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Feb 27th, 2021 - A routine resting echocardiography has been suggested as a means to assess cardiac functioning and predict adverse cardiopulmonary events after bariatric surgery. To describe the findings of routine resting echocardiographs in bariatric surgical c...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Intussusception is a rare yet potentially life-threatening complication following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Multiple case reports have described this complication, and recently, several retrospective studies have been published describing t...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Enteric hyperoxaluria (EH) is a known complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and can lead to nephrolithiasis, oxalate-induced nephropathy, and end-stage renal disease. Recurrent EH-induced renal impairment has been reported after kidney t...

Feb 25th, 2021 - With obesity rates rising in the United States, bariatric surgery has become a well-established and effective treatment for morbid obesity and its comorbid conditions. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy are t...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Postprandial hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery is an exigent disorder, often impacting the quality of life. Distinguishing clinically relevant hypoglycemic episodes from symptoms of other origin can be challenging. Diagnosis is demanding and of...

Apr 9th, 2009 - The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in response to numerous inquiries made to the Society by patients, physicians, society members, hospitals, health insurance payors, the media, a...

Feb 27th, 2021 - A routine resting echocardiography has been suggested as a means to assess cardiac functioning and predict adverse cardiopulmonary events after bariatric surgery. To describe the findings of routine resting echocardiographs in bariatric surgical c...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Intussusception is a rare yet potentially life-threatening complication following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Multiple case reports have described this complication, and recently, several retrospective studies have been published describing t...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Enteric hyperoxaluria (EH) is a known complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and can lead to nephrolithiasis, oxalate-induced nephropathy, and end-stage renal disease. Recurrent EH-induced renal impairment has been reported after kidney t...

Feb 25th, 2021 - With obesity rates rising in the United States, bariatric surgery has become a well-established and effective treatment for morbid obesity and its comorbid conditions. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy are t...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Postprandial hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery is an exigent disorder, often impacting the quality of life. Distinguishing clinically relevant hypoglycemic episodes from symptoms of other origin can be challenging. Diagnosis is demanding and of...

Feb 1st, 2021 - A small, single-center randomized trial of patients with obesity and advanced type 2 diabetes, defined as diabetes for ≥ 5 years and A1c ≥ 7%, found that a quarter to a half of patients who had metabolic surgery had diabetes remission (cure) that ...

Jan 21st, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - People who have bariatric surgery may have healthier bones afterward if they participate in a supervised exercise program, a randomized controlled trial suggests. Researchers recruited 84 patients who underwent gastric bypass or...

Dec 28th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After bariatric surgery, a person's risk of developing unhealthy drinking patterns is increased, regardless of whether or not they were unhealthy drinkers before having weight-loss surgery, new research in U.S. veterans...

Dec 10th, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Patients lose more weight with gastric bypass than with gastric sleeve surgery, but report equal improvements in quality of life, a new study finds. An analysis of trial data from 240 patients with morbid obesity who received ba...

Aug 18th, 2020 - The metabolic benefits achieved with weight loss for patients with type 2 diabetes appear to be similar whether achieved via diet or gastric bypass surgery, according to new research. The findings, from a small study of 22 people with type 2 diabe...