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Meta-analysis finds bariatric surgery has 0.08% mortality rate

Bariatric surgery has an overall 0.08% mortality rate with no statistically significant difference between overall, 30-day, 90-day or...

Potential benefits for bariatric care to be discussed at IFSO-EC Congress symposium. The digital revolution in healthcare is rapidly...

Access to bariatric surgery increased by 31% annually for lower-income Medicaid-covered and uninsured white adults age 26 to 64 but not...

The results from a ten-year study of children and adolescents who underwent a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) to treat severe...

Variables associated with lifestyle, habits, age, sex and socioeconomic status are the strongest predictors for BMI levels, according to...

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

$Bariatric patients more likely to have non-typical osteoporotic site fractures$

Bariatric surgery patients are more likely to have more non-typical osteoporotic site fractures affecting mainly feet and hands, and...

Patients from Scotland who are assessed for bariatric surgery are older and have a higher weight than the international average,...

Both laparoscopic re-sleeve gastrectomy (LRSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (rLRYGB) are safe and effective for the...

Patients with severe obesity who underwent one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) had a better improvement in their lipid plasma values...