Breast Reconstruction

Breast reconstruction is surgery to recreate breasts after a mastectomy. There are several types of breast reconstruction. Some techniques use implants. Others use tissue from your body (such as the belly) to form a breast. Breast reconstruction can happen right after a mastectomy or much later. You may need multiple surgeries over several months. Overview…

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Breast Cancer Surgery

Breast cancer surgery is the primary treatment for most types of breast cancer. Mastectomy and lumpectomy are two different methods for removing tumors. You may have additional surgeries to look for cancer in your lymph nodes or to reconstruct your breast after removal.   Overview What is breast cancer surgery? If you have breast cancer, your…

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Metabolic surgery results in cardiometabolic improvements in people with severe obesity

Patients who underwent metabolic surgery had significant improvements in cardiometabolic health, according to researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Specifically, patient of a younger age group, women, white patients and those without comorbidities generally showed greater cardiometabolic improvements than older patients, men, black patients, and those with existing cardiometabolic disease(s). “Our study…

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INTERVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPY

Endoscopic Suturing for Weight Gain After Bariatric Surgery Studies show that more than 90 percent of bariatric patients lose 50 percent or more of their excessive body weight and are able to maintain a long-term weight loss of 50 percent excess body weight or more. (1) Of even greater significance, many bariatric surgery patients experience…

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Bariatric surgery may protect against development of breast cancer in women with obesity

n a recent study published in the JAMA Surgery, a group of researchers investigated the association between bariatric surgery and breast cancer incidence in women and determined if baseline insulin levels influence the benefit of bariatric surgery on breast cancer risk. Study: Breast Cancer Risk After Bariatric Surgery and Influence of Insulin Levels A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.…

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SADI-S surgery

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SADI-S surgery Cutting lines Result SADI-S (Single anastomosis duodeno–ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy) is a bariatric surgical technique to address metabolic disorders and to lose weight. It is a variation on the Duodenal Switch surgery, incorporating a vertical sleeve gastrectomy with a gastric bypass technique.[1] The SADI-S is a type of bariatric surgery with a single surgical anastomosis. It has a restrictive component…

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