News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 20, 2015
Key clinical point: A substantial number of adolescents report poor mental health 2 years after bariatric surgery.
Major finding: One in five adol...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 19, 2015
Key clinical point: Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass were twice as likely to need a reoperation as with sleeve gastrectomy, and reoper...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 19, 2015
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 16, 2015
Key clinical point: Conversions of adjustable gastric bands are associated with more 30-day adverse events.
Major finding: Serious complications w...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 13, 2015
Osimertinib, a third-generation EGFR-TKI, is the first drug to be approved for patients with metastatic EGFR T790M mutation-positive NSCLC.
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 11, 2015
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 10, 2015
A nationwide analysis shows modest early morbidity and low mortality following bariatric surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes who were not morbidl...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 9, 2015
Key clinical point: Unilateral mastectomy costs less and provides better quality of life than contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in younger wom...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 6, 2015
In the 3 years following bariatric surgery, 50%-70% of adults will experience clinically meaningful easing of bodily pain and improved physical functi...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 6, 2015
Key clinical point: Bariatric surgery in obese patients may ease the symptoms of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Major finding: Preoperative di...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 6, 2015
Bariatric surgery in obese patients may lessen the symptoms of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 5, 2015
An increasing number of adolescents are undergoing gastric band removal after 2 years post operation, a prospective, longitudinal study shows.
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 4, 2015
Use of a mobile phone app alone or personal coaching with smartphone self-monitoring was no better than simple paper handouts for reducing weight afte...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: November 2, 2015
Patients receiving the LINX magnetic sphincter device for GERD at a community hospital have outcomes comparable with those achieved at the best academ...
News Author: Patrice Wendling Publish date: October 28, 2015
Key clinical point: Hyaluronidase injections speed resolution of periorbital postoperative lymphedema in patients undergoing Mohs surgery and flap...
