To prospectively evaluate the effect of weight loss after bariatric surgery on microvascular function in morbidly obese patients with and without metabolic syndrome (MetS). A cohort of morbidly obese ...

Bariatric surgery reduces the risk for microvascular complications, and, interestingly, this happens to an even greater degree among people with prediabetes than in those with diabetes, new results ...

Bariatric surgery is associated with a lower risk for microvascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. The findings, from a retrospective analysis of data from four US ...

HKUMed research team pioneers robot-assisted microsurgery in Hong Kong and has successfully completed 48 procedures. The team ...

Recently, venous couplers have been routinely employed for free flap surgery. Its use is justified considering the large number of backlog cases as well as for surgeon and patient benefit. However, ...

All parts of our body need blood flow to survive. But, our lower extremities (legs, feet, and toes) lose blood flow more often than other parts of our body. Traumatic injuries to the blood vessels in ...

Joining two blood vessels thinner than a strand of spaghetti is one of the most demanding tasks in surgery, and the shortage of surgeons who can do it well has real human costs. Shira Medtech, an ...

The MemorialCare Cancer Institute at Long Beach Medical Center is a leader in a vast portfolio of innovative approaches for breast cancer patients. These include nipple-sparing mastectomies, which ...

New research has shown abnormalities in the tiny blood vessels of human hearts in regions well beyond the large arteries with atherosclerotic blockages that trigger the need for stents or bypass ...

Microvascular ischemic brain disease describes conditions that affect the small blood vessels in the brain. These conditions include stroke and dementia. Age, high blood pressure, and diabetes are ...