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Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass (SADI-S) are effective and safe revisional options after sleeve gastrectomy (SG), according to researchers from Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. They noted that SADI-S offers superior long-term weight-loss and metabolic outcomes, whereas RYGB remains preferable for patients with significant or persistent GERD. “Tailoring revisional procedure selection to patient characteristics and ensurin

Both biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) or single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S) show comparable short-term outcomes when performed as revisional procedures following RYGB. Although overall perioperative complications did not differ between groups, the approximately 6% anastomotic leak rate observed in both cohorts highlights the greater complexity and risk inherent to revisional bariatric surgery relative to primary ope

Combining bariatric surgery with the weight loss medication liraglutide can help people who need to lose more weight post-metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS), Monash University and Alfred Health-led research has found. Wendy Brown "We have shown that for people who regain weight or don't have an optimal weight loss effect from bariatric surgery, adding in a weight loss drug will help them to lose weight, often at a lower dose than is needed in people who have not had surgery,"

Revisional Bariatric Surgery (RBS) in elderly patients (over 65 years old) is effective and with a reasonable complication rate and with...