Bariatric Surgery News

• EASD 2018Gastric Band, Metformin Equally Prevent Diabetes in Short-Term In moderately obese adults with prediabetes or recent-onset type 2 diabetes, both gastric banding and metformin improved insulin sensitivity within a year. But longer-term, gastric banding should triumph.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Bariatric Surgery Cuts CAD in Very Obese, but Do Effects Wane? Bariatric surgery reduces macrovascular disease in obese patients with diabetes. Although, weight regain remains a challenge in all patients, if expectations are realistic, it's a good treatment option.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Should Breast Surgery Be Its Own Medical Specialty? In the US, there are medical specialty boards for thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, head and neck surgery, colorectal surgery, and surgery for a variety of other organs/systems. But not the breast.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• ACG 2018More Biliary Disease With Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery The move toward laparoscopic bariatric surgery and the decline in bariatric surgery with concomitant cholecystectomy has led to an increase in gallstone-related complications, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Weight Loss After Menopause, Lower Breast Cancer Risk Postmenopausal women who experience a weight loss of 5% or more are at lower risk for invasive breast cancer compared with women whose weight remains stable weight.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Stents Can Help Manage Leaks After Bariatric Surgery Stent placement can be effective for managing postoperative leaks after bariatric surgery, according to a database analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Bariatric Surgery Reduces Comorbidities in Older Patients Evidence to support bariatric surgery for improving non-weight loss outcomes in patients over age 65 is of low to moderate strength, the authors of a new systematic review conclude.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Type of Weight Loss Surgery Matters for People With Severe Obesity People who have weight-loss surgery for extreme obesity may lose more weight with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) than with sleeve gastrectomy, a small U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Similar Rates of Fetal Growth Restriction Seen With Two Popular Bariatric Procedures Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) appear to result in similar rates of fetal growth restriction, according to French researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Bariatric Surgery Halves Microvascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes 'Such a remarkable decrease in microvascular complications has rarely been demonstrated by any form of diabetes therapy,' write the authors of an editorial accompanying the study.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Bariatric Surgery Only Partly Fixes Gut Flora in Severe Obesity Most severely obese patients had gut microbial flora that was not very diverse, and although bariatric surgery helped, it only partly "rescued" gut microbial richness in new research.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Anastomotic Ulcer Risk After RYGB Rises Over Time, Particularly for Smokers The incidence of anastomotic ulceration after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is higher than previously thought and increases over time, especially for tobacco users, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• Opioids After Surgery: What Is the Right Number of Pills? As the opioid epidemic rages, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and researcher is leading an effort to curb overprescribing by offering procedure-specific guidelines to ensure that post-surgical patients leave the hospital with enough, but not too much, pain medication.
  Kaiser Health News, June 2018
• Obese Teens With Psychiatric Issues Can Still Benefit From Weight Loss Surgery A history of psychiatric problems should not necessarily be a contraindication to weight loss surgery for teenagers, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• DDW 2018'Practice-Changing' Reflux Technique in the Spotlight at DDW About 40% of patients taking proton pump inhibitors for gastroesophageal reflux have persistent symptoms despite treatment. A new option will be discussed at the upcoming Digestive Disease Week (DDW).
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• Efforts to Resurrect EndoBarrier for Use in Obese With Diabetes Meta-analysis findings are published as the device maker seeks FDA approval for a new US clinical trial amid efforts to obtain another CE Mark to reintroduce the device in Europe.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• Big Drop in Malignant Melanoma Rate After Bariatric Surgery Weight loss surgery for obesity appears to result in a huge reduction in the risk of malignant melanoma that persists for up to 20 years, according to a new analysis of long-term data from the SOS study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• AACE 2018'Charting the Future' Theme Will Guide 2018 AACE Meeting New research and state-of-the art lectures will update endocrinologists on what's around the corner.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• Bariatric Surgery Tied to Increases in Divorces, Marriages Weight loss surgery can affect interpersonal relationships, a Swedish report suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• Mortality Rates After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery 'Low' The one-year mortality rates after laparoscopic bariatric surgery are lower than a quarter of one percent, a new study using 2008-2012 data shows.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018