Bariatric Surgery
From the Journals
‘Clinical paradox’? Bariatric surgery may protect from GI cancers
The study marks “an important step toward improving the understanding of potential lifetime risks of bariatric surgery and overall major health...
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New guidelines on peds obesity call for aggressive treatment
The authors of the guidelines encourage primary care doctors to collaborate with other medical professionals to treat the comorbidities often...
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Rates of health care use after bariatric surgery in teens
Researchers found significantly lower rates of emergency department (ED) use and hospitalization 5 years after sleeve gastrectomy compared with...
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More weight loss with surgery than new obesity meds: meta-analysis
“This is an exciting period because, 10 years ago, nobody thought that [results with] pharmacotherapy can approach bariatric surgery.”
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Bariatric surgery prompts visceral fat reduction, cardiac changes
Weight loss after bariatric surgery was tied to favorable cardiac effects associated with reduction in visceral fat.
News
Bariatric surgery may up risk for epilepsy
“We now know that the microbiome is associated with epilepsy” and that changes occur in the gut microbiome after bariatric surgery.
Conference Coverage
New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
From the Journals
Weight-loss surgery has a big effect on marriage
The person who had surgery may feel unsupported in the new journey if the partner keeps advocating for unhealthy habits. And the person who didn’t...
FDA/CDC
FDA clears endoscopic devices for sleeve gastroplasty, bariatric revision
The Apollo Endosurgery devices are the first and only ones approved for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and endoscopic bariatric revision, the...
Commentary
Pediatric obesity treatment options: Beyond lifestyle modification
Fortunately, the tools to treat the underlying biology driving obesity are becoming safer, more effective, and more widely used every year.
From the Journals
More reflux after sleeve gastrectomy vs. gastric bypass at 10 years
Importantly, the cumulative incidence of Barrett’s esophagus was similar after both procedures and markedly lower than reported in previous trials...