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The patients who are overweight and obese, are under stress of excess body weight, embarrassed, one may imagine the impact of halitosis on this group of patients, this is an attempt to evaluate this extra impact, and which aspect of quality of life will be affect in the overweight and BACKGROUND
Patients undergoing bariatric surgery often complain of bad breath. However, the relationship between bariatric surgery and halitosis is relatively unknown. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate and compare the occurrence of halitosis among patients before and after a specific
To investigate the association between periodontitis and self-reported halitosis among young adults, and whether there is an interaction between the effects of smoking and periodontitis on halitosis.Data from the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort, Brazil, were We present our experience in malabsorbitive procedure in bariatric surgery based on Biliopancreatic Diversion (BPD) with transitory gastroplasty. Since 1995 we operated on 74 patients with BPD coupled with gastroplasty which is transitory due to the presence of a band in polidioxanone (PDS). The
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a rather common disease in children, but its symptoms are often subtle and non-specific and this may result in overlooking a correct diagnosis. In turn, a missed diagnosis of CRS prevents a correct management to be performed and is associated with uneffective
OBJECTIVE
Several studies have demonstrated overweight and obesity are strong independent risk factors of GERD symptoms and esophageal erosions. Our aim was to analyze the joint effect of BMI with the grade of esophageal damage over symptoms' intensity of GERD.
METHODS
We used a questionnaire with a
BACKGROUND
Over 10 years, 88 patients underwent biliopancreatic diversion with transitory gastric restriction (BPD-TGR) as a first choice operation or after gastric restrictive procedures.
METHODS
From 1992 to 1999, BPD-TGR was performed on 71 patients as a first choice operation (Group 1 - BMI 41.9
The health concerns of 99 Egyptian and 135 American young women indicated that the Egyptian sample was significantly more concerned (p < .001) about most items compared to the American group, and that there was very little association (r = .39) between the mean scores of the two groups. The top ten