http://www.weightlosssurgery.ca Powered by High-Touch Communications fr Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:24:02 GMT IgnitionWeb 3.9.5 build #1 http://www.weightlosssurgery.ca/fr/news?id=370 McGill, MUHC and WLS are presenting the First Canadian Summit on Metabolic Surgery for Type II Diabetes in Montreal May6-7th 2010. This is open to the public. Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT 8d2737ef7460477ff2a8adb3c1d49fd5 http://www.weightlosssurgery.ca/fr/news?id=369 The McGill University Health Center and Weight Loss Surgery team has just published the results of a retrospective outcomes analysis of 1035 laparoscopic bariatric procedures performed over 7 years. We extracted data from our prospectively collected bariatric surgery registry from Feb. 1, 2002, to Jun. 30, 2008. We evaluated patient demographics, weight loss, complications, mortality and need for revision surgery by procedure type. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST 594e95b597d8568a997b742c69bf2a59 http://www.weightlosssurgery.ca/fr/news?id=368 The waiting times for bariatric surgery are the longest of any surgically treated condition. Given the significant reduction in the relative risk of death with bariatric surgery (40%–89% depending on the study), the current waiting times for the procedure in Canada are unacceptable. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST c758a3b21632744df39f2aeab573bf6e