Recent news on Gastrectomy

A New Option In Weight Loss Surgery  -  25 May 2007
abc7news.com,Scott decided to have a vertical gastrectomy, a relatively new stomach reduction procedure that doesn't require rerouting the intestines, as with gastric

Study Shows Vertical Gastrectomy Is Safe, Effective Treatment For ...  -  May 5, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),A study published in a recent issue of the medical journal Surgical Endoscopy found that vertical sleeve gastrectomy is an effective surgical option in

Study Shows Vertical Gastrectomy is Safe, Effective Treatment for ...  -  May 3, 2007
Emediawire (press release),The results of the study indicate that vertical gastrectomy weight loss surgery achieves significant weight loss, comparable to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and

Study of Atkins, Zone, Ornish and LEARN Diets Means Little to ...  -  May 3, 2007
Emediawire (press release),Weight loss surgery procedures, including Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Vertical Gastrectomy, Duodenal Switch and LapBand®, are reasonable and more effective

Dumping Syndrome: Getting Over it  -  May 18, 2007
American Chronicle,For instance, gastrectomy where the stomach or a portion of it, usually the pylorus, is removed and may lead to dumping syndrome.

Stomach Cancer  -  May 18, 2007
News Today Online,Subtotal gastrectomy (removing part of the stomach involved in the cancer) has been found to have the same survival rate benefit compared to removing the

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