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Patients with morbid obesity more likely to develop complications after spinal fusion surgery
Patients with morbid obesity are at nearly twice the risk of developing complications after spinal fusion surgery, reports a study in the May 15 issue of Spine.
Severe Obesity Linked to Increased Risks of Spinal Surgery
Patients with morbid obesity are at nearly twice the risk of developing complications after spinal fusion surgery, reports a study in the May 15 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
HOUSE CALL: Weight-loss surgery can help eliminate diabetes
For many people suffering from diabetes mellitus (type II), morbid obesity is the major underlying cause.
Obesity may contribute to shortage of organ donors
A new study has found that morbid obesity hinders organ donation and may even be contributing to a shortage of living kidney donors, according to researchers.
EndoBarrier® Therapy Data Published in Annals of Surgery
GI Dynamics, Inc. announced today that the Annals of Surgery Journal published results on the Company’s first study evaluating the efficacy and safety of 12 months of EndoBarrier® Therapy in an obese and mostly non-diabetic patient population.
Fears for super obese mums-to-be
Two in 1000 pregnant women in Australia had extreme morbid obesity in 2010.
Bariatric Surgeons in Los Angeles Discuss Recent Gastric Sleeve Statistics
LOS ANGELES, CA-- - According to the most recent statistics from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery , obesity is a life-threatening disease that currently affects over 33% of all ...
348kg man dies 10 days after surgery
A 348kg man from Assam, who was going home nearly 10 days after a weight-loss surgery in a city hospital, died in a train at a railway station in Assam on Friday. Doctors here suspect he may have suffered a heart attack due to the strain of the long journey.
Obese cat, Meow, dies of complications
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A cat that got national attention for tipping the scales at 39 pounds has died from apparent complications of his morbid obesity, an animal shelter said Monday.
Obesity leads to problem pregnancies
AUSTRALIAN pregnant women who weigh more than 140kg are at greater risk of complications, new figures show.
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