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Journal Watch 15/5/2025
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...


Obesity Association publishes the standards of care in overweight and obesity
The Obesity Association, a division of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), has published ‘Weight Stigma and Bias: Standards of Care...


Empowering Patients: The Importance of Educating About the MiniMIZER Ring and the Role of MyMiniMIZERring.com
In the field of bariatric surgery, informed patients are empowered patients. For Bariatric Solutions International, a global leader in...


Gastric calibration tubes in bariatric surgery: Anaesthesia and surgical perspectives
Gastric calibration tubes serve a number of critical roles during bariatric surgery, helping to size a gastric pouch or the sleeve during...


Closure of mesenteric defects using the Endoscopic Hernia Multifeed Stapler
Small bowel obstruction due to internal hernia is one of the most common and potentially serious complications following laparoscopic...


Renaming banded procedures to ‘Ring-augmented procedures’ would provide clarity for researchers and patients
In March 2024, an international group of bariatric and metabolic experts wrote a letter, published in Obesity Surgery(1), calling for a...


Ring-augmented gastric bypass: Maintaining the restrictive mechanism of a gastric bypass
In 1997, Dr Bruno Dillemans from the Center of Obesity Surgery in the AZ Sint-Jan Hospital in Bruges, Belgium, was one of the first...


20 years in the bariatric industry: Past reflections, present challenges and future perspectives
In this interview, Arno van der Veek, Managing Director of Bariatric Solutions International, looks back on his career, the importance of...


Perspectives on ring-augmented sleeve gastrectomy
Professor Jodok Fink, Chief Physician of General and Visceral Surgery at Emmendingen District Hospital, Emmendingen, Germany and...


Re-evaluating the gastric band
Despite a decline in popularity and doubts over its long-term effectiveness, there is still a place for laparoscopic gastric banding...
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