Morbidly Obese Patients after Bariatric Surgery, Laparoscopic Banding to Lose Weight, Adelaide Australia

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Severely Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Trial
O'Brien PE, Sawyer SM, Laurie C, et al. JAMA. 2010;303:519-526.

O'Brien and colleagues conducted a prospective, randomized trial comparing surgically placed gastric bands with lifestyle programs in severely obese adolescents. Outcomes of interest were the degree of weight loss, measures of health benefits (such as changes in blood pressure and evidence of the metabolic syndrome), and a measure of quality of life.

Open Gastric Bypass
may be safer, cheaper than laparoscopic gastric bypass

20th March 2010. In an article published in the current issue of the surgical journal "Obesity Surgery" (Vol 20, no. 3, March 2010)Kenneth Jones from Los Angeles makes a strong argument that Open Gastric Bypass is safer than laparoscopic gastric bypass.

Adelaide Obesity Surgery and Ashford Surgery & Bariatric Clinic combine resources

Adelaide Obesity Surgery and Ashford Surgery & Bariatric Clinic, are pleased to announce a development by which both clinics will combine their resources to provide better patient care.

The cost of overweight and obesity in Australia

The author of this study is the Professor of Metabolic Health in Sydney, NSW. He and his colleagues analysed 5-year follow-up data from 6140 participants of the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study, collected in 2004-2005.

Non-surgical Medical Treatment Programs Effective for Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese

Medical treatment programs can be instrumental in helping patients who are morbidly obese to lose weight and keep it off, according to a study published January 25 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Gastric Banding May Allow Significant Weight Loss in Obese Teens

Gastric banding may be more effective than lifestyle intervention in achieving weight loss in obese adolescents, according to the results of a prospective, randomized controlled trial reported in the February 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Too Many Private Hospitals Failing Patients When It Comes To Weight Loss Surgery, Warns Leading UK Surgeon

One of the UK's leading bariatric surgeons has expressed serious concern about the extremely poor levels of aftercare being provided to many weight loss surgery patients by private hospitals who offer 'cut-price' surgery.

How Safe is Bariatric Surgery?

The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) consortium have published the results of their first study, LABS-1, in the New England Journal of Medicine, which indicate that the overall risk of adverse outcomes of bariatric surgical procedures is low.

Bariatric Surgery May Improve Coronary Atherosclerosis

Gastric bypass surgery appears to have beneficial effect on inflammatory, functional,and structural markers of coronary artery disease, researchers report in the November 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.

Recommendations Issued for Use of Gastrointestinal Surgery to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

The Diabetes Surgery Summit (DSS) Consensus Conference reviewed pertinent research and made clinical recommendations regarding gastric surgery as a treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Elderly Obese Patients Benefit From Weight Loss Surgery

Patients who are older than 65 years fare no differently from their younger counterparts after weight loss surgery, suggesting older age is not a risk factor for bariatric surgery, a study presented at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 26th Annual Meeting shows.

Early referral for gastric bypass surgery is more likely to resolve symptoms of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Early referral for gastric bypass surgery is more likely to resolve symptoms of type 2 diabetes mellitus over the long haul in patients in the early stages of the disease, according to research presented at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 26th Annual Meeting.

Gastric Banding Achieves Sustained Weight Loss, Improvement in Diabetes

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding has a sustained and substantial positive effect on metabolic parameters in morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of bariatric surgery for Pediatric obesity

Weight loss after bariatric surgery in mothers is associated with improvements in cardio-metabolic markers in their children that are sustained into adolescence, according to a paper in the September 1st issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Bariatric surgery for obese adolescents: Should surgery be used to treat the childhood obesity epidemic?

This paper, published in Annals of Surgery in July 2008 by Jonathon Treadwell, examined 8 studies of LapBanding in kids and reported a reduction in BMI of 10.6 to 13.7 points. Resolution of childhood diabetes varied between 80% to 100%, and eradication of blood pressure from 50% to 100%.

Surgical Weight Loss in Mothers Improves Cardio-Metabolic Markers in Children

Managing Obesity during Pregnancy

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a practice bulletin to summarize the risks for obesity in pregnancy and outcomes of pregnancy after bariatric surgery as well as to provide recommendations for management during pregnancy and delivery after bariatric surgery. The new guidelines are published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Equivocal Results for Sleeve Gastrectomy

Equivocal results from a large German multi-centre trial published today have failed to substantiate a role for Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) in Bariatric Surgery. The study, published in the May edition of Obesity Surgery by the German Bariatric Surgery Working Group, recruited 144 SG patients in 17 hospitals over a 2 year period.

