Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Initial Benefits Drop Off with Longer Follow-Up (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Most patients who undergo laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy experience weight loss and remission of obesity-related comorbidities in the short term, but the benefits decline with longer follow-up, according to an analysis in JAMA … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 6, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Long-term followup of type of bariatric surgery finds regain of weight, decrease in diabetes remission
While undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy induced weight loss and improvements in obesity-related disorders, long-term followup shows significant weight regain and a decrease in remission rates of diabetes and, to a lesser extent, other obesity-related disorders over time, according to a study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Diabetes: Study finds bariatric surgery beats diet, exercise
A study designed to compare bariatric surgery with lifestyle interventions found that Type II diabetics treated with gastric bypass or banding procedures fared better than patients who watched their diets and exercised.
Results from “Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes – 3-Year Outcomes,” which was funded by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiaries Ethicon and LifeScan, the Cleveland Clinic and the National Institutes of Health, were published online yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
The 3-year, 61-patient study randomized obese subjects 1 of 3 arms: Ro...
Source: Mass Device - July 2, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Clinical Trials Weight loss Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA) Source Type: news
Radio 4's Jenni Murray has lost two stone in two weeks after gastric surgery
Inspired by the positive experiences of friends Fern Britton and Vanessa Feltz, Jenni Murray decided to undergo a sleeve gastrectomy to reduce the volume of her stomach permanently. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for June 11, 2015
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. Medtronic releases new bariatric surgery device
Medtronic said it launched the GastriSail, a new device designed to improve consistency and efficiency during sleeve gastrectomy procedures, in the U.S.
Sleeve gastrectomies are the most popular weight loss procedures in the U.S. right now, Gastr...
Source: Mass Device - June 11, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 3 Source Type: news
Medtronic releases new bariatric surgery device
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said it launched the GastriSail, a new device designed to improve consistency and efficiency during sleeve gastrectomy procedures, in the U.S.
Sleeve gastrectomies are the most popular weight loss procedures in the U.S. right now, GastriSail co-developer Dr. Amit Trivedi of the Hackensack University Medical Center in N.J. told MassDevice.com.
Trivedi said he was inspired to create the device due to variability and ‘spiraling’ of gastric sleeves with current devices and methods.
“What I noticed when I was training residents, fellows and other surgeons was there was a tendency to spir...
Source: Mass Device - June 10, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Surgical Weight loss medtronic Source Type: news
Patients who undergo type of gastric surgery have more rapid uptake of alcohol
People who undergo a 'sleeve gastrectomy' have a more rapid uptake of alcohol, a trial in Norway found. There is growing concern that such surgery increases the risk of alcoholism. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gastrectomy Patients May Not Need Preoperative H. Pylori EradicationGastrectomy Patients May Not Need Preoperative H. Pylori Eradication
Preoperative Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy may not be necessary before gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients, regardless of the planned procedure, new research from Japan suggests. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Always-Hungry Girl Gets 'Childhood' Back After Surgery
A Texas girl who couldn't stop eating has lost has more than 50 pounds after undergoing gastrectomy surgery at age 12. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Sleeve Gastrectomy May Be Best at Earlier Stage of DiabetesSleeve Gastrectomy May Be Best at Earlier Stage of Diabetes
Among obese people with diabetes undergoing gastric-sleeve procedures, there is likely more to be gained from having surgery at an early stage in the disease course, new data show. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 25, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Tool Predicts Sleeve Gastrectomy Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Seven risk factors help spot candidates for procedure. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - November 9, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Weight loss surgery cuts diabetes risk in very obese
Conclusion
This research suggests that weight loss surgery may reduce the risk of developing diabetes in people who are morbidly obese (with an average BMI of 43) compared with no surgery. The beneficial effect appeared to increase over time and at the maximum follow-up period assessed in the study (seven years), the relative risk of developing diabetes had reduced by 80%.
There was variation in the risk reduction depending on age, BMI and the type of procedure, but all were beneficial.
The study had many strengths, but also some key limitations.
The obese participants were sampled from a database that indicated whether o...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Medical practice Source Type: news
In Bariatric Surgery, Sleeve Gastrectomy Now More Common than Bypass (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
If Michigan is any indicator, sleeve gastrectomy has supplanted Roux-en-Y … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - September 3, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Offer weight loss surgery to diabetics, says NICE
"An expansion of weight loss surgery in England is being proposed to tackle an epidemic of type 2 diabetes," BBC News reports. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended obese people with type 2 diabetes should be offered weight loss (bariatric) surgery.
These draft guidelines include new recommendations about the treatment of obesity. In particular, NICE advises that those with recent-onset type 2 diabetes who fulfil certain body mass index (BMI) criteria should have surgery. The recommendations also provide guidance on the use of very low-calorie diets.
As is often the case...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Medical practice QA articles Obesity Source Type: news
For gastric bypass patients, percent of weight loss differs by race/ethnicity, study finds
(Kaiser Permanente) Non-Hispanic white patients who underwent a gastric bypass procedure lost slightly more weight over a three-year period than Hispanic or black patients, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. The study also examined two types of bariatric surgery and found that patients who underwent the now common gastric bypass procedure lost more weight over the same period than patients who underwent the more recently developed vertical sleeve gastrectomy procedure. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
