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The role of weight-loss surgery for obesity is addressed in a Grand Rounds Discussion published in the June 6 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Doctors Discuss Role of Weight-Loss Surgery in Obesity

Grand rounds discussion focuses on 64-year-old with morbid obesity, obesity-related conditions
About 20 percent of U.S. bariatric surgery patients are still using prescription opioids seven years later

Many Bariatric Surgery Patients Using Opioids Seven Years Later

Hydrocodone most commonly used, followed by tramadol and oxycodone
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery triggers major changes in the microbial population of the digestive tract

Increased Gut Diversity Seen After Roux-en-Y

Microbial population distinct from obese and normal-weight people seen post-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Bariatric surgery is associated with an increased risk of abdominal surgery during subsequent pregnancy

Pre-Pregnancy Bariatric Surgery Ups Risk of Abdominal Surgery

Findings among women in first pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Surgical glue is safe and cost-effective

Surgical Glue Reinforcement OK for Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy

Researchers report lower complication rates, lengths of hospital stay, costs
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with increased nonvertebral fracture risk compared with adjustable gastric banding

Increased Nonvertebral Fracture Risk After Roux-en-Y Bypass

Risk associated with RYGB manifested more than two years after surgery; increased in subsequent years
Five years after bariatric surgery

Bariatric Surgery Tied to T2DM Resolution in Obese Patients

Surgery plus intensive medical therapy found more effective than intensive medical therapy alone
Lower body mass index and body fat is associated with increased risk of orthostatic intolerance and predisposition to noncardiac syncope following bariatric surgery

BMI Linked to Risk for Orthostatic Intolerance Post Bariatric Sx

Increase in OI and propensity for noncardiac syncope following bariatric surgery-linked weight loss
For overweight or obese adults

Review: Intentional Weight Loss Improves Daytime Sleepiness

Large improvement in daytime sleepiness with surgical weight loss interventions
For obese patients with type 2 diabetes

In T2DM, Bariatric Surgery Ups Splanchnic Vascular Responses

Mixed-meal induces greater increases in plasma glucose, insulin, GIP concentrations after surgery