Conclusions  Truncal vagotomy led to significant reductions in both diet-induced weight gain and visceral abdominal fat deposition. Vagal
de-afferentation led to a more modest, but clinically and statistically significant, reduction in visceral abdominal fat.
As increased visceral abdominal fat is associated with excess morbidity and mortality, vagal de-afferentation may be a useful
adjunct in bariatric surgery.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ArticlePages 1-10DOI 10.1007/s10620-011-1968-4Authors
A. T. Stearns, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USAA. Balakrishnan, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA …

Conclusion:
By laparoscopic resection of the entire gastric pouch and the gastric remnant the risk to leave a suboptimally vascularised or even ischemic pouch in situ was avoided. The esophagojejunostomy was then created in healthy, good vascularised tissue. In our case this novel approach was effective in the management of a refractory anastomotic ulcer and might represent a rescue option when simple revision of the gastrojejunostomy fails. (Source: BMC Surgery)

Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care Dec 2011, Vol. 6, No. 4: 179-184. (Source: Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care)

Fistulae, generally those occurring after bariatric surgery, could be treated with the use of endoclips, covered self-expandable metal stents, and glue, although these options have several limitations, with many fistula recurrences. Stent migration, inadequate closure of the leak by clipping, or difficult stent removal occurred in more than half of the cases. (Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)

Minimally-invasive weight-loss procedures seem to be safer than open bariatric surgery, according to researchers who analyzed past studies comparing the two methods. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)