A study of two popular types of bariatric surgery suggests that Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with better weight loss and a greater improvement in comorbidities than gastric banding.
The study findings further suggest that gastric banding involves more long-term complications and higher reoperation rates than gastric bypass, while gastric bypass has a higher rate of early complications.
According to the researchers, the study, which was published in the January 16th online edition of the Archives of Surgery, shows that gastric bypass “seems clearly superior” to gastric banding.
While the researchers based their conclusion on study data, it is important to consider the study design and other factors involved in weight loss surgery before we can say that one procedure is definitively better than another.
On December 13, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had issued warning letters to eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN LLC, for misleading advertising of the Lap-Band, a medical device approved by the FDA for weight loss in obese adults.
The American Society For Metabolic And Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) recently issued an Updated Position Statement on Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Bariatric Procedure.
A study published online in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases highlights one surgeon’s experience in using mesh fixation of the gastric band port to reduce port flip complications in patients following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
The increasing popularity of weight loss surgery prompted the State of California to examine hospitalization data for bariatric procedures, focusing on patient characteristics, cost, outcomes, and the hospitals where the surgeries were performed.
Bariatric surgery continues to advance with improvements in procedures and techniques that can benefit patients with safer, quicker, and better surgical outcomes.
A recently published study highlights the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic bariatric surgery on extremely obese patients as well as the outcomes of different surgical approaches.
A new study finds that the majority of post-bariatric surgery patients are not informed of the multitude of body contouring procedures available to them, even though such a procedure could benefit their health, comfort, and quality of life.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said they will consider a proposal to cover 
A recent study finds that laparoscopic greater curvature plication, compared to other restrictive bariatric procedures, is a feasible, safe, and effective procedure for short-term excess weight loss with low complication rates.
