Gut Bacteria Can Fluctuate With the Seasons – The New York Times

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Comment on: Impact of a preoperative low calorie diet on liver histology in patients with fatty liver disease undergoing bariatric surgery September 19, 2019

Wolf et al.,[1] make a reasonable case that a low calorie diet for two weeks prior to various bariatric operations leads to favorable intraoperative histologic liver changes. This supports the findings of several prior publications that have noted decreases in liver size, radiologic fat content, liver enzymes and levels of hepatic inflammation on pathologic evaluation […]

Ann M. Rogers

Comment on: Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly: Outcomes Analysis of Patients over 70 using the aCS-NSQIP Database September 19, 2019

I would like to congratulate Pechman DM, et al. on their contribution to the pertinent area of bariatric surgery in elderly patients. Many articles have outlined the safety of both Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy in geriatric patients. Here, the authors use American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) data […]

Joshua Pfeiffer

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass against Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Amelioration of NAFLD using Four Criteria September 18, 2019

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) prevalence is rising worldwide, as a direct consequence of the obesity epidemic. Bariatric Surgery provides proven NAFLD amelioration, although questions remain if Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) or Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) is more effective. To answer this question, we conducted a Systematic review and meta-analysis exclusively comparing RYGB against LSG […]

D. Baldwin, M. Chennakesavalu, A. Gangemi

Weight loss and comorbidity resolution between different races and ethnicities after gastric bypass September 18, 2019

Several studies have demonstrated minorities and Hispanic ethnicities have disproportionally greater burden of morbid obesity in the United States. However, the majority of bariatric procedures are performed in the non-Hispanic white population.

Michael Turner, Yalini Vigneswaran, Elizabeth Dewey, Bruce M. Wolfe, Andrea M. Stroud, Donn Spight, David R. Flum, Anita Courcoulas, James E. Mitchell, Walter J. Pories, Alfons Pomp, Farah A. Husain

Single Anastomosis Duodenal Ileostomy with Sleeve is a Safe and Effective Option for Patients in an Ambulatory Surgical Center September 18, 2019

The Single Anastomosis Duodenal Ileostomy with Sleeve Gastrectomy (SADI-S) is gaining popularity in the United States as an alternative to the Gastric Bypass for patients with a high BMI or who are less likely to succeed with a sleeve. While SADI-S has similar weight loss to the GBP, the complication rate is significantly lower allowing […]

Samuel Cottam, Daniel Cottam, Samuel Cottam, Samuel Cottam, Samuel Cottam, Samuel Cottam

Gut Bacteria Can Fluctuate With the Seasons – The New York Times

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