Comment on

• Sleeve gastrectomy: a restrictive procedure?

  Melissas J, Koukouraki S, Askoxylakis J, Stathaki M, Daskalakis M, Perisinakis K, Karkavitsas N. Melissas J, et al. Obes Surg. 2007 Jan;17(1):57-62. doi: 10.1007/s11695-007-9006-5. Obes Surg. 2007. PMID: 17355769
• Gastric emptying of solids and semi-solids in morbidly obese and non-obese subjects: an assessment using the 13C-octanoic acid and 13C-acetic acid breath tests.

  Cardoso-Júnior A, Coelho LG, Savassi-Rocha PR, Vignolo MC, Abrantes MM, de Almeida AM, Dias EE, Vieira G Jr, de Castro MM, Lemos YV. Cardoso-Júnior A, et al. Obes Surg. 2007 Feb;17(2):236-41. doi: 10.1007/s11695-007-9031-4. Obes Surg. 2007. PMID: 17476878
• Implications of altered gastrointestinal motility in obesity.

  Gallagher TK, Geoghegan JG, Baird AW, Winter DC. Gallagher TK, et al. Obes Surg. 2007 Oct;17(10):1399-407. doi: 10.1007/s11695-007-9221-0. Obes Surg. 2007. PMID: 18098402 Review.
• Sleeve gastrectomy-a "food limiting" operation.

  Melissas J, Daskalakis M, Koukouraki S, Askoxylakis I, Metaxari M, Dimitriadis E, Stathaki M, Papadakis JA. Melissas J, et al. Obes Surg. 2008 Oct;18(10):1251-6. doi: 10.1007/s11695-008-9634-4. Epub 2008 Jul 29. Obes Surg. 2008. PMID: 18663545 Clinical Trial.
• Gastric emptying is not affected by sleeve gastrectomy--scintigraphic evaluation of gastric emptying after sleeve gastrectomy without removal of the gastric antrum.

  Bernstine H, Tzioni-Yehoshua R, Groshar D, Beglaibter N, Shikora S, Rosenthal RJ, Rubin M. Bernstine H, et al. Obes Surg. 2009 Mar;19(3):293-8. doi: 10.1007/s11695-008-9791-5. Epub 2008 Dec 17. Obes Surg. 2009. PMID: 19089519 Clinical Trial.
• Scintigraphic evaluation of gastric emptying in obese patients submitted to sleeve gastrectomy compared to normal subjects.

  Braghetto I, Davanzo C, Korn O, Csendes A, Valladares H, Herrera E, Gonzalez P, Papapietro K. Braghetto I, et al. Obes Surg. 2009 Nov;19(11):1515-21. doi: 10.1007/s11695-009-9954-z. Epub 2009 Aug 28. Obes Surg. 2009. PMID: 19714384
• Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy--radiological assessment of fundus size and sleeve voiding.

  Pomerri F, Foletto M, Allegro G, Bernante P, Prevedello L, Muzzio PC. Pomerri F, et al. Obes Surg. 2011 Jul;21(7):858-63. doi: 10.1007/s11695-010-0255-3. Obes Surg. 2011. PMID: 20730606
• Gastric emptying and postprandial PYY response after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch.

  Hedberg J, Hedenström H, Karlsson FA, Edén-Engström B, Sundbom M. Hedberg J, et al. Obes Surg. 2011 May;21(5):609-15. doi: 10.1007/s11695-010-0288-7. Obes Surg. 2011. PMID: 20862615
• Time-resolved MRI after ingestion of liquids reveals motility changes after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy--preliminary results.

  Baumann T, Kuesters S, Grueneberger J, Marjanovic G, Zimmermann L, Schaefer AO, Hopt UT, Langer M, Karcz WK. Baumann T, et al. Obes Surg. 2011 Jan;21(1):95-101. doi: 10.1007/s11695-010-0317-6. Obes Surg. 2011. PMID: 21088924 Clinical Trial.