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SOS study: surgery effective against early-onset obesity
Bariatric surgery is effective for individuals who develop obesity by the age of 20, as for those who have developed obesity later in...
American College of Surgeons issues guidelines for triage of MBS patients
COVID-19 - Guidelines on emergency, urgent and elective measures The American College of Surgeons has issued guidelines for the triage of...
Increasing access to surgery and preventing post-op weight regain
In a wide-ranging interview, Bariatric News talked to Mr Shaw Somers, upper gastrointestinal and bariatric (metabolic) Consultant Surgeon...
The experience of an Italian female Consultant Bariatric Surgeon in the Middle East
Dr Adriana Rotundo comes from a small town by the sea in the south of Italy, Catanzaro, where she completed her medical school in 2002....
Why the banded bypass is the new gold standard
Despite the rise of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) world over in recent years, there are concerns about the long-term...
Patient choice, expectations and maximising outcomes
The practice of bariatric surgery varies throughout the world – from patients and procedures to follow-up and outcomes. At the 20th IFSO...
In focus: Obesity in Australia
Australia has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world, Bariatric News talks to Dr Michael Talbot (University of New South Wales...
Low cost, low risk procedure aids weight loss
A recent paper, ‘Banded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity’, published in Surgery for Obesity and Related...
Bariatric surgery reduces CRC risk in patients with obesity
Colorectal cancer and surgery - Regarding the procedures, there were fewer new diagnoses of colorectal cancer after gastric bypass (123...
Outcomes from 1,000 LSGs reveals low complication rate
Robotic laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) results in the resolution of type 2 diabetes, a reduction in hypertension, and carries a...
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