Gastric bypass surgery is performed to help morbidly obese patients lose significant amounts of weight.
A revolutionary surgical approach, allowing for incisionless surgery, is the next step in the evolution of minimally invasive surgery.
Sleeve gastrectomy is a weight loss procedure in which a large part of the stomach known as the greater curve is surgically removed to restrict food intake.
LAP-BAND® is an adjustable gastric banding system used to facilitate gradual weight loss in morbidly obese patients.
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
A recent study concluded that successful weight loss through bariatric surgery can extend one’s lifespan. The two most commonly performed weight loss surgeries are Lap-Band and gastric bypass. The following is a press release of these exciting results.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jan 31 - Obese individuals may add years to their lives by drastically cutting [...]
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Confidence in the effectiveness of the Lap-Band was demonstrated when an FDA advisory panel voted to expand the indication for lap-banding to patients with lower body mass inedexes or BMIs.
The following is a copy of the press release for this decision:
December 6, 2010 — A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has voted [...]
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
A recent study published in the Journal of The American College of Surgeons demonstrated a link between obesity and certain cancers in women. The group from The University of VIrginia concluded that morbidly obese women who had undergone bariatric surgery had less cancers than a similar group of women that had not undergone weight loss [...]
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
The Cochrane Collaboration recently concluded that bariatric surgery is more effective than conventional weight loss management in terms of weight loss, improvement in weight related medical conditions, and in improved quality of life.
The goal of the group’s analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness of various weight loss surgery techniques compared with non-surgical weight loss methods. [...]
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
There has been a glaring omission in the Clinical Practice Recommendations of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), until now. Despite numerous studies over the past decade that have shown how effective weight loss surgery is in managing diabetes, surgery has not been included in the ADA recommendations. This changed in Jan. 2009 when a section [...]
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