 (2007) 73-77
The Swedish Obese Subject Study
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2 (2006) 549-560
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for BMI < 35 kg/m
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2 (2006) 401-404
Insurance-Mandated Preoperative Dietary Counseling does not Improve Outcome
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2 (2006) 122-127
Metabolic Syndrome: Yet Another Co-Morbidity Gastric Bypass Helps Cure
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2 (2006) 48-51
Impact of Major Co-Morbidities on Mortality and Complications After Gastric Bypass
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 1 (2005) 511-516
A pathway to endoscopic bariatric therapies
November, 17, 2011
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