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Category Archives: Gastrotomy closure

As America Gets Bigger > Serious social and psychological dimensions > National Eating Disorder > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC > Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity > National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES > Diabetes mellitus > Cardiovascular disease > Hypertension and stroke > Certain forms of cancer > Increased risk of premature death > Serious chronic conditions > Reduced overall quality of life

Is surgical treatment for obesity a good and effective treatment for preventing the life-threatening complications and serious degenerative problems associated with pathological obesity? Do drug and medical device companies cash in to unprecedented degrees? Will overweight- and obesity-attributable spending continue to increase and government will continue to finance a sizable portion?

IIP > read on here […]

As America Gets Bigger > Serious social and psychological dimensions > National Eating Disorder > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC > Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity > National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES > Diabetes mellitus > Cardiovascular disease > Hypertension and stroke > Certain forms of cancer > Increased risk of premature death > Serious chronic conditions > Reduced overall quality of life

Is surgical treatment for obesity a good and effective treatment for preventing the life-threatening complications and serious degenerative problems associated with pathological obesity? Do drug and medical device companies cash in to unprecedented degrees? Will overweight- and obesity-attributable spending continue to increase and government will continue to finance a sizable portion?

IIP > read on here […]

Endogastric Solution > Stomaphyx > Double T Fasteners restrict volume of stomach > Revision of Gastric bypass surgery for weight loss > Mount Sinai Medical Center > NOTES Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery,

Is Stomaphyx a viable option for gastric bypass patients who have increased appetite and the urge to eat inspite of the bypass surgery? Does Stomaphyx produce little amounts of
bleeding?

IIP > read on here > http://www.nbc6.net
…A quarter of a million obese Americans undergo gastric bypass surgery for weight loss every year, but 20 percent of those […]

Surgery without scars > NOTES > NOSCAR > No longer far-fetched > Mouths and other orifices offer better pathway to internal organs > Minimizing risks > Lee Swanstrom > Oregon Clinic

Does the Notes approach have many potential advantages such as no external scars, cause less pain, and faster recovery?  Is NOSCAR surgery the natural evolution of endoscopic surgery? If a patient is offered a surgical option that would leave no scar, versus one with a little scar, which option would be chosen? IIP > Read on […]

Natural Orifice Surgery NOS > Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research NOSCAR > Mark Talamini > University of California San Diego > School of Medicine > Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES 2008 > Natural-orifice gastric revisions > Covidien > Ethicon > USGI Medical