A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, compared with 36 percent in those ...

Gastric banding is a surgical procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity that has been performed for over a decade worldwide. Since the approval of the Lap-Band ® System (Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA) ...

To evaluate early changes in glycemia, insulin physiology and gut hormone responses to an easily tolerated and slowly ingested solid, low-carbohydrate mixed meal test (MMT) following laparoscopic ...

Three months after gastric bypass surgery, 51-year-old David Serber is thrilled. He feels and looks like a different person. "I've lost about 75 pounds. I feel good, my friend tells me I look good, I ...

The perioperative risk is similar and low for both laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB); therefore, that risk should not be a deciding factor in the ...

A new study examining the overall and gender-related effects of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery on insulin resistance, body composition, and metabolic risk markers six months after surgery has ...

Oct. 14, 2005 -- Laparoscopic (lap) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) can be safely performed in a 23-hour outpatient setting, according to the results of a single institution experience reported in the ...

CHICAGO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, compared ...

CHICAGO | Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:02pm EST - A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, ...