Since the consensus guidelines were issued, the use of vertical banded gastroplasty has decreased because this technique achieves inferior weight loss compared with gastric bypass surgery, and has ...

If you've had gastric bypass surgery, you will have lost about 30% to 40% of excess body weight. With gastric banding surgery, you lose 1 to 2 pounds a week -- so by six months, you'll have lost ...

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Sascha Wilson Senior Reporter sascha.wilson@guardian.co.tt Minister in the Ministry of Health Rishad Seecheran says the Government will be rolling out several initiatives to tackle non-communicable ...

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The primary surgical techniques employed in this context include Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS, typically ...

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ABSTRACT. Background: There is no consensus on the ideal size of intestinal loops in gastric bypass of bariatric surgeries. Aim: To evaluate the metabolic outcome of patients submitted to gastric ...