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Considerations when moving from laparoscopic to robotic assisted bariatric surgery
At the recent IFSO-EC meeting in Venice, Italy, Medtronic hosted an intriguing lunch time symposium that examined the technical and...
Considerations when moving from laparoscopic to robotic assisted bariatric surgery
At the recent IFSO-EC meeting in Venice, Italy, Medtronic hosted an intriguing lunch time symposium that examined the technical and...
Considerations when moving from laparoscopic to robotic assisted bariatric surgery
International expert consensus statements on surgery for T2DM
Only one in 12 remain on a GLP-1 drug for obesity at three years
Research
Weight loss rate is a critical and statistically significant predictor of post-LSG gallstone formation
Symptomatic gallstone disease after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has an incidence rate of 16.3%, according to a study by researchers...
AI helps researchers to demystify gut bacteria
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have used a special kind of artificial intelligence (AI) called a Bayesian neural network to...
Considerations when moving from laparoscopic to robotic assisted bariatric surgery
At the recent IFSO-EC meeting in Venice, Italy, Medtronic hosted an intriguing lunch time symposium that examined the technical and...
BOMSS changes name to include all obesity specialists
Bariatric News spoke with Professor Ahmed Ahmed (Associate Professor in Metabolic Surgery and Lead Bariatric Surgeon at Imperial College...
MBS may improve depression, anxiety and non-normative eating, but slightly increase suicides and substance use disorders
Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) may improve depression, anxiety, non-normative eating, and attention, but slightly increase...
First participants dosed in Ascletis’ 13-week Phase IIa study of oral GLP-1r agonist ASC30
The first participants with obesity or overweight with at least one weight-related comorbidity have been dosed in Ascletis Pharma’s US...
Ring-augmented RYGB in patients with BMI≥50 leads to significant weight loss and improvement in obesity-related complications
Ring-augmented RYGB (raRYGB) with a MiniMizer Ring in patients with BMI≥50kg/m2, results in significant weight loss and improvements in...
Journal Watch 2/7/2025
Welcome to our regular round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
International expert consensus statements on surgery for T2DM
An International panel of experts has published 43 statements on the nature, terminology and mechanisms of action of metabolic and...
Rerouted bile acid reduces tumour spread in colorectal cancer mouse model
Bile acid diversion in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) reduces colorectal tumour growth and metastasis independent of weight loss,...
Protagonist selects PN-477 an oral and injectable triple agonist peptide development candidate for obesity
Protagonist Therapeutics has selected PN-477 a novel oral peptide - PN-477o with once-daily dosing, high potency and activation of...
First dual GCG/GLP-1ra gains approval from China’s NMPA for chronic weight management
China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Innovent Biologics’ mazdutide, a first-in-class dual glucagon...
Industry
First dual GCG/GLP-1ra gains approval from China’s NMPA for chronic weight management
Levita Magnetics' Magnetic Surgical System gains indication for bariatric and hiatal hernia repair procedures
Johnson & Johnson MedTech launches the ETHICON 4000 Stapler
Johnson & Johnson MedTech launches the DUALTO Energy System combining multiple energy modalities into an integrated platform for use across open and minimally invasive surgery
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3 December 2025
8TH Gulf Obesity Surgery Society International Conference
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9 September 2025
XXVIII IFSO World Congress
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30 May 2025
3rd Annual International Symposium on Magnetic Gastrointestinal and Colon Surgery
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8 September 2025
Sixth IBC Oxford University World Congress 2025
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27 November 2025
6th London International Bariatric Surgery Symposium (LIBSS)
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16 June 2025
16th BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting
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