Center for Weight Loss Surgery explains the differences between duodenal switch and gastric sleeve surgeries for weight loss.
BRUSSELS — In the face of ever-increasing demand, surgical techniques enabling significant weight loss are on the rise. It is simpler and less invasive to perform anastomosis by compression with two ...
Vannette Olvera struggled with her weight her whole life — that is, until two years ago. In August 2023, the 33-year-old Clark County resident underwent duodenal switch surgery at PeaceHealth ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Akron’s Summa Health System is among the first hospitals in Ohio performing a minimally invasive bariatric surgery using small magnets instead of surgery to alter the bowel. The ...
Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California ...
When parts of the small intestine are diseased or die, the treatment can involve surgically removing the affected tissue. Although lifesaving, the procedure—referred to as a radical small bowel ...
From the Surgical Service, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals. Clute, H. M., and Sprague, J. S. Gastroduodenostomy for certain duodenal ulcers. J. A. M. A. 111:909-914 ...