Month: April 2014

In a recent research called the STAMPEDE trial– from Cleveland Clinic, USA,a comparison was done between diabetic patients managed on medicines versus bariatric surgery. The patients’