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Dimitri Pournaras

Bristol Weight Management and Bariatric Service. North Bristol NHS Trust
Verified email at nbt.nhs.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for perioperative care in bariatric surgery: enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) society recommendations: a 2021 update

…, M O'Kane, R Liem, DJ Pournaras… - World journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background This is the second updated Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society
guideline, presenting a consensus for optimal perioperative care in bariatric surgery and …

The role of bile after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in promoting weight loss and improving glycaemic control

DJ Pournaras, C Glicksman, RP Vincent… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… Body weight and food consumption was measured daily at the beginning of the light phase
for 28 d. Feces were collected over a 24-h period on d 25. The rats were then fasted for 12 h …

[HTML][HTML] Developing integrated clinical pathways for the management of clinically severe adult obesity: a critique of NHS England policy

…, HM Parretti, S Abbott, A Brown, DJ Pournaras… - Current obesity …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose of the Review Pathways for obesity prevention and treatment are well documented,
yet the prevalence of obesity is rising, and access to treatment (including bariatric surgery) …

Obesity, gut hormones, and bariatric surgery

DJ Pournaras, CW Le Roux - World journal of surgery, 2009 - Springer
Obesity is becoming the healthcare epidemic of this century. Bariatric surgery is the only
effective treatment for morbid obesity. Gut hormones are key players in the metabolic …

Remission of type 2 diabetes after gastric bypass and banding: mechanisms and 2 year outcomes

DJ Pournaras, A Osborne, SC Hawkins… - Annals of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate the rate of type 2 diabetes remission after gastric bypass and
banding and establish the mechanism leading to remission of type 2 diabetes after bariatric …

Effect of the definition of type II diabetes remission in the evaluation of bariatric surgery for metabolic disorders

DJ Pournaras, ET Aasheim, TT Søvik… - Journal of British …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background The American Diabetes Association recently defined remission of type II diabetes
as a return to normal measures of glucose metabolism (haemoglobin (Hb) A1c below 6 …

Bariatric surgery worldwide: baseline demographic description and one-year outcomes from the second IFSO global registry report 2013–2015

R Welbourn, DJ Pournaras, J Dixon, K Higa… - Obesity Surgery, 2018 - Springer
d The distribution of perioperative risk reflected in the OS-MRS score … 4d (n = 34,643). The
highest risk populations (group B and C) were in Turkey (57.9%), Ireland (56.9%), Hong Kong (…

[HTML][HTML] Global 30-day outcomes after bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (GENEVA): an international cohort study

…, D Pennisi, D Pham, D Pournaras, D Swank… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Correspondence 8 www. thelancet. com/diabetes-endocrinology Vol 9 January 2021 centres
and might therefore not represent the complete global picture. Furthermore, although we …

Defining global benchmarks in bariatric surgery: a retrospective multicenter analysis of minimally invasive Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy

…, P Orchard, S Rothe, G Prager, DJ Pournaras… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… Therefore, it is of no surprise that the 2018 IFSO global registry report showed shorter
lengths of stay for RYGB (2 vs 4 d) and a similar one for SG (3 d) in comparison with the …

Postprandial plasma bile acid responses in normal weight and obese subjects

C Glicksman, DJ Pournaras, M Wright… - Annals of clinical …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Bile acids can act as signalling molecules via various receptors including the
nuclear farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR), and the cell surface G-…