Probiotics May Improve Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Probiotics may improve weight loss and other outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery, according to the results of a prospective, randomized trial reported in the July issue of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Bariatric Surgery May Help Protect Against Cancer in Obese Women

Bariatric surgery may help protect against cancer in obese women, according to the results of a prospective, controlled intervention trial reported in the June 24 Online First issue of Lancet Oncology.

Why do I need to have an endoscopy before surgery?

This is a common question asked by many patients having Lapband Surgery. A recent article published in the April 2009 issue of the journal Obesity Surgery helps to provide an answer.

Gastric Banding Improves Metabolic Parameters in Obese Teenagers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 12 - In teenagers who are morbidly obese, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) can significantly improve or and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, according to a study reported this week at The Endocrine Society's 91st annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Body Mass Index Above Ideal Range Linked to Large Increase in Mortality Rate

Body-mass index (BMI) above the ideal range may cause a large increase in mortality rates, according to the results of a collaborative analysis of 57 prospective studies reported in the March 18 issue of Lancet.

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Gastric banding surgery more cost-effective for managing type 2 diabetes in obese than conventional care

Research led by the Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Monash University, Melbourne
World-first research reveals laparoscopic (keyhole) adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) surgery is more cost-effective than conventional weight loss methods for managing recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes in the obese.

In an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2008, Maggard et al described a number of benefits experienced by patients who became pregnant folowing LapBand surgery, versus other obese patients who became pregnant without having had a LapBand inserted first. (Maggard MA et al. JAMA. 2008;300:2286-2296) . The results showed:

Women who have had bariatric surgery and then become pregnant have a lower risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes vs obese pregnant women
The review included 75 of 260 screened articles, 49% women 18 – 45 yrs, approximately 50,000 cases each year.
Bariatric surgery group had lower rates of gestational diabetes (0% vs 22.1%; P < .05) and preeclampsia (0% vs 3.1%; P < .05).
13 other bariatric cohort studies showed similar findings

Morbidly Obese Patients Often Return to Work After Bariatric Surgery

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 18 - After undergoing gastric bypass surgery to treat morbid obesity, roughly one third of medically disabled patients can return to full-time work, according to a report in the October issue of the Archives of Surgery.

Laparoscopic Banding Helps Obese Teens Lose Weight

October 10, 2007 (New Orleans) — Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in obese adolescents results in fat mass loss and resolution of most comorbidities, as indicated by preliminary results of a new study presented at the American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress.

Obese live longer after bypass

BOSTON: Gastric bypass surgery not only helps obese people drop weight and look better, it also helps them live significantly longer, according to two reports published yesterday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 29

Morbidly obese patients who do not undergo weight-loss surgery face a substantially greater mortality risk than patients who undergo bariatric surgery, according to a presentation this week at the 23rd annual meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery in San Francisco.

Evidence for portion control plate

The Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 167 No. 12, June 25, 2007) has published the results of a randomised controlled study into a commercially available portion control plate on weight loss in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes.

June 12, 2007 — Factors associated with weight regain after substantial weight loss are identified in a study in which data from the 1999 - 2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were analyzed. The study is published online June 5 and will appear in the July print issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

April 13, 2007 (Seattle) - A bariatric surgery procedure used for treating severe obesity is now being explored as a cure for type 2 diabetes mellitus in normal-weight and moderately overweight patients with diabetes. Specific recommendations for using surgery in these patients are expected to appear this summer, according to a presentation here at the annual meeting and clinical congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Gastric Bypass Surgery Explored as Cure for Type 2 Diabetes

April 13, 2007 (Seattle) — A bariatric surgery procedure used for treating severe obesity is now being explored as a cure for type 2 diabetes mellitus in normal-weight and moderately overweight patients with diabetes. Specific recommendations for using surgery in these patients are expected to appear this summer, according to a presentation here at the annual meeting and clinical congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Obesity 'as bad as climate change

'TORY SHEPHERD (Adelaide Now)
March 13, 2007

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November 13th 2006

A STUDY has found that 97 per cent of the population has tried to change their diets but most inevitably lapse back into their old and unhealthy eating habits.

The Australian Psychological Society (APS), which surveyed more than 1200 people across Australia, found 97 per cent of the people it interviewed had tried to improve their health by changing their diets.

Gastric Banding Surgery May Help Promote Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Patients

January 23, 2008 — Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission than did patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control, according to a preliminary, unblended, randomized controlled trial reported in the January 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Society.

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