In normal digestion, food passes through the entire stomach and then enters the small intestine, where most of the nutrients and calories are absorbed. It then passes into the large intestine (colon), ...

Bariatric surgery appears as the most efficient therapeutic alternative in morbidly obese patients. In addition to its efficiency to decrease body weight, it also improves metabolic complications ...

Sally G, a 38-year-old white woman from Atlanta, has type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). She stands 64 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. Her body mass index (BMI) is 38.2 kg/m 2 and her glycated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass may be more sensitive to alcohol exposure compared with those who ...

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 ...

In a recent phase III randomized controlled trial (RCT) published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, researchers from the Netherlands investigated and compared the long-term weight loss effects ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open evaluates the differences in perioperative outcomes between laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Study: ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A higher percentage of adults who underwent gastric bypass lost 50% or more excess weight at 3 years compared ...

Answer: D. Iron deficiency after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass can occur as early as two months after surgery or at any point in life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The incidence of iron deficiency may be ...