Bariatric surgical procedures increase substantially
The number of bariatric surgical procedures performed in the U.S. from 199...xamined recent national population-based trends in bariatric surgical procedures, patient characteristics, and in-hospital complications to determine trends in n...Patients have increased hospitalization rate after gastric bypass surgery
...000 Roux-en-Y gastric bypasses (RYGB)--the primary bariatric procedure now done--are performed annually in the ...s. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of bariatric procedures determined that the average percentage of excess weight loss after operation was 61 perce...Weight-loss surgery increasing, except for the poor
... increase. Surgeons performed an estimated 13,365 bariatric procedures, primarily gastric bypass operations, i...t for obesity increased, disparities in receipt of bariatric surgery increased with men, those with public insurance, and those residing in lower income areas le...Obese men more carb intolerant than obese women
...and 34 severely obese women who were scheduled for bariatric surgery. Severe obesity was classified as a body ...arbohydrate intolerance may be good candidates for bariatric surgery, although additional testing is needed to identify underlying risk factors, such as decrease...Weight-loss surgery produces unexpected drop in heart disease risk, Stanford researchers find
...at the Stanford School of Medicine and director of bariatric surgery at Stanford Hospital. Lead author Brandon ...in 1999 to about 141,000 in 2004, according to the bariatric surgery society. The procedure poses about a 2 percent risk of mortality and requires lifelong chang...Research linking obesity and asthma shows weight reduction may provide therapy for asthma sufferers
...s vs. visceral fat tissue from patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Eotaxin levels were significantly higher in obese mice than lean mice, and mRNA levels in the fat tissue were positively correlated with serum levels of eotaxin. In obese patients, plasma eotaxin levels were significantly higher (82.6b5.0 v...New methods offer alternatives for patients undergoing obesity surgery
...ic. "Obesity patients who opt to have some form of bariatric surgery have a greater chance of long-term surviva...ty: A Preliminary Report (Abstract Sp743) Current bariatric surgeries require accessing the internal organs through an incision in the abdomen. While this meth...Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical programs' experience increases
...formed on a high-risk patient population. "As most bariatric surgeons are well aware, morbidly obese patients d...e of 65-200 minutes) for the last 100 cases. "Many bariatric surgeons believe that the degree of difficulty of the procedure and the unique high-risk nature of t...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
...e ACP guidelines estimate that the death rate from bariatric surgery, including in-hospital deaths and deaths within 30 days of discharge, range from 0.3 per 100 surgeries to as high as 1.9 per 100 surgeries. ACP recommends that doctors and patients considering obesity surgery seek highly experienced surgeons ...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...e ACP guidelines estimate that the death rate from bariatric surgery, including in-hospital and deaths within 3...ing evidence shows a technical 'learning curve' in bariatric surgical techniques and suggests that doctors and patients considering obesity surgery seek highly e...