Mini Gastric Bypass: first report of 125 consecutive cases from United Kingdom.

Mini Gastric Bypass is a promising bariatric procedure with multiple apparent benefits. Ours is the first unit within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom to be routinely performing this procedure. This retrospective cohort study reports our experience with first 125 procedures. Data were retrospectively analysed from a prospective database. Information was further supplemented by interviewing team members, contacting patients' general practitioners and telephonic follow-up. The mean follow-up was 11.4 months. There were 86 (68.8%) females and the mean age was 45 (range 20-70) years. Mean weight and body mass index was 135.8 (range 85-244) kilograms and 48.1 (range 34.5-73.8) kg m(-2) , respectively. The mean operating time was 92.4 (range 45-150) minutes and the mean post-operative hospital stay was 2.2 (range 2-17) days. There was no leak, one 30-day reoperation and no mortality in this study. Three patients required late reoperations and four patients developed marginal ulcers. At 6 months follow-up (n = 114), 27.5 (range 11.4-47.4) % total body weight loss and 60.1 (range 23.2-117.5) % excess body weight loss was seen. The figures at 12 months follow-up (n = 65) were 36.8 (range 23.7-55.4) % and 79.5 (range 44.9-138.3) %, respectively. This study demonstrates early safety and efficacy of Mini Gastric Bypass in a carefully selected British obese population in a high-volume centre.

Ileostomy formation does not prolong hospital length of stay after open anterior resection when performed within an enhanced recovery programme.

AIM: Previous studies have implicated stoma formation as an independent factor prolonging length of stay (LOS) after colorectal surgery. We examined whether loop ileostomy (LI) formation during an open anterior resection affected LOS within a newly developed enhanced recovery programme (ERP). This involved reorganization of services, including stoma care, to optimize pre- and perioperative patient education, training and expectation, while applying the standard scientific principles of enhanced recovery. METHOD: Data were collected prospectively on 72 consecutive open anterior resections (33 with LI) to see whether LI affected LOS. Stomas were fashioned at the surgeon's discretion and patients were discharged according to agreed criteria. RESULTS: Thirty-three of the 72 patients had a covering LI performed. The overall age range was 32-85 years (median 68), with 40 patients being men. LOS for all 72 patients ranged from 3 to 34 days. The median and mean LOS were the same for both groups (median 6 days, mean 8 days). The complication rate was 44% (32/72) with a leak rate of 7% (5/72) and a mortality of 1.4% (1/72). Between the two groups (no ileostomy vs ileostomy), there was no statistically significant difference in complications (41%vs 48%), leakage (8%vs 6%) and readmission rates (12%vs 5%). CONCLUSION: A covering loop ileostomy need not prolong hospital stay after open anterior resection.

Revision using distal inflow for treatment of heart failure secondary to arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis.

In patients on hemodialysis, cardiovascular disease can be precipitated or worsened by the presence of a high flow arteriovenous fistula. Fistula closure and banding are the traditional treatment methods of dialysis associated high output cardiac failure. We present a case of fistula-related high output cardiac failure treated by revision using distal inflow (RUDI).