Active clinical trials for "Obesity, Morbid"

Background: Bikini line laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe method, used as a scarless cosmetic port technique for gall bladder diseases in morbid obese patients as a day case. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of an elective Bikini line laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the morbid obese patients with chronic calcular cholecystitis, and review our experience with Bikini line laparoscopic cholecystectomy as minimal invasive scarless technique. We issued a modifications in order to minimize the number of ports (Brief ports) and modify port sites, using the Bikini line laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a cosmetic and hidden scar laparoscopy for obese patients concerned with aesthetic results and body image. Aiming at faster recovery, decrease pain and improve cosmoses. Bikini Line laparoscopic cholecystectomy is technically safe and effective day surgery procedure for chronic cholecystitis patients with higher patient satisfaction regarding pain and cosmoses. Obesity, intended as BMI 40, does not have any obstacle on the technical feasibility of BLLC.

Thread-embedding Therapy has been used for treating Obesity in recent years. This research is aimed to observe the clinical effect of thread-embedding therapy in treating Simple Obesity. One hundred patients is planned to be enrolled in the research and receive a thread-embedding therapy. The level of BMI, serum triglyceride, cholesterol and fasting blood glucose will be adopted for evaluation before and after therapy.

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of a group psychotherapy intervention using Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) in adults with severe obesity. In particular, it aims to evaluate the principle that CFT can be used to reduce levels of shame and self-criticism in adults with severe obesity OBJECTIVES: The objective of the current study is to assess and compare a CFT group intervention to Treatment as Usual (TAU) with regard to psychological functioning, specifically self-compassion, shame, self-criticism, emotional eating and mood.

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG), Also known as longitudinal or vertical gastrectomy. LSG was initially considered a first-stage operation in high-risk patients before bilio-pancreatic diversion or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. However, LSG was subsequently found to be effective as a single procedure for treatment of morbid obesity.LSG functions mainly as a restrictive procedure in which about 75 % of the stomach is removed leaving a narrow gastric tube or sleeve. So, it limits the amount of food that can be eaten at one time via inducing early satiety after eating a small amount of food due to early distension of the fashioned gastric sleeve giving a sense of satiety, consequently losing excess body weight by time.Sleeve gastrectomy may also cause a decrease in appetite by reducing the amount of Ghrelin (hunger hormone) produced by the stomach.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of left gastric artery embolization(bariatric arterial embolization) for morbid obesity. When the target vessel is blocked, some of the body's signals for feeling hungry will be suppressed and lead to weight loss. Although there are many ways to treat morbid obesity, surgery is currently the only effective method to be confirmed. But surgical treatment is likely to carry a high risk of treatment-related complications, such as fistula or intestinal obstruction, etc. This study is designed to help treat obesity using a method of transvascular interventional therapy, which is minimally invasive and non-surgical.

This objective study to verify the effect of physical training with and without behavioral cognitive therapy, compared with controls, in functional capacity and cardio-metabolic profile in individuals with morbidly obese

Obese people pose specific problems as far as the management of airway during surgery. The study aims to compare efficacy and safety of two LMA devices.

The aim of the present study is to prospectively assess whether deep neuromuscular blockade (NMB) (zero response to train of four and a post tetanic count of no more than 10 responses using a nerve stimulator monitoring) until the end of surgery, followed by sugammadex (bridion®) reversal is superior to the present practice of gradual NMB reduction at the end of surgery followed by neostigmine (Prostigmin®, Vagostigmin®) reversal, in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The investigators hypothesize that providing deep NMB throughout the procedure creates better conditions for surgery, while reversal of deep NMBwith sugammadex (bridion®) will enable quick and full reversal of relaxation and fewer postoperative respiratory events as compared to neostigmine (Prostigmin®, Vagostigmin®)reversal. Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 7 days.

Gastric balloons are an evolving way of reducing weight. There are two types on the market, up to date. Air filled balloons seem to be more safe, and more tolerable.

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of gastric balloon in weight reduction among two different categories of morbidly obese people.