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Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) prophylaxis may reduce the occurrence of symptomatic gallstone disease among patients who did not have gallstones prior to undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. These findings were published in the Lancet…
For patients undergoing bariatric surgery, risk for long-term mortality, complications, and reintervention was lower among sleeve gastrectomy recipients, according to results of a retrospective cohort study, published in JAMA Surgery. Data were sourced from Medicare…
Bariatric surgery is associated with reductions in weight, amelioration of cardiovascular risk factors, and improvement in vascular endothelial phenotype, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers sought to identify variables associated with vascular…
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