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 ...

Patients who underwent biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch surgery reported high mental and physical component scores 12 years after surgery, according to recent study findings. “The ...

As some of you know, I’ve been looking into different weight loss techniques as of late. I’m currently on the Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program by Rena Greenberg, which I’ll be posting a halfway ...

July 19, 2012 (Quebec City, Canada) — The addition of a duodenal switch (DS) to biliopancreatic diversion surgery (BPD) resulted in an increase in sensitivity to hunger and an increase in cognitive ...

Your small intestines are very important for maintaining good digestive health. Also called the small bowel, they absorb nutrients and fluid that you eat or drink. They also deliver waste products to ...

THE literature concerning gastrointestinal bleeding as a complication of peptic ulcer is very extensive. Many of the studies reported, however, lack documentation of bleeding, proof of the presence of ...

The criterion of success of any operation for duodenal ulcer is simple: the patient must with minimal risk have exchanged his ulcer symptoms for relative freedom from symptoms. In this benign process, ...

A bowel resection is a surgery to remove any part of the bowel. This includes the small intestine, large intestine, or rectum. Doctors use it to treat diseases and blockages of the large intestine ...