As my weight continued to creep up, I developed disordered eating tendencies in high school. It was a silent struggle, ...

This surgery is done by making several small incisions and using small instruments and a camera to guide the surgery (laparoscopic approach). More than half of your stomach is removed, leaving a thin ...

Sleeve gastrectomy: This surgery is effective for weight loss but may not have ... After surgery, the diet will be expanded slowly. A liquid diet will be followed by a soft diet and then solid foods.

In a practice-changing guideline reversal, medical societies advised on Tuesday that most patients do not need to stop taking ...

Most patients should not stop taking GLP-1 receptor agonists prior to elective surgery, according to updated guidance from ...

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a new non-surgical bariatric procedure that achieves a similar effect as gastric sleeve surgery. ESG requires no incisions ... Patient compliance with diet ...

especially if improving your diet, becoming more active, and taking medications for weight loss haven’t worked. Two of the most common types of bariatric surgery are gastric sleeve surgery and ...

A clear liquid diet is often prescribed before a patient undergoes gastrointestinal procedures such as colonoscopies or endoscopies. Strictly consuming clear liquids reduces residue in the ...

Bariatric surgery can lead to dramatic weight loss. How much you lose depends on a couple of things-- your commitment to diet and exercise ... band and gastric sleeve. Other types of surgeries ...

Bariatric surgery, one common type of which is gastric sleeve surgery ... “The long-term success with diet and exercise alone is about 2–5% — very, very low,” Ali told us.

A beautician has described the horrifying consequences of her gastric sleeve surgery after a procedure in Turkey left her with severe internal bleeding that almost killed her. Lucy Mawson ...

The Division of Plastic Surgery is dedicated to delivering a broad range of reconstructive and aesthetic services, while consistently providing our patients with high-quality, compassionate care. Our ...