Posted by tlcsurgery.com on November 16, 2011
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES), announced the launch of the ECHELON FLEX™ Powered ENDOPATH® Stapler—the industry’s first powered endocutter with enhanced system-wide compression and stability. Developed in collaboration with surgeons worldwide, the Powered ECHELON FLEX™ Stapler allows greater instrument stability with at least 63 percent reduction in tip movement during tissue cutting and stapling compared to
Posted by tlcsurgery.com on November 16, 2011
At the 2011 annual American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) meeting, findings were released from a Kansas-based study measuring triglyceride levels of 229 liposuction patients before and after fat-reduction plastic surgery. Patients with high triglyceride levels before surgery averaged a 43% decrease of the harmful fats in their blood three months post-surgery along with a
Posted by tlcsurgery.com on November 16, 2011
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has previously published two position statements on the use of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as a bariatric procedure.[1,2] These position statements were developed in response to inquiries made to the society by patients, physicians, hospitals, health insurance payers, the media, and others regarding new procedures or issues
Posted by tlcsurgery.com on November 16, 2011
SURGICAL PEARLS: TECHNIQUES IN BARIATRIC SURGERYNoninsulinoma Pancreatogenous Hypoglycemia after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A More Simple Operative Treatmentby Michael G. Sarr, MD NEW COLUMN! ANESTHETIC ASPECTS OF BARIATRIC SURGERYColumn Editor: Stephanie B. Jones, MDThis month: An Update on AnesthesiaA report from the XVI World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic