Borja de Lacy Víctor Turrado-Rodríguez Ainitze Ibarzabal Berta Esteve José M. Balibrea Antonio M. Lacy Obesity is considered nowadays a pandemic and its incidence increases year after year. Multiple treatments have been proposed but current literature data suggest that surgery is the most effective of them. Studies such as STAMPEDE concluded that, at five years, […]
Valeria Jiménez Valerio – PGY-4, Hospital Universitario de Puebla (Mexico) Jose Balibrea – Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona (Spain) Victor Turrado – Hospital Clinic, Barcelona (Spain) Sutures hold apposing tissues together to facilitate the healing process. Knowledge of the fundamental concepts regarding sutures, such as external configuration, strength, memory and types of materials is crucial to […]
José M. Balibrea M.D., Ph.D. Julio Jiménez M.D. Metabolic surgery can be defined as the use of gastrointestinal operations with the intent to treat T2D and obesity. The main goal of bariatric procedures is weight loss whereas MS is a therapeutical strategy specifically INDICATED to treat T2DM. Since the 2000s, experimental evidence has shown that […]
