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Category Archives: Francesco Rubino

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

What is the value that the Natural Orifice Surgery NOS technique adds to a surgical procedure? Is NOSCAR surgery enthusiasm self-serving in order to keep the research going? Which high-volume procedure will be the incentive to keep the NOS development rolling?

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding LAGB > Allergan Health > Obesity surgery > Weight loss seems to help to improve blood sugar levels > Seems to reverse Type 2 Diabetes Five times 5x more Likely than Diet and Exercise > Study by Monash University Melbourne Australia > Results do not apply to all patients with Type 2 diabetes > In more severe and longstanding diabetes the disease may no longer be reversible > Remission of Type 2 diabetes after weight-loss surgery is not a new finding > The Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA > Many private insurers refuse to cover LAGB > LAGB recommended for people whose body mass index BMI is 40 or more

Is the amount of weight loss a key determinant in the remission of diabetes? Does the surgical patient group with LAGB show a four times greater reduction in glycated haemoglobin when compared to the conventional therapy group? Who are the financial underwriters of the study and do they profit from adoption of the results?

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