Publications by authors named "M Vix"
Introduction: Obesity is a worldwide epidemic, with up to 17% of French population affected. European guidelines recommend surgical management at specific weight and comorbidity level; however, less than 2% of eligible patients undergo surgical bariatric interventions. To extend the benefits of bariatric interventions to the untreated population with obesity, endoscopic techniques such as endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) have been developed.
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- A study evaluated the effectiveness of a diagnostic strategy combining [F]Fluorocholine PET/CT with 4D-CT for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) undergoing surgery.
- The results showed that PET/CT was significantly more accurate than 4D-CT, with high sensitivity and specificity rates (83% and 97%, respectively), whereas 4D-CT had lower rates (53% sensitivity).
- When PET/CT results were inconclusive, using the two imaging methods together improved diagnostic accuracy, making it a recommended personalized imaging approach for pHPT patients.
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- * Involving 9097 patients, the research found that complications were minimal in robotic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, with no fatalities reported.
- * While robotic procedures had longer operation times, they showed better outcomes than laparoscopic methods in certain cases, particularly in expert centres. However, results from learning phase centres did not meet the same benchmarks.
Background: Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is an emerging bariatric procedure currently performed under general anaesthesia with orotracheal intubation (OTI). Several studies have shown the feasibility of advanced endoscopic procedures under deep sedation (DS) without impacting patient outcomes or adverse event rates. Our goal was to perform an initial comparative analysis of ESG in DS with ESG under OTI.
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