Published in Surg Obes Relat Dis on November 22, 2009
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Revisional bariatric surgery for failed restrictive procedures. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2007) 1.16
Weight loss outcome of revisional bariatric operations varies according to the primary procedure. Ann Surg (2008) 1.08
The NIDDK Bariatric Surgery clinical Research Consortium (LABS). Surg Obes Relat Dis (2006) 1.05
Reoperative laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: an experience with 49 cases. Obes Surg (2005) 1.01
Laparoscopic gastric bypass as a reoperative bariatric surgery for failed open restrictive procedures. Surg Endosc (2001) 0.99
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Conversion of failed laparoscopic gastric banding to gastric bypass as safe and effective as primary gastric bypass in morbidly obese patients. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2008) 0.91
Laparoscopic conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Endosc (2007) 0.88
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Bariatric surgery versus conventional medical therapy for type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med (2012) 11.25
Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 9.23
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Intermittent prophylaxis with oral truvada protects macaques from rectal SHIV infection. Sci Transl Med (2010) 5.85
Peginterferon and ribavirin treatment in African American and Caucasian American patients with hepatitis C genotype 1. Gastroenterology (2006) 4.90
End-of-life care and the effects of bereavement on family caregivers of persons with dementia. N Engl J Med (2003) 3.97
Weight change and health outcomes at 3 years after bariatric surgery among individuals with severe obesity. JAMA (2013) 3.57
Long-term mortality and quality of life after prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.36
Exaggerated glucagon-like peptide-1 and blunted glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide secretion are associated with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass but not adjustable gastric banding. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2007) 3.01
Effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on fasting and postprandial concentrations of plasma ghrelin, peptide YY, and insulin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2004) 3.01
Rescue of dystrophic muscle through U7 snRNA-mediated exon skipping. Science (2004) 2.71
Effect of multicomponent interventions on caregiver burden and depression: the REACH multisite initiative at 6-month follow-up. Psychol Aging (2003) 2.70
International Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Panel Consensus Statement: best practice guidelines based on experience of >12,000 cases. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2011) 2.64
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Dementia caregiver intervention research: in search of clinical significance. Gerontologist (2002) 2.59
Objective measures of neighborhood environment and physical activity in older women. Am J Prev Med (2005) 2.54
Early changes in hepatitis C virus (HCV) levels in response to peginterferon and ribavirin treatment in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.53
Transvaginal natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery cholecystectomy: early evolution of the technique. Ann Surg (2009) 2.52
Long-term care placement of dementia patients and caregiver health and well-being. JAMA (2004) 2.51
Pattern of diagnostic evaluation for the causes of pediatric acute liver failure: an opportunity for quality improvement. J Pediatr (2009) 2.46
Changes in gene expression during pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy of chronic hepatitis C virus distinguish responders from nonresponders to antiviral therapy. J Virol (2007) 2.45
The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH): project design and baseline characteristics. Psychol Aging (2003) 2.36
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Restoration of human dystrophin following transplantation of exon-skipping-engineered DMD patient stem cells into dystrophic mice. Cell Stem Cell (2007) 2.17
Survival of human immunodeficiency virus-infected liver transplant recipients. J Infect Dis (2003) 2.17
Relapse predictors of patients with bulimia nervosa who achieved abstinence through cognitive behavioral therapy. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2002) 2.15
Predictors of treatment acceptance and completion in anorexia nervosa: implications for future study designs. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2005) 2.03
Importance of perioperative glycemic control in general surgery: a report from the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program. Ann Surg (2013) 1.93
Physical activity levels of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery study. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2008) 1.91
Prevalence and outcomes of caregiving after prolonged (> or =48 hours) mechanical ventilation in the ICU. Chest (2004) 1.91
Multiexon skipping leading to an artificial DMD protein lacking amino acids from exons 45 through 55 could rescue up to 63% of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Hum Mutat (2007) 1.89
Misregulated alternative splicing of BIN1 is associated with T tubule alterations and muscle weakness in myotonic dystrophy. Nat Med (2011) 1.87
Risk of suicide after long-term follow-up from bariatric surgery. Am J Med (2010) 1.81
A comparison of the binge eating scale, questionnaire for eating and weight patterns-revised, and eating disorder examination questionnaire with instructions with the eating disorder examination in the assessment of binge eating disorder and its symptoms. Int J Eat Disord (2004) 1.79
Intravenous N-acetylcysteine in pediatric patients with nonacetaminophen acute liver failure: a placebo-controlled clinical trial. Hepatology (2013) 1.78
Walking capacity of bariatric surgery candidates. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2011) 1.76
The role of obesity in cancer survival and recurrence. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2012) 1.75
Natural history of pediatric intestinal failure: initial report from the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium. J Pediatr (2012) 1.72
Surgically-induced weight loss significantly improves nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the metabolic syndrome. Ann Surg (2005) 1.70
