Issue 54 of Bariatric News is now available to read and/or download. In this issue, we report on a multisociety clinical practice guidance stating that most patients can continue GLP-1
anti-obesity drugs before undergoing bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS).
We also highlight that GT Metabolic's MagDI System for side-to-side duodeno-ileal anastomosis has been approved by the FDA and could "revolutionise" the BMS, and an important paper proposing BMS medical tourism discharge checklist to improve the safety of patients.
In this issue, there an exclusive interview with Dr Jassim Fakhro, Senior Consultant in General, Metabolic, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, Vice President of the Gulf Obesity Surgery Society (GOSS) and Co-Founder of the Masters Medical Center (Doha, Qatar), who discusses the limitations of current staplers and the unique advantages of XNY Medical’s next-generation, ENDO NOVA Powered Stapler.
In our 'Coffee time' interview we sat down with the current President of Bariatric, Metabolic Surgeons Society of Nigeria (BMSSN), Mr Abuchi Okaro (a consultant general, laparoscopic upper gastrointestinal (GI) and bariatric surgeon) who talked about his career, his advice to young surgeons and the current status of bariatric surgery in Nigeria.
We feature several reports featuring positive results for the Smart Panther Automatic Stapler, AEON stapler and Titan SGS stapler, as well as a paper highlighting LRYFJ can treat chronic gastric leaks after LSG and IFSO Bariatric Endoscopy Committee endorses endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty as an effective and valuable treatment for obesity.
Plus - all the usual summaries of clinical papers, clinical studies and trials updates, product and industry news, information on future events and more.
Please click below to read or download issue 54
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