Bariatric surgery patients who opted for sleeve gastrectomy saw a lower risk of death, a new study found. In a retrospective cohort study of nearly 100,000 Medicare patients with severe obesity, those ...

A single-fire stapler is safe and effective in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), reducing both the operative time and the rate of 30-day readmissions, compared with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults in Finland and Sweden with diabetes who underwent sleeve gastrectomy were more likely to die from any ...

When NICE looked at the evidence for single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy, it decided that the evidence on efficacy is limited, and that there are well-recognised ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery may be associated with greater weight loss, diabetes control and lower risk for ...

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 ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open evaluates the differences in perioperative outcomes between laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Study: ...

Sleeve gastrectomy leads to rapid and significant weight loss in patients with obesity and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), thereby improving eligibility for transplant, according to the results ...

Sleeve Gastrectomy Also called vertical gastric sleeve (VSG) surgery, this is another form of restrictive weight loss surgery. In the operation, your surgeon removes about 80% of your stomach, ...

A 41-year-old woman scheduled for bariatric surgery was unexpectedly found to have early-stage signet ring cell gastric cancer during preoperative evaluation and subsequent sleeve gastrectomy. The ...