There will be some pain for the first few days, which is usually well controlled with pain medicine. Because the surgery makes your stomach smaller, you will get full more quickly when you drink and ...

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 ...

Bariatric surgery is weight loss surgery. University of Utah Health offers two types of weight loss surgery: gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. These surgeries may help improve your health and ...

These polyps can cause various symptoms, including nasal obstruction, discharge, and headaches. Endoscopic sinus surgery is a common treatment for these polyps, allowing for direct visualization ...

Hyperplastic polyps of the stomach are routinely encountered during upper endoscopy and often arise in the setting of abnormal surrounding mucosa, particularly Helicobacter pylori, autoimmune ...

For patients with diabetes undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG), overall expenditures ...

Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy reduced health care expenditures after surgery for adults with type 2 ...