Increasing access to surgery and preventing post-op weight regainIn a wide-ranging interview, Bariatric News talked to Mr Shaw Somers, upper gastrointestinal and bariatric (metabolic) Consultant Surgeon...
The experience of an Italian female Consultant Bariatric Surgeon in the Middle EastDr Adriana Rotundo comes from a small town by the sea in the south of Italy, Catanzaro, where she completed her medical school in 2002....
Why the banded bypass is the new gold standardDespite the rise of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) world over in recent years, there are concerns about the long-term...
Patient choice, expectations and maximising outcomesThe practice of bariatric surgery varies throughout the world – from patients and procedures to follow-up and outcomes. At the 20th IFSO...
In focus: Obesity in AustraliaAustralia has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world, Bariatric News talks to Dr Michael Talbot (University of New South Wales...
Low cost, low risk procedure aids weight lossA recent paper, ‘Banded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity’, published in Surgery for Obesity and Related...
Bariatric surgery reduces CRC risk in patients with obesityColorectal cancer and surgery - Regarding the procedures, there were fewer new diagnoses of colorectal cancer after gastric bypass (123...
Standardisation of OAGB is key to reducing surgical errors and ensuring consistent patient outcomes4 days ago