- The JAMA Connection [Editorial]
- The JAMA Connection: The View From JAMA [Editorial]
- Venous Thromboembolism in Colorectal Surgery: How Much Does Laparoscopy Impart an Advantage? [Correspondence]
- Surveillance Bias and Postoperative Complication Rates--Reply [Correspondence]
- Surveillance Bias and Postoperative Complication Rates [Correspondence]
- Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Among American Surgeons [Original Article]
- Statins for Everyone: Are We There Yet?: Comment on "Effect of Perioperative Statins on Death, Myocardial Infarction, Atrial Fibrillation, and Length of Stay" [Invited Critique]
- Surgeon, Heal Thyself: Comment on "Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Among American Surgeons" [Invited Critique]
- Image of the Month--Diagnosis [Special Feature]
- Mechanical Bowel Obstruction: A Tale of 2 Eras ; Comment on "Change in Mechanical Bowel Obstruction Demographic and Etiological Patterns During the Past Century" [Invited Critique]
Archive for the ‘Bariatrics’ Category
Gastric bypass surgery treats morbid obesity
Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity—the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue—and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for morbid obesity, not just gastric bypasses, which make up only one class of such operations.
Having Roux-en-Y anastomosis performed
In general surgery, a Roux-en-Y anastomosis, less formally and precisely Roux-en-Y, is a surgically created (end-to-side) anastomosis. Typically, it is between small bowel and small bowel that is distal (or further down the gastrointestinal tract) from the cut end.
The name is derived from the surgeon that first described it (César Roux) and the stick-figure representation. Diagramatically, the Roux-en-Y anastomosis looks like the letter Y; typically, the two upper limbs of the Y represent a proximal segment of small bowel and the distal small bowel it joins with (which is often a blind end), and the lower part of the Y the distal small bowel (beyond the anastomosis).
G.E.R.D. – Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic digestive disease that occurs when stomach acid or, occasionally, bile flows back (refluxes) into your food pipe (esophagus). The backwash of acid irritates the lining of your esophagus and causes GERD signs and symptoms.
Signs and symptoms of GERD include acid reflux and heartburn. Both are common digestive conditions that most people experience from time to time. When these signs and symptoms occur more than twice each week or interfere with your daily life, doctors term this GERD.
What is a Sleeve Gastrectomy?
Sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical weight-loss procedure in which the stomach is reduced to about 15% of its original size, by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach, following the major curve. The open edges are then attached together (often with surgical staples) to form a sleeve or tube with a banana shape. The procedure permanently reduces the size of the stomach. The procedure is performed laparoscopically and is not reversible.