The study, which included approximately 7,000 patients, found no significant differences in 4-year cumulative healthcare costs associated with the surgeries ($33,682 for sleeve gastrectomy, $33,948 ...

Patients who are morbidly obese often undergo bariatric surgery to lose weight and achieve a healthier lifestyle. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was the original bariatric procedure until sleeve gastrectomy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with morbid obesity who underwent either laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y ...

Also known as a gastric sleeve procedure, sleeve gastrectomy involves removing around 80% of the stomach and leaving behind a thin, banana-shaped sleeve that can hold approximately 50 to 100mL of ...

(Reuters Health) - People with obesity may initially shed more excess pounds with an older operation known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than with a newer sleeve gastrectomy procedure, but a research ...

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and renowned weight loss surgeon Dr. Alex Gandsas have announced the successful completion of a single port sleeve gastrectomy ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Toyha Harper from the Shannon Weight Loss Center talked about the sleeve gastrectomy procedure, a fairly common procedure meant to reduce weight. The ...

As people begin investigating surgical weight-loss options, one of the first questions to arise is "what procedure is best for me?" One procedure emerging as the frontrunner in bariatric surgery is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who underwent gastric bypass had more excess BMI loss 10 years after surgery than those who had a sleeve ...

Standard-of-care procedures for treating patients with middle- and high-body gastric cancer include total and distal gastrectomy; however, these procedures have been associated with decreased quality ...

Bryant (KATV) — Veteran's Day is a time to honor the men and women who have served our country and risked their lives to keep this nation safe. For one retired U.S. Army National Guard veteran, he has ...

A newly enacted law now requires insurance companies operating in Arkansas to cover critical weight loss procedures.