Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is currently considered the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. Laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGB) and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) are the most widely used bariatric procedures today.Objectives: In this study we compared LGB and LSG in order to establish whether there is any superiority of one or the other in effectiveness and complications.Methods: We included all the patients who ...

Introduction: Bariatric surgery is currently considered the most effective treatment for morbid obesity, although rates of weight loss and comorbidities resolution differ among bariatric techniques and depending on preoperative factors.Objectives: In this study we analyse possible factors that influence the outcome of bariatric surgery (weight loss and improvement in metabolic comorbidities) in order to identify those patients most likely to benefit from...

BackgroundThymic neuroendocrine tumor (THY-NET) accounts for almost 20% of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1)-associated mortality. Diagnosis at early tumor stage is associated with improved survival.ObjectiveTo study the prevalence, clinical features and prognosis of THY-NET in MEN 1. To describe the overall causes of death among the registered MEN1 patients. To compare and discuss our results with t...

Introduction: We present the results of chemoembolization used as a locoregional treatment for liver metastases (on a transplanted liver) from a bronchial carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor with stage IV disease progression.Case report: A 60-year-old man diagnosed of bronchial carcinoid NET in 2002, underwent surgery by lung lobectomy and excision of lymph node metastases. Treated also with somatostatin analogues (SA) after subsequent discovery of liver meta...