A total gastrectomy means the doctor will remove your entire stomach. Sometimes they only need to take out part of your stomach. They’ll call this subtotal, or partial, gastrectomy. Even if ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass led to greater weight loss than sleeve gastrectomy in patients with obesity at 10 years, according ...

A new study finds that ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) effectively dissolves gallstones in 60% of patients after sleeve ...

The use of indocyanine green (ICG)-guided lymphadenectomy was associated with improved overall survival (OS) and ...

A long-term study finds that Roux-en-Y gastric bypass leads to greater sustained weight loss and better GERD management than ...

Surgery to remove your stomach is called a gastrectomy. There are different types of gastrectomy. The type you have depends on the stage and position of your cancer. You might have: a subtotal or ...

Santiago de los Caballeros.- The Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOMS) has made history in Dominican medicine by ...

The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) has been requested to review the scientific evidence for the use of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG ...

Adults who underwent gastric bypass had more excess BMI loss 10 years after surgery than those who had a sleeve gastrectomy. More adults in the sleeve gastrectomy group required a conversion ...

Local actress Gugu Gumede, recently revealed that she lost 30 kgs in just four months through sleeve gastrectomy, a surgical procedure for weight loss. The gastric sleeve, also called sleeve ...