Todd McCarty, MD, FACS, of the Lakewood Weight Loss & Wellness Clinic in Dallas, performed the first natural orifice bariatric surgery in November. This minimally invasive procedure involves entering the abdominal cavity through natural openings — in this case, the…
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Gut health has implications beyond the gastrointestinal tract, and several new studies are looking at how testing gut health can diagnose and treat other conditions, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Researchers found weight loss was quicker, greater and retained better after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than gastric banding surgery, according to findings published in the Archives of Surgery.
Tim Rubin, a gastroenterologist at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn., will be featured on the nationally syndicated television show "The Doctors" next week for performing fecal transplants, according to a Superior Telegram report.
Zubin Bhesania, MD, and Anthony W. Boutt, MD, have joined the Michigan Bariatric Institute at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System's Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., according to a SJMHS news release.
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A study found that while the long-term risks for recurrent acute diverticulitis are limited after colectomy, medically treated patients have similar outcomes, according to findings published in the British Journal of Surgery.
The FDA's Gastroenterology-Urology Devices Panel voted unanimously that LINX's Reflux Management System, a laparoscopically implanted device designed to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease, has a favorable risk-benefit profile and was safe and effective, according to an FDA report.
A new study found women living in the southern latitudes of the U.S. have significantly lower rates of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to findings published in Gut.
Fecal immunochemical testing, which tests for human blood in a patient's stool, is now available as a take-home test from Life Line Screening, according to a company news release.
The number of gastric banding procedures has increased 22 times since the early 1990s and is expected to help drive the gastrointestinal device market to $14.6 billion, according to Kalorama Information's The World Market for Gastrointestinal Devices report.