Differential effects of gastric bypass and banding on circulating gut hormone and leptin levels. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2006) 1.69
Symptom fluctuation in eating disorders: correlates of diagnostic crossover. Am J Psychiatry (2005) 1.69
Re-emergence of diabetes after gastric bypass in patients with mid- to long-term follow-up. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2009) 1.68
Single-port-access (SPA) cholecystectomy: a multi-institutional report of the first 297 cases. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.67
Totally transumbilical laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Gastrointest Surg (2009) 1.65
Relationship between surgeon volume and adverse outcomes after RYGB in Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2009) 1.63
Sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity. Obes Surg (2007) 1.61
Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery: methodological features of the first prospective multicenter study of adolescent bariatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg (2007) 1.61
Personality characteristics of women before and after recovery from an eating disorder. Psychol Med (2004) 1.57
How patients feel about prolonged mechanical ventilation 1 year later. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.57
Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery: current technique. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A (2003) 1.56
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: does bougie size affect mean %EWL? Short-term outcomes. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2008) 1.56
Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.55
Age-dependent morphine tolerance development in the rat. Anesth Analg (2005) 1.53
Reversal of type 2 diabetes mellitus and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors after surgical weight loss in adolescents. Pediatrics (2009) 1.52
Temporal patterns of recovery across eating disorder subtypes. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2008) 1.52
Validity of self-reported weights following bariatric surgery. JAMA (2013) 1.51
Laparoscopic conversion of failed gastric bypass to duodenal switch: technical considerations and preliminary outcomes. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2007) 1.49
Outcomes of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in patients with low body mass index. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2009) 1.48
Intervention taxonomy (ITAX): describing essential features of interventions. Am J Health Behav (2010) 1.46
Adult bone marrow-derived stem cells in muscle connective tissue and satellite cell niches. Am J Pathol (2004) 1.46
Eating disorders and personality: a methodological and empirical review. Clin Psychol Rev (2005) 1.44
Selective decrease in hepatitis C virus-specific immunity among African Americans and outcome of antiviral therapy. Hepatology (2007) 1.42
Prevention of vaginal SHIV transmission in macaques by a coitally-dependent Truvada regimen. PLoS One (2012) 1.42
Relationship of body mass index with demographic and clinical characteristics in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS). Surg Obes Relat Dis (2008) 1.41
Cost-effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention in optimally treated stable coronary patients. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2008) 1.40
Use of extreme weight control behaviors with and without binge eating in a community sample: implications for the classification of bulimic-type eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord (2006) 1.40
Features associated with excessive exercise in women with eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord (2006) 1.40
Pretreatment sequence diversity differences in the full-length hepatitis C virus open reading frame correlate with early response to therapy. J Virol (2007) 1.38
The status of exon skipping as a therapeutic approach to duchenne muscular dystrophy. Mol Ther (2010) 1.38
Effect of staple height on gastrojejunostomy during laparoscopic gastric bypass: a multicenter prospective randomized trial. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2010) 1.38
Natural substrate concentrations can modulate the prophylactic efficacy of nucleotide HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors. J Virol (2011) 1.38
A phase I study of topical Tempol for the prevention of alopecia induced by whole brain radiotherapy. Clin Cancer Res (2004) 1.37
Very low-calorie diet mimics the early beneficial effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on insulin sensitivity and β-cell Function in type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes (2013) 1.37
Silymarin ascending multiple oral dosing phase I study in noncirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis C. J Clin Pharmacol (2009) 1.37
Allogeneic bone marrow stromal cells promote glial-axonal remodeling without immunologic sensitization after stroke in rats. Exp Neurol (2006) 1.33
Gap junction remodeling and cardiac arrhythmogenesis in a murine model of oculodentodigital dysplasia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.33
A methodology for describing and decomposing complex psychosocial and behavioral interventions. Psychol Aging (2003) 1.32
Laparoscopic reoperative bariatric surgery: experience from 27 consecutive patients. Obes Surg (2002) 1.32
Protein- and mRNA-based phenotype-genotype correlations in DMD/BMD with point mutations and molecular basis for BMD with nonsense and frameshift mutations in the DMD gene. Hum Mutat (2007) 1.31
Relationships between features associated with vomiting in purging-type eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord (2005) 1.31
Psychometric analysis of the Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist: factor structure of occurrence and reaction ratings. Psychol Aging (2003) 1.30
DHPR alpha1S subunit controls skeletal muscle mass and morphogenesis. EMBO J (2009) 1.30
Laparoscopic Dor versus Toupet fundoplication following Heller myotomy for achalasia: results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized-controlled trial. Surg Endosc (2011) 1.27
Hospital costs in patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation: does age have an impact? Crit Care Med (2003) 1.26
Herceptin and gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancers that overexpress HER-2/neu. Cancer Invest (2004) 1.26