January 13, 2023
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Patients who undergo Y-gastric bypass may be more sensitive to exposure to alcohol compared to those who undergo sleeve gastrectomy and a weight management program, according to a recent study.
Restrictive procedures, such as gastric sleeve or gastric banding and mixed restrictive or malabsorption procedures, such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, are effective in promoting weight loss and reversing underlying metabolic comorbidities, but may result in differential changes in alcohol metabolism. Nadeem Mahmoud, MD, MS, MPH, MSCE, Assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania gamma surgery.
The first story was in gastroenterology last week.
Another important story covered new guidelines from the American College of Gastroenterology on the diagnosis and management of patients with gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions.
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