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 ...

Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective, evidence-based treatment for controlling obesity. It is the best treatment option for patients who do not achieve substantial or durable weight loss ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reductions in bone mineral density in adolescents with obesity who undergo sleeve gastrectomy are associated ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass yielded slightly better weight loss at 10 years compared with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, according to results from the randomized SLEEVEPASS study. Among 240 patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During 15.5 months, 37 of 54 patients with sleeve gastrectomy group were listed for transplant. Overall, 20 of ...

The use of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has increased steadily over the past 10 years. A recent evaluation of its effectiveness by Carlin and colleagues suggests that this type of bariatric surgery ...

A sleeve gastrectomy is an option for weight-loss patients who may not be able to have the tradition gastric bypass because of health problems. Dawn-Marie Ennis is learning all she can from Deb Creech ...

Also known as a gastric sleeve procedure, sleeve gastrectomy involves removing around 80% of the stomach and leaving behind a thin, banana-shaped sleeve that can hold approximately 50 to 100mL of ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — In men with obesity-related hypogonadism who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the condition resolved 1 year after surgery, according to a new study. "This surgical solution to ...

You’ll need specific strategies to retrain your brain’s relationship with food while navigating social situations that revolve around eating. The way your brain rewires itself after gastric sleeve ...