Medical and surgical management of gastroparesis: a systematic review.

Background: Gastroparesis (GPS) is a rare disease with multiple etiologies that results in delayed gastric emptying. Diagnosis of GPS can be challenging due to its rather complex clinical presentation. Pharmacologic refractory cases require surgical interventions, all of which have yet to be standardized and characterized.

Google Trends as a resource for bariatric education: what do patients want to know?

Background: Bariatric surgery (BaS) is the safest, most effective, and most durable therapy for obesity but is performed in less than 1% of the affected United States (US) population. It is challenging to determine from traditional surveys if this phenomenon is the result of poor access to care or lack of interest among Internet users.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to use Google Trends (GT) as a tool to analyze the US general population interest in BaS.

Reduction of invasive interventions in severely obese with osteoarthritis after bariatric surgery.

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 56,000,000 Americans, 30% with obesity. Their risk of developing OA is 5 times higher. With each extra kilogram above ideal weight, the risk of OA increases to 13%.