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Bariatrics & Metabolism Initiative

PERSPECTIVE

posted by ramana On May - 26 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

“When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail!” We have all heard of this saying, and all of us agree. A skilled laparoscopic surgeon plots to take out huge tumors and cysts through the keyhole method, while the dinosaur surgeon tends to think of employing his hands to remove organs (like the appendix) [...]

ORLISTAT- A CANDIDATE FOR WITHDRAWAL?

posted by ramana On August - 26 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Many patients and physicians are averse to bariatric surgery for the management of morbid obesity and its attendant evils of diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, etc. Fair enough, I say, but then how do you achieve fat loss when you are unlikely to be in the 5% who will achieve it with lifestyle changes? Clearly, people [...]