Revisional LSG after LAGB achieves long-term weight loss but higher peri-operative complications
Revisional laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy provides long-term weight loss, although peri-operative complications are significantly...
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Barbed sutures are as safe as conventional sutures for closing RYGB anastomotic defects
Italian researchers have reported that barbed sutures are effective at reducing operating times and are as safe as conventional sutures...
RACP calls for increased access to bariatric surgeries and medicines
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has urged the Australian Government to increase access to bariatric surgeries to help...
IFSO-EC, EASO and ECPO issue joint statement on surgical tourism
The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, European Chapter (IFSO-EC), the European Association for...
Nineteen surgical organisations strongly oppose CMS' Plan to Implement the G2211 Code
Nineteen surgical organisations, including the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, has expressed strong opposition to...
Gastric fluid responsive sensor system enables early and robust detection of postoperative leaks
Researchers ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, have developed a gastric leak sensor system that facilitates the early and robust detection...
SADI-S superior as a revisional option for weight recurrence after SG compared to the OAGB-MGB
Both the one anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB-MGB) and single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass (SADI-S) have shown efficacy as revisional...
Bariatric surgery reduces mortality in patients with obesity and sleep apnoea
Bariatric surgery was associated with a 42% lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including heart failure, heart...
Despite lowering BMI threshold for eligibility, access to surgery remains low
Despite patient eligibility for bariatric surgery expanding over the last decade and its safety and effectiveness even further...
Metabolic surgery results in fewer heart attacks, strokes and death among patients with diabetes
Patients with diabetes and a history of metabolic surgery had significantly fewer heart attacks, strokes, hospitalisations and death,...
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