A large population-based study from Nordic countries has found that gastric bypass surgery for obesity may be linked to a higher long-term risk of a rare form of stomach cancer developing in the ...

Adults who have obesity and Type 2 diabetes are much more likely to see their diabetes stay in remission if they undergo gastric bypass surgery rather than sleeve gastrectomy, even after regaining ...

Celiac artery bypass is a surgery to increase blood flow to the organs supplied by your celiac artery. It involves using a graft to create an alternative passage for your blood. Your celiac artery, or ...

A mesenteric artery bypass is a procedure used to treat a blockage in your superior mesenteric artery. It involves using a graft sourced from another blood vessel or a synthetic material to create a ...

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals - where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a ...

A multinational study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine has found that the risks of major complications after stenting or bypass surgery are similar, even several years out. The risk of death ...

For many years, in the surgeon’s locker room (which actually has much in common with other kinds of locker rooms), cardiac surgeons would mention to each other a phenomenon they often referred to as ...