الفهرس 
ANATOMY OF THE STOMACHOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Morbid Obesity is now known as silent creeping epidemic to the
Universe. It is generally accepted that Morbid Obesity is defined as
BMI over 40 kg/m2; BMI is now the formula of measurement in handling
the morbid obese patient weights.
Our study underwent consideration of V.B.G. ( laparoscopic
vertical banded gastroplasty , modified technique) as a primary safe,
satisfactory barriatric procedure with minimal complications and effective
results in good weight loss in study of 50 morbid obese patients with long
term follow up of 2 years.
Our candidates ,of these study were 50 morbid obese patients, 33
female and 17 male properly selected with mean BMI 51 kg/m2 fulfilling
the selection criteria which include age between 18years and 60 years
failed to sustain any weight loss through the last five years in non surgical
methods of weight control, all of them had got the willingness to
cooperate for 2 years follow-up and accepted surgical risks, all of them
had no major psychological problems or endocrine disease or positive
history of alcoholism, , some of candidates has a co-morbid diseases
namely hypertension, adult onset DM, and chronic cholecystitis.
In this study, all our candidates are pre-operatively educated and
instructed about the surgical procedure, future size of their stomach, the
diet schedule they will follow firmly and results hoped to occur.