Visceral fat resection in humans: Effect on insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function, adipokines, and inflammatory markers

Lipid-induced pancreatic β-cell dysfunction: focus on in vivo studies

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Evidence that low-grade systemic inflammation can induce islet dysfunction as measured by impaired calcium handling

(2010) Stacey B. Dula et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Potential Additional Effect of Omentectomy on Metabolic Syndrome, Acute-Phase Reactants, and Inflammatory Mediators in Grade III Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A randomized trial

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Surgical Removal of Omental Fat Does Not Improve Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Adults

(2010) Elisa Fabbrini et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Acute Effect of Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass on Whole-Body Insulin Sensitivity: A Study with the Euglycemic-Hyperinsulinemic Clamp

(2010) Marcelo M. O. Lima et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

The Omentum: Anatomical, Metabolic, and Surgical Aspects

(2009) Danielle Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Improvement in Peripheral Glucose Uptake After Gastric Bypass Surgery Is Observed Only After Substantial Weight Loss Has Occurred and Correlates with the Magnitude of Weight Lost

(2009) Guilherme M. Campos et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Greater Omentectomy Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Nonobese Dogs

(2009) Maya Lottati et al.   Obesity

Body Composition, Insulin Sensitivity, and Cardiovascular Disease Profile in Healthy Europeans

(2008) Wiebe Boorsma et al.   Obesity

A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Patients with Morbid Obesity Submitted to Laparotomic Gastric Bypass with or without Omentectomy

(2008) Attila Csendes et al.   OBESITY SURGERY