Coffee time with Mr Abuchi Okaro
Bariatric News spoke to the current President of Bariatric, Metabolic Surgeons Society of Nigeria (BMSSN), Mr Abuchi Okaro (a consultant...
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IFSO Bariatric Endoscopy Committee endorses endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty as an effective and valuable treatment for obesity
The IFSO Bariatric Endoscopy Committee has endorsed endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) as an effective and valuable treatment for...
Anaemia remains a significant condition ten years after bariatric surgery
Anaemia remains a significant but still manageable condition five and ten years after bariatric surgery, but despite the prescription of...
BMS may help reduce heart failure-related risk factors
Metabolic surgery on patients with heart failure can result in a reduction in the need for oral diuretics, which are used to manage...
Bariatric surgery induces changes in taste perception, desire and enjoyment of flavours
The majority of participants experience changes in taste perception, desire, and enjoyment of flavours after undergoing sleeve...
Multisociety clinical practice guidance says most patients can continue GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs before surgery
Most patients may continue to safely take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists as prescribed before undergoing elective...
GLP-1 use doubles as bariatric surgery declines by 25%
A study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and...
Conversion from SG to Ring augmented RYGB is safe and effective
The first study to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of a conversion from sleeve gastrectomy (SG) to a Ring-augmented Roux-en-Y...
Bariatric surgery found to be more cost effective than GLP-1 RAs alone
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are cost effective in the long term only when combined with bariatric surgery,...
Banded-RYGB associated with statistically significant increases in percentage excess weight loss at five years
Banded- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with statistically significant increases in percentage excess weight loss (% EWL)...
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