| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
|
1
|
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
25.36
|
|
2
|
Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
23.34
|
|
3
|
Effects of bariatric surgery on mortality in Swedish obese subjects.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
18.45
|
|
4
|
Long-term mortality after gastric bypass surgery.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
10.75
|
|
5
|
Screening and interventions for obesity in adults: summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2003
|
5.93
|
|
6
|
Trends in bariatric surgical procedures.
|
JAMA
|
2005
|
5.67
|
|
7
|
Role of Helicobacter pylori infection and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in peptic-ulcer disease: a meta-analysis.
|
Lancet
|
2002
|
5.58
|
|
8
|
Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients.
|
Ann Surg
|
2004
|
4.86
|
|
9
|
A study on the economic impact of bariatric surgery.
|
Am J Manag Care
|
2008
|
2.83
|
|
10
|
Complications of the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: 1,040 patients--what have we learned?
|
Obes Surg
|
2000
|
2.26
|
|
11
|
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: technique and preliminary results of our first 400 patients.
|
Arch Surg
|
2000
|
1.83
|
|
12
|
Effect of alcohol consumption on the gut.
|
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol
|
2003
|
1.60
|
|
13
|
Toward the rational and equitable use of bariatric surgery.
|
JAMA
|
2007
|
1.53
|
|
14
|
Stomal complications of gastric bypass: incidence and outcome of therapy.
|
Am J Gastroenterol
|
1992
|
1.34
|
|
15
|
Marginal ulceration after laparoscopic gastric bypass: an analysis of predisposing factors in 260 patients.
|
Surg Endosc
|
2007
|
1.24
|
|
16
|
Marginal ulcer after gastric bypass: a prospective 3-year study of 173 patients.
|
Obes Surg
|
1998
|
1.17
|
|
17
|
Acute gastroduodenal perforations associated with use of crack.
|
Ann Surg
|
1990
|
1.11
|
|
18
|
Weight regain after Roux-en-Y: a significant 20% complication related to PYY.
|
Nutrition
|
2008
|
1.02
|
|
19
|
Gastro-gastric fistulas and marginal ulcers in gastric bypass procedures for weight reduction.
|
Obes Surg
|
1999
|
1.00
|
|
20
|
Incidence of marginal ulcers and the use of absorbable anastomotic sutures in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
|
Surg Obes Relat Dis
|
2006
|
0.99
|
|
21
|
Marginal ulcer following gastric bypass for morbid obesity.
|
Am Surg
|
1991
|
0.97
|
|
22
|
An overview of non-cardiac cocaine toxicity.
|
J Emerg Med
|
2007
|
0.93
|
|
23
|
Clinical observation of the temporal association between crack cocaine and duodenal ulcer perforation.
|
Am J Surg
|
1997
|
0.93
|
|
24
|
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and value of preoperative testing and treatment in patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
|
Surg Obes Relat Dis
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
25
|
Laparoscopic patching of crack cocaine-induced perforated ulcers.
|
Am Surg
|
1996
|
0.90
|
|
26
|
Revisional operations for marginal ulcer after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
|
Surg Obes Relat Dis
|
2008
|
0.90
|
|
27
|
Perforating marginal ulcers after laparoscopic gastric bypass.
|
Surg Endosc
|
2005
|
0.90
|
|
28
|
Reoperations and revisions in bariatric surgery.
|
Surg Endosc
|
2007
|
0.89
|
|
29
|
Early effects of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
|
Arch Surg
|
2004
|
0.88
|
|
30
|
The influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on the development of gastric ulcer in symptomatic patients after bariatric surgery.
|
Obes Surg
|
2006
|
0.86
|
|
31
|
Outcomes of cocaine-induced gastric perforations repaired with an omental patch.
|
J Gastrointest Surg
|
2007
|
0.83
|
|
32
|
Alcohol-related diseases of the oesophagus and stomach.
|
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol
|
2003
|
0.83
|
|
33
|
Staple Disruption and Marginal Ulceration in Gastric Bypass Procedures for Weight Reduction.
|
Obes Surg
|
1996
|
0.80
|
|
34
|
Reoperation for marginal ulceration.
|
Surg Endosc
|
2007
|
0.79
|
|
35
|
Laparoscopic revision of the gastrojejunostomy for recurrent bleeding ulcers after past open revision gastric bypass.
|
Obes Surg
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
36
|
Multimedia article. Laparoscopic repair of a perforated marginal ulcer 2 years after gastric bypass.
|
Surg Endosc
|
2007
|
0.76
|
|
37
|
Warning patients about cocaine and aspirin.
|
Obes Surg
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
38
|
Laparoscopic management of perforated marginal ulcer after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
|
Surg Obes Relat Dis
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
39
|
Abstracts of the 2008 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 9-12 April 2008.
|
Surg Endosc
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
40
|
Gastric bypass surgery does not increase susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori infection in the stomach of rat or mouse.
|
Inflammopharmacology
|
2005
|
0.75
|