More than 40% of Americans are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the epidemic isn ...

Different types of weight loss surgery can be effective for long-term weight management in people with severe obesity or who ...

Plexiform fibromyxoma is a rare primary mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, first reported by Takahashi in 2007 and officially recognized as a subtype of gastric mesenchymal tumor by the ...

In 568 patients who underwent bariatric surgery, those who also used a GLP-1 receptor agonist during the preoperative and postoperative period experienced significantly greater weight loss -- a 33% ...

Introduced in the 1950s, the surgical techniques have evolved over time, and several options are now available. The two main choices are: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which removes 60% to 70% of ...

The Gastric Sleeve procedure is crucial for combating obesity, promoting weight loss, and improving metabolic health. Despite its effectiveness, the manual selection and placement of staples can lead ...

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery has been increasingly applied to gastric cancer surgery. Gastrointestinal tract reconstruction totally done by laparoscopy also has been a challenge for those who ...

Three Houstonians share how having the gastric bypass sleeve surgery laparoscopically at TLC Surgery saved their lives.

Gastric Sleeve Surgery With gastric sleeve surgery, your surgeon will remove part of your stomach and join the remaining portions together to make a new banana-sized stomach or "sleeve." With just ...

Introduction Total gastrectomy is often recommended for upper body gastric cancer, and totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy (TLTG) is deemed to be a promising surgical method with the well-known ...

Laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric band placement are the two commonly performed bariatric procedures.