Safety and Efficacy of Transcatheter Bariatric Embolotherapy for Weight Loss
The goal of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of transcatheter bariatric embolotherapy for weight reduction.
Bariatric Surgery
Earlier Bariatric Surgery Leads to Greater Long-Term Diabetes Remission
This study examines the clinical characteristics that predict durable long-term diabetes remission after bariatric surgery.
Meta-Analysis: Metabolic Outcomes Improve After Revisional Bariatric Surgery
Revisional bariatric surgery in patients with persistent metabolic disease may improve obesity-related comorbidities and metabolic outcomes.
Sleeve Gastrectomy and Adjuvant Pharmacologic Treatment Underutilized in Americans With Obesity
While obesity remains a major concern in the United States of America, both surgical and pharmaceutical interventions have been underutilized, according to results intended to be presented at Digestive Disease Week 2020.
Anti-Obesity Medications May Prevent Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery
Phentermine and topiramate may aid in the efforts to reduce the occurrence of rapid weight regain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
Surgical Treatment Better Than Medical Therapy in Severely Obese Adolescents With T2D
Researchers compared glycemic control in cohorts of severely obese adolescents with type 2 diabetes undergoing medical and surgical interventions.
Bariatric Surgery Underused in Adolescents With Severe Obesity
Results comparing the prevalence of obesity amongst adolescents with the rate of bariatric surgeries were presented at ENDO 2018.
Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked to Increased Risk for Nonvertebral Fractures
Roux-en Y gastric bypass increased the likelihood of nonvertebral fractures, including hip, wrist, and pelvic fractures.
Antidiabetes Treatment Discontinuation Higher in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
A recent survey examines the correlation between bariatric surgery and rates of continuation, discontinuation, or initiation of antidiabetes treatment 6 years after bariatric surgery compared with a matched control obese group.
Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Outcomes With Helicobacter pylori
The Gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori was associated with increased marginal ulceration rates, but otherwise had little impact on bariatric surgery outcomes.
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