Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding for morbid obesity

Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity

1991 • 2,142 citations

Weight Gain as a Risk Factor for Clinical Diabetes Mellitus in Women

1995 • 2,099 citations

Laparoscopic Versus Open Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Study of Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Costs

2001 • 1,061 citations

The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States

1999 • 1,034 citations

Reduction in Incidence of Diabetes, Hypertension and Lipid Disturbances after Intentional Weight Loss Induced by Bariatric Surgery: the SOS Intervention Study

1999 • 697 citations

Body Weight, Weight Change, and Risk for Hypertension in Women

1998 • 691 citations

Weight Loss Reduces the Risk for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in Women

1992 • 647 citations

Screening and Interventions for Obesity in Adults: Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

2003 • 618 citations

Prospective Study of Intentional Weight Loss and Mortality in Never-Smoking Overweight US White Women Aged 40–64 Years

1995 • 532 citations

Male Gender is a Predictor of Morbidity and Age a Predictor of Mortality for Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery

2002 • 453 citations

A Prospective Study of Weight Change and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women

1999 • 426 citations

Results of the surgical treatment of obesity

1993 • 319 citations

Laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding in the treatment of morbid obesity

1994 • 303 citations

Gastric Surgery For Morbid Obesity

1992 • 285 citations

Weight Loss Intervention in Phase 1 of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention

1993 • 222 citations

The relationship of surgeon and hospital volume to outcome after gastric bypass surgery in Pennsylvania: A 3-year summary

2003 • 192 citations

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Versus Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

2003 • 191 citations

Evaluation of Health Status and Quality of Life after Bariatric Surgery: Comparison of Standard Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding

2000 • 186 citations

The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study—rationale and results

2001 • 169 citations

The Effect of Roux Limb Lengths on Outcome after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial

2002 • 155 citations

Periodic health examination

1986 • 123 citations

Results and Complications of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: An Early and Intermediate Experience

1999 • 89 citations

Disappointing long-term results of laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding

1997 • 87 citations

Late Pouch Dilation after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric and Esophagogastric Banding: Incidence, Treatment, and Outcome

1999 • 82 citations

Outcome after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Using the Lap-Band® and the Heliogast® Band: A Prospective Randomized Study

2003 • 75 citations

Surgical treatment of morbid obesity

1995 • 73 citations

Dietary Treatments of Obesity

1987 • 68 citations

Late results of gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity.

1994 • 60 citations

Revisional Surgery for Morbid Obesity - Conversion to the Lap-Band® System

2000 • 51 citations

Laparoscopic Adjustable Esophagogastric Banding: a Preliminary Experience

1998 • 43 citations

A critical review of a personal series of 1000 gastroplasties.

1995 • 39 citations

VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY FOR MORBID OBESITV: WEIGHT LOSS AT SHORT AND LONG‐TERM FOLLOW UP

1995 • 27 citations

28-Month Experience with the Lap-Band Technique: Results and Critical Points of the Method

1999 • 15 citations

Alternative Technique for Creation of a Proximal Gastric Pouch in Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding

1999 • 6 citations