March 2019 – Bariatric News

Good news, Keto fans!

Source: Eating Fat Won’t Actually Make You Fat, New Reports Claim—And We Are Thrilled

The roleof bariatric surgery in normalization of the coagulation profiles October 27, 2020

We investigated the change in the coagulation profile after post-operative weight stabilization and determined whether there was a correlation between the excess weight loss ratio and the extent of change in the coagulation profile.

Moaad Farraj, Uri Gedalia, Tawfik Khoury, Igor Waksman, Zakhar Bramnik, Wisam Sbeit

EFFECTS OF BODY COMPOSITION PROFILES ON ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES AND POSTOPERATIVE INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTION FOLLOWING COLORECTAL CANCER SURGERY October 26, 2020

Anthropometric data as prognostic factors of colorectal cancer are promising but contradictory. The aim of this study was to assess the preoperative body composition profiles as predictive factors for postoperative, oncological and inflammation outcomes.

T. Perrin, M. Lenfant, C. Boisson, M. Bert, P. Rat, O. Facy

Magnetic sphincter augmentation at the time of bariatric surgery: an analysis of the MBSAQIP October 23, 2020

Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) has gained popularity as a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. The role of MSA in treating GERD in metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) patients at the time of primary MBS is unknown.

Benjamin Clapp, Christopher Dodoo, Brittany Harper, Jisoo Kim, Christian Castro, Marah Hamadan, Sam Grasso, Brian Davis

Sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass: a „post-code” lottery? A comprehensive national analysis of the utilization of bariatric surgery in Switzerland between 2011-2017 October 22, 2020

Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) recently became the most frequently performed bariatric surgery (BS) worldwide, overtaking the long-time standard Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Main indications for one or the other procedure show large inter-center variations and warrant further investigations. The aim of this study was to identify the influencers of primary BS selection in Switzerland.

Daniel Gero, Marcel A. Schneider, Michel Suter, Ralph Peterli, René Vonlanthen, Matthias Turina, Marco Bueter

High acquisition rate and internal validity in the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry (SOReg) October 21, 2020

The Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry (SOReg) is a national quality register that has collected data on bariatric surgery in Sweden since 2007.

Magnus Sundbom, Ingmar Näslund, Erik Näslund, Johan Ottosson