Background: Laparoscopic gastrectomy has been proposed as a procedure to reduce the morbidity of gastric cancer surgery. Modified Billroth II (BII) reconstruction with a side to side loop ...

Totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (TLDG) has been increasingly adopted for the treatment of gastric cancer. Both Billroth-II with Braun (B-IIB) reconstruction and Roux-en-Y (R-Y) reconstruction ...

Background: In distal subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer, Billroth-I (B-I) reconstruction has been performed predominantly in Japan, while increasing number of surgeons chose Roux-en-Y (R-Y) ...

Type 2 diabetes remission was achieved by 75% of adults who had gastric bypass. Diabetes recurrence was more likely for adults who underwent sleeve gastrectomy. Perspective from Vance L.

we evaluated the efficacy of intensive medical therapy alone versus medical therapy plus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy in 150 obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.

Long-term results from randomized, controlled trials that compare medical therapy with surgical therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes are limited. We assessed outcomes 5 years after 150 ...

2.3 Surgical procedures aim to help patients lose weight by restricting the size of the stomach (for example, gastric banding or sleeve gastrectomy), or by decreasing the patient's capacity to absorb ...