Endoscopy, Pancreas, & Biliary Tract
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Bariatric Surgery Yields Durable Results for Diabetic Nephropathy
Major Finding: Among patients with preoperative microalbuminuria, 42% remained stable 5 years after their bariatric surgery, whereas 58% regressed...
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BOLD Analysis Backs Safety of Sleeve Gastrectomy
Major Finding: The rate of 30-day serious complications was 0.25% among those who underwent laparoscopic gastric banding, 0.96% among those who...
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Race, Sex Factor Into Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass
Major Finding: Following gastric bypass surgery, independent significant predictors of weight-loss failure were being black (OR, 3.1; P = .002),...
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Type 2 Diabetes Re-Emerges After Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Twenty-one percent of obese patients with type 2 diabetes whose disease went into remission following gastric bypass surgery...
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Vismodegib Blocks Hedgehog-Expressing Pancreatic Cancer
Major Finding: Initial treatment with vismodegib followed by standard chemotherapy with gemcitabine yielded a 3-month progression-free survival...
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Pancreatic Surgery Scorecard Aligns With IOM Quality Metrics
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Gastric Bypass Induces Diabetes Remission in Mildly Obese
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Scope Matches Pathology in Diminutive Colorectal Polyps
Major Finding: High-definition, dual-focus colonoscopy produced 75% accurate, high-confidence diagnoses of diminutive polyps, vs. 63% using an...
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Lymphadenectomy Underused in GI Cancer Surgery
Major Finding: By 2009, the percentage of patients with adequate lymphadenectomy during surgery for gastrointestinal cancer was 43% for esophageal...