Objective:Although bariatric surgeries are widely performed around the world,patients frequently experience the recurrence of pre-existing gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD)symptoms or develop new symptoms,some of ...
In this editorial,we comment on an article by Tang et al published in the World Journal of Diabetes.Obesity and diabetes are two pathological situations that are intrinsically related.Neither lifestyle changes nor pha...
Bariatric interventions have shown the best therapeutic benefits in individuals with obesity.They can be classified into surgical procedures(bariatric/metabolic surgery)and endoscopic procedures.Common surgical proced...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(92357302,32170787,and 32100557);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFA0800700,2023YFA1801103,and 2018YFA0800900);Researches on human islets were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau(XB202011).
It is crucial to understand the glucose control within our bodies.Bariatric/metabolic surgeries,including laparoscopic sleeve gastrec-tomy(LSG)and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass(RYGB),provide an avenue for exploring the pot...
BACKGROUND Over one-third of Americans carry the diagnosis of obesity,many also with obesity-related comorbidities.This can place patients at increased risk of operative and postoperative complications.The intragastri...
Objective: This case report aimed to demonstrate a possible neuromuscular effect of pyloric sympathectomy on the pylorus motility, leading to its permanent relaxation, observed in two bariatric surgical cases, one pri...
Obesity is a chronic,progressive,and relapsing disease of excess adiposity that contributes to more than two hundred medical conditions and is projected to affect more than half the adult population of the United Stat...
Background:Bariatric surgery represents an important treatment option for severely obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD).However,there remains inadequate data regarding the effects of different b...
the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,No.2021JJ70119.
BACKGROUND Obesity usually causes diabetes mellitus(DM)and is a serious danger to human health.Type 2 DM(T2DM)mostly occurs along with obesity.Foodborne obesityinduced DM is caused by an excessive long-term diet and s...
BACKGROUND Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty(ESG) is an effective therapy for class Ⅰ-Ⅱ obesity, but there are knowledge gaps in the published literature about its implementation in patients with class Ⅲ obesity [body...