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    • Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Taladriz, Cristian; Lanzarini Sobrevía, Enrique; Romero Osses, Carmen (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Background: Plasma ghrelin levels may decrease after vertical sleeve gastrectomy, probably due to the excision of a large portion of the gastric fundus. It is worth exploring the long term effects of this surgical procedure ...
    • Melissas, John; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Molina Franjola, Juan; Silecchia, Gianfranco; Iossa, Angelo; Iannelli, Antonio; Foletto, Mirto (Springer, 2015)
      Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and/or hiatus hernia (HH) are one of the most common disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Despite the positive effect of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) regarding weight loss and ...
    • Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Muñoz Ch., Andrea; Burgos Li, Ana María; Villanueva Ilufi, María Elena (Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2014)
      Introducción: La gastrectomía vertical laparoscópica (GVL) es un procedimiento quirúrgico efectivo en el tratamiento de la obesidad. La obesidad está asociada con algunas comorbilidades como diabetes, dislipidemia y ...
    • Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas Caro, Jorge; Valladares Hernández, Héctor; Figueroa Giralt, Manuel (Colegio Brasileiro Cirurgia Digestiva-CBCD, 2020)
      Background: Erosion and migration into the esophagogastric lumen after laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair with mesh placement has been published. Aim: To present surgical maneuvers that seek to diminish the risk of this ...
    • Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Martínez, Gustavo; Korn Bruzzone, Owen; Zamorano, Marcelo; Lanzarini Sobrevía, Enrique; Narbona, Enrique (Springer, 2018)
      Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) without resection of the distal stomach is largely performed over the world for morbid obesity. Potential risk of gastric remnant carcinoma development has been suggested. ...
    • Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Korn Bruzzone, Owen; Burdiles Pinto, Patricio; Salas F., Juan E. (2012-02)
      Background: Patients with achalasia may require surgical treatment. Aim: To assess postoperative evolution, complications and mortality after surgical treatment of achalasia. Material and Methods: Analysis of 328 patients ...