March 2019 – Bariatric News

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Beyond Insurance – Race-based Disparities in the Use of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for the Management of Severe Pediatric Obesity December 4, 2019

It is unknown whether previously noted racial disparities in the use of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) for the management of pediatric obesity could be mitigated by accounting for primary insurance.

Numa P. Perez, Maggie L. Westfal, Sahael M. Stapleton, Fatima Cody Stanford, Cornelia L. Griggs, Janey S. Pratt, David C. Chang, Cassandra M. Kelleher

Emergency Laparoscopic Partial Resection of The Excluded Stomach and Gastric Pouch In a Gastric Bypass Patient with Acute Gastrogastric Fistula Bleeding. December 4, 2019

Despite complete partitioning of the stomach, GGF remains a potential late complication following LRYGB. Gastrointestinal bleeding from a GGF, in the absence of MU is exceedingly rare and emphasizes our 2 pillars of management

Jad Abdelsattar, Ian L. McCulloch, Salim Abunnaja

Marginal ulcers after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric Bypass – Analysis of the amount of daily and lifetime smoking on postoperative risk December 4, 2019

A common postoperative complication following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is the development of marginal ulcers (MUs) at the gastrojejunal anastomosis. Several risk factors, such as smoking, seem to have an impact on the development of MUs.

Luca Dittrich, Marie-Valerie Schwenninger, Klaus Dittrich, Johann Pratschke, Felix Aigner, Jonas Raakow

THYROID FUNCTION BEFORE AND AFTER ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS OBSERVATIONAL STUDY December 3, 2019

Population studies have shown a positive association between TSH and BMI. Recent studies have shown a significant increase in the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) in obesity. Weight reduction after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) seems to significantly decrease TSH levels

Paula Carolina Dambros Granzotto, Cleo Otaviano Mesa Junior, Rodrigo Strobel, Rosana Radominski, Hans Graf, Gisah Amaral de Carvalho

Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Glycemic Profiles in Multi-ethnic Obese Non-diabetic Asians December 3, 2019

The effect of bariatric surgery on improvement and remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is well studied. The effect of surgery on glycemic profiles of obese, but non diabetic individuals is unknown.

J.L. Teh, W.Q. Leong, Y.Z. Tan, So B.Y. Jimmy, G.W. Kim, Asim Shabbir