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Apr 15th, 2022 - People with severe obesity who undergo a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for osteoarthritis (OA) are at higher risk of short-term and long-term complications compared with people with reference (<30) body mass index (BMI; weight in kilograms divided...

Mar 30th, 2022 - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has a low rate of perioperative morbidity and mortality, while long-term complications are not rare. band erosion may be insidious and the patient may be asymptomatic. We present an unusual case of a ...

Mar 24th, 2022 - Currently, there is no nationally accepted protocol for addressing weight regain or inadequate weight loss after MBS. To devise, implement, and evaluate a protocol targeting weight regain or inadequate weight loss in MBS patients at our institutio...

Mar 6th, 2022 - Data regarding the use of 1-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) as a conversion technique after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) failure is scarce in the literature. The aim of this study was to assess our experience with OAGB as a res...

Mar 2nd, 2022 - One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) has been proposed as a rescue technique for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) poor responders. We sought to analyze, complications, mortality, and medium-term weight loss results after LAGB conver...

Jan 22nd, 2022 - The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery Bariatric Guidelines Group identified a gap in bariatric surgery recommendations with a structured, contextualized consideration of multiple bariatric interventions. To provide evidence-informed, tra...

Feb 15th, 2011 - The young field of obesity surgery (bariatric surgery) in Germany expands as a consequence of the rapid increase of overweight and obesity. New surgical methods, minimal access techniques, and the enormous increase of scientific studies and eviden...

Oct 28th, 2021 - Randomized clinical trial; Single Blind A physical training is recommended in people above 60 yrs. engaged in a weight-losing program, in order to prevent the impairment of physical performance. Therefore a physical training program (endurance and...

Oct 12th, 2021 - Obesity is an increasing health problem in the UK and one which is predicted to worsen. It is associated with many health problems that can shorten a person's life span and impair quality of life. Current national guidelines recommend that surgery...

Nov 5th, 2020 - Obesity is an important medical problem. The number of obese individuals is increasing continuously in response to various environmental and genetic factors. For some morbidly obese patients, surgery is the only effective type of therapy. Despite ...

Mar 27th, 2020 - Various studies have shown that bariatric surgery is associated with significant durable weight loss with associated improvement in obesity related comorbidities and quality of life. The degree of effect on obesity related comorbidities depends on...

Mar 19th, 2020 - Obesity and its ensuing metabolic complications such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, are exponentially increasing worldwide. * * The most effective treatment for obesity is bariatric surgery. * Different bariatric procedures are available. In the 196...

Jan 3rd, 2022 - Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) are effective at improving hepatic steatosis in type 2 diabetes patients, according to a new analysis of a randomized, controlled trial. Both procedures resulted in near elimination.

Nov 3rd, 2021 - People with obesity may be able to reduce their risk of colorectal cancer with weight loss surgery or medication, researchers say. "We need to have conversations with our patients in the clinic and educate them that they have these resources avail...

Sep 30th, 2021 - Men had a much higher rate of death following bariatric surgery performed in Austria during 2010-2018 compared with women in a retrospective analysis of nearly 20,000 patients based on health insurance records. The reason may be that men undergoin...

Sep 9th, 2021 - A long-term observational study examining cumulative costs and clinical outcomes for sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) found more similarities than differences between the two procedures. The study, which included approximatel...

Aug 13th, 2021 - (Reuters) - Surgery for obesity may have a protective effect against poor outcomes from COVID-19, data from one New York City hospital suggest. Doctors there studied 620 patients with COVID-19, including 130 who had previously undergone bariatric ...