http://www.wlshelp.com/news Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:23:46 +0000 en hourly 1 WeightLossSurgeryNewshttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.wlshelp.com/news/best-practice-guidelines-for-sleeve-gastrectomy/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/best-practice-guidelines-for-sleeve-gastrectomy/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:23:45 +0000 David Alexander http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=581 An international panel of leading bariatric surgeons has reached consensus on several essential aspects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, including patient selection, proper surgical technique, and prevention and management of complications. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a relatively new primary weight loss procedure that has quickly gained in popularity due to its excellent weight loss outcomes, [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/best-practice-guidelines-for-sleeve-gastrectomy/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/is-gastric-bypass-better-than-gastric-banding/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/is-gastric-bypass-better-than-gastric-banding/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:13:15 +0000 Kimberly Taylor http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=578 A study of two popular types of bariatric surgery suggests that Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with better weight loss and a greater improvement in comorbidities than gastric banding. The study findings further suggest that gastric banding involves more long-term complications and higher reoperation rates than gastric bypass, while gastric bypass has a higher rate [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/is-gastric-bypass-better-than-gastric-banding/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/5-points-on-safety-and-risks-of-lap-band-surgery/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/5-points-on-safety-and-risks-of-lap-band-surgery/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:41:16 +0000 Kimberly Taylor http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=574 On December 13, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had issued warning letters to eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN LLC, for misleading advertising of the Lap-Band, a medical device approved by the FDA for weight loss in obese adults. According to the FDA, the Lap-Band ads used [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/5-points-on-safety-and-risks-of-lap-band-surgery/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/asmbs-updates-position-statement-on-sleeve-gastrectomy/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/asmbs-updates-position-statement-on-sleeve-gastrectomy/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:48:39 +0000 Kerri Seidler http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=570 The American Society For Metabolic And Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) recently issued an Updated Position Statement on Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Bariatric Procedure. The ASMBS statement highlights the “substantial comparative and long-term data now published in the peer-reviewed literature demonstrating durable weight loss, improved medical comorbidities, long-term patient satisfaction, and improved quality of life after [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/asmbs-updates-position-statement-on-sleeve-gastrectomy/feed/ 1 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/gastric-band-port-flip-reduced-with-synthetic-mesh/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/gastric-band-port-flip-reduced-with-synthetic-mesh/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:28:57 +0000 Kerri Seidler http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=568 A study published online in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases highlights one surgeon’s experience in using mesh fixation of the gastric band port to reduce port flip complications in patients following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Port flip, one of the more common complications associated with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, happens in about 2% of [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/gastric-band-port-flip-reduced-with-synthetic-mesh/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/bariatric-surgery-trends-in-california-hospitals/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/bariatric-surgery-trends-in-california-hospitals/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:16:36 +0000 David Alexander http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=565 The increasing popularity of weight loss surgery prompted the State of California to examine hospitalization data for bariatric procedures, focusing on patient characteristics, cost, outcomes, and the hospitals where the surgeries were performed. Among the key findings of the report is the fairly recent and rapid shift away from open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the rapid [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/bariatric-surgery-trends-in-california-hospitals/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/starr-treatment-next-step-in-weight-loss-surgery/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/starr-treatment-next-step-in-weight-loss-surgery/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:28:58 +0000 Kerri Seidler http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=563 Bariatric surgery continues to advance with improvements in procedures and techniques that can benefit patients with safer, quicker, and better surgical outcomes. One of the latest advances to emerge in weight loss surgery is a new surgical platform known as the STARR Treatment. STARR, an acronym for Surgical Tiny Access and Rapid Recovery is not [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/starr-treatment-next-step-in-weight-loss-surgery/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/bariatric-surgery-safety-and-outcomes-in-extremely-obese-patients/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/bariatric-surgery-safety-and-outcomes-in-extremely-obese-patients/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:01:26 +0000 Kimberly Taylor http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=560 A recently published study highlights the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic bariatric surgery on extremely obese patients as well as the outcomes of different surgical approaches. Although it would seem that the most likely candidates for bariatric surgery are those with the most weight to lose, they often do not qualify for bariatric surgery. Surgery [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/bariatric-surgery-safety-and-outcomes-in-extremely-obese-patients/feed/ 0 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/body-contouring-after-bariatric-surgery/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/body-contouring-after-bariatric-surgery/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:10:45 +0000 Kimberly Taylor http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=558 A new study finds that the majority of post-bariatric surgery patients are not informed of the multitude of body contouring procedures available to them, even though such a procedure could benefit their health, comfort, and quality of life. The study also found that many of these patients would consider undergoing a body contouring procedure if [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/body-contouring-after-bariatric-surgery/feed/ 1 http://www.wlshelp.com/news/cms-considers-coverage-of-gastric-sleeve/ http://www.wlshelp.com/news/cms-considers-coverage-of-gastric-sleeve/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:24:07 +0000 David Alexander http://www.wlshelp.com/news/?p=556 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said they will consider a proposal to cover laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as a treatment for obesity for Medicare beneficiaries. The agency is requesting public comments to determine “whether there is adequate evidence, including clinical trials, for evaluating health outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for the indications listed [...]]]> http://www.wlshelp.com/news/cms-considers-coverage-of-gastric-sleeve/feed/ 0