bariatric surgery

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- A fourth of unemployed obese patients had jobs a year or more after bariatric surgery, data from a retrospective case review showed.

Bariatric surgery has a low complication rate that correlates inversely with the procedural volume of a surgeon and hospital, records for more than 15,000 patients showed.

LAS VEGAS (MedPage Today) -- Some bariatric surgery patients may trade one type of addiction for another, according to a small study of patients who entered substance abuse programs after surgery.

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery led to sustained improvements in left ventricular mass and diastolic function in morbidly obese teenagers, a researcher reported here.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery doubled the risk of fracture in a study reported here, documenting potentially serious consequences of rapid and sustained bone turnover that occurs following the obesity procedure.

OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Even asymptomatic patients undergoing common bariatric surgery procedures should be considered for a preoperative endoscopic evaluation, according to guidelines just issued by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.