Weight loss prior to endometrial cancer surgery improves outcomesWomen with obesity and endometrial cancer who lose weight in advance of surgery have fewer complications and shorter hospital stays,...
Benefits of staple line reinforcement, but more evidence neededSuture oversewing (SR) during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) seems to be associated with a reduced risk of postoperative bleeding,...
Gastric bypass better for type 2 diabeticsRoux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) leads to greater weight loss and a greater rate of remission of diabetes than sleeve gastrectomy or...
Journal Watch 16/02/2022Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
Stimulating signalling could improve metabolic health and treat obesityResearchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have reported that finds an epigenetic modifier known as histone...
RYGB more efficient than SG and more evidence is needed for OAGBRoux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is more efficient (excess weight loss, EWL percentage) than sleeve gastrectomy (SG) after five years,...
Two-year Revita DMR outcomes show durability of procedure in diabeticsTwo-year durability data from the REVITA-1 clinical study, conducted at centres in Europe and South America, revealed that HbA1c was...
Tirzepatide found to reduce body weight regardless of duration of condition and BMI before treatment4 days ago