Imane Eddbali

• MD
• Independent Researcher

In a time and age when the Internet is becoming a growing part of our daily lives, and when obesity is the modern world’s main epidemic, this research aims at studying the use of social media by actors of the bariatric surgery field. Twenty Bariatric surgeons and patients were interviewed on the perceived benefits, challenges, and ethical concerns...

Having the advantages of the reversibility by clipping and not cutting the stomach, the BariClip procedure reproduces the effect of the SG [1, 2] without adding the risk of leaks, and minimizes the occurrence of postoperative GERD by decreasing the intragastric pressure [3]. We present an edited video on the placement of a BariClip with the main st...

Introduction: The recurrence of the morbid obesity disease after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a well-known complication. The banded resleeve gastrectomy (ReSG) is considered an innovative procedure and an alternative restrictive option to other malabsorptive procedures. Materials and Methods: We present an edited video on the placement of a...

Introduction Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has rapidly become increasingly popular in bariatric surgery. However, in the long-term follow-up, weight loss failure and intractable severe acid reflux after primary LSG can necessitate further interventions. Objectives The aim of our study was to evaluate long term results (5 years) following r...

Background: With the creation of a new bariatric center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the organization of this bariatric department according to the international guidelines, a new activity of bariatric surgery started in January 2015. The surgeon had 20 years of experience in this field and he had performed over 5000 major laparosco...

Background Over the last decade, several techniques have emerged and the bariatric trends have changed. A new bariatric procedure that has been proposed is laparoscopic vertical clip gastroplasty (LVCG), which mimics the principle of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, but with a completely reversible mechanism. The introduction of a new procedure in...

Background Leaks after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) are serious complications of this procedure. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the costs of leaks after LSG. SettingPrivate hospital, France. MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on a prospective cohort of 2012 cases of LSG between September 2005 and December 201...

Background Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) became the most frequent bariatric procedure performed in France (2011) and in the United States (2013), but studies reporting long-term results are still rare. Setting Private hospital, France. Methods This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort of 168 patients who underwent LSG betwe...

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has increasingly gained worldwide acceptance among bariatric surgeons during the past 10 years. Numerous articles have been written about the different approaches to the management of gastric fistulas, but limited data can be found concerning gastric stenosis after LSG. Setting: Private hospital,...