Gastrectomy is a surgical procedure where a part of or the complete stomach is surgically removed. It may be done as an open surgical procedure or through laparoscopy. While living without a stomach ...

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and renowned weight loss surgeon Dr. Alex Gandsas have announced the successful completion of a single port sleeve gastrectomy ...

With the sleeve gastrectomy performed by Dr. Feiz, patients are able to shed the excess weight that poses significant health risks and get back on the track towards a healthy, productive life. In the ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Toyha Harper from the Shannon Weight Loss Center talked about the sleeve gastrectomy procedure, a fairly common procedure meant to reduce weight. The ...

As people begin investigating surgical weight-loss options, one of the first questions to arise is "what procedure is best for me?" One procedure emerging as the frontrunner in bariatric surgery is ...

(Reuters Health) - People with obesity may initially shed more excess pounds with an older operation known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than with a newer sleeve gastrectomy procedure, but a research ...

MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Every Wednesday, Debra Slocum is up to her elbows in pounds of potatoes and mounds of chicken — but for the first time in the busy grandmother’s life, her only interest ...

Cincinnati, Ohio - October 22, 2018 - Standard Bariatrics, an innovator of surgical devices, has received a sleeve gastrectomy indication from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the STANDARD ...

Non-Hispanic white patients who underwent a gastric bypass procedure lost slightly more weight over a three-year period than Hispanic or black patients, according to study. The study also examined two ...