He performed a Roux-en-Y gastric-bypass surgery using the OTTAVA Robotic Surgical System at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. “Surgical robotics is at the forefront of innovation in minimally ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy more effective for achieving greater than or equal to 50% excess weight loss. HealthDay News — For adults with severe obesity, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...

In the trial, the system was employed at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston for a Roux-en-Y procedure, which creates a smaller pouch within the stomach and connects it to the small ...

Participants were randomly assigned to one of the three surgical groups: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), sleeve gastrectomy (SG), and adjustable gastric banding (AGB). Data were collected on weight ...

Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and ...

This procedure isn’t as common as it used to be. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and gastric sleeve have mostly replaced it. Ask your doctor how much weight you're likely to lose and what you'll need ...

Wilson, chief of minimally invasive surgery and elective general surgery at UT Health Houston, performed Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery using Ottava at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.

Following surgery, there were 1,651 adverse events (6.0, 4.6, and 5.7 per year after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy, respectively).

Left ventricular geometry, myocardial oxygen demand, and longitudinal mechanics are improved 5 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. The 5-year trajectories of left ventricular function and ...

Perspective from Sangeeta Kashyap, MD Adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are more likely to lose 50% or more of their excess body weight than those who undergo sleeve gastrectomy or ...

a RYGB = Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Mct1 = monocarboxylic acid transporter 1, UGT = glucuronosyltransferase, PST = sulfotransferase, GST = glutathione S-transferases, and MRP2 = multidrug ...