Bariatric Surgery
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GLP-1 RAs Safe in the Perioperative Period: New Guidance
GLP-1 RAs are known to delay gastric emptying, raising concerns about regurgitation, aspiration, and airway compromise during anesthesia.
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Weight Loss Surgery, Obesity Drugs Achieve Similar Results but Have Different Safety Profiles
Although all interventions were associated with reductions in percentage total weight loss compared with placebo, RYGB led to the greatest...
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Obesity Therapies: What Will the Future Bring?
“I believe that obesity won’t be cured in the future, but we will have increasingly better lifelong management with a multidisciplinary approach...
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Will New Obesity Drugs Make Bariatric Surgery Obsolete?
“Efficacy of drugs is measured in weeks or months, whereas efficacy of surgery is measured in decades of durability.”
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Beyond Weight Loss, Limited Bariatric Surgery Benefits in Older Adults
“The findings from this study suggest a limited role of bariatric surgery in older patients for the prevention of obesity-related cancer or...
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ACG/ASGE Task Force Identifies 19 Indicators for Achieving Quality GI Endoscopy
The update represents the third iteration of the ACG/ASGE quality indicators on GI endoscopic procedures, the most recent of which was published...
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Does Bariatric Surgery Increase or Decrease Cancer Risk? It Depends.
Bariatric surgery is related to decreased risk for hormone-related cancers but may increase colorectal cancer, although the data are mixed.
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Bariatric Surgery Yields Significant Cognitive Benefits
The study results suggest that cognitive improvements begin shortly after bariatric surgery and are long lasting.
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Weight Management Therapies Work, But Utilization Low
Future work should explore the potential for semaglutide 2.4 mg and other medications with substantial weight loss effectiveness to reduce weight...
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Bariatric Surgery Doesn’t Improve Mental Health in Teens
Despite improvements in weight, cardiometabolic health, and physical quality of life, bariatric surgery is an obesity treatment and improvements...
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Weight Loss Surgery Yields Long-Term BP Control in Obesity
After 5 years, bariatric surgery, in addition to lowering BMI, maintained blood pressure with fewer medications vs BP medication alone, final data...