The study covered in this summary was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Roux-en-Y reconstruction is common after distal gastrectomy, but 10% to 30% of ...

The long-term outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) may differ in intention-to-treat (ITT) and per protocol (PP) populations, according to a study published online ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with severe obesity who underwent a bariatric procedure were more likely to sustain greater weight loss ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . McTigue and colleagues analyzed data from 9,710 adults with type 2 diabetes who underwent Roux-en-Y or sleeve ...

In a recent phase III randomized controlled trial (RCT) published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, researchers from the Netherlands investigated and compared the long-term weight loss effects ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open evaluates the differences in perioperative outcomes between laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Study: ...

A long-term observational study examining cumulative costs and clinical outcomes for sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) found more similarities than differences between the two ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) was associated with an increased risk of alcohol use disorder (AUD)-related hospitalizations compared with sleeve gastrectomy and a weight management program, a ...

Recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the obesity rate in adults in the U.S. was 42.4% in 2017–2018, a significant increase from the 1999–2000 rate of ...