ALEXANDRIA, LA--(Marketwired - Nov 3, 2015) - Dr. James Parrish, a bariatric surgeon for the Alexandria and the Natchitoches, Louisiana areas, says laparoscopic gastric sleeve surgery is performed on ...

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 ...

The researchers found that the estimated mean percentage weight loss at five years was 49 and 57% after sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass, respectively. HealthDay News — For patients with morbid ...

Obese patients wanting to go under the knife to lose weight now have another option: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Since it made its debut in Siouxland in May, the procedure, which decreases ...

The risk of developing micronutrient deficiencies after malabsorbitive weight loss surgery is well recognized, 1 being the thiamine deficiency a major determinant of the micronutrient-responsive ...

The results of a study published in the Annals of Surgery suggest that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy should be regarded as the procedure of choice in a selected group of patients with morbid obesity ...

Bariatric surgery on an obese patient. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy led to a statistically significant reduction in epicardial fat thickness, a marker for atherosclerosis, 12 months after surgery.

There is little clinical significance when comparing weight loss among patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, according to ...

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a procedure frequently chosen by patients and surgeons that carries the risk of serious complications that are difficult to treat. To describe the operations ...