BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is an emerging bariatric procedure that typically necessitates five to seven small skin incisions to place five to seven trocars. The senior author ...

The suit alleged that the surgeon failed to appreciate the signs and symptoms of surgical complications and allowed the internal bleeding to continue unabated until the patient died about four hours ...

Tonya Spanglo underwent gastric sleeve surgery (sometimes ... A surgeon made four tiny incisions in her abdomen. In the laparoscopic procedure, the size of Susan's stomach was reduced to help ...

Adults with obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass achieved a greater excess BMI loss at 10 years compared with those ...

also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) as a stand alone surgical treatment for the treatment of obesity. There are several surgical procedures ...

Martinsburg, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Berkeley Medical Center has opened a new bariatric surgery clinic, Herald-Mail Media reported Feb. 12.

Our aim was to compare the effect of probiotics vs placebo on hepatic, inflammatory and clinical outcomes following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). This randomized, double-blind ...

Here are five GI groups leveraging new techniques, technologies and developments to make the most of increased demand for GI services.

In the case of laparoscopic surgery, they will tell you how successful tissue removal or destruction was. Laparoscopy involves making a small incision in the abdomen and inserting a laparoscope to ...

Laparoscopic Surgery: A minimally invasive surgical technique that uses small incisions and specialized instruments, including a camera, to perform operations inside the body. Ovariohysterectomy ...