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 

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


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The official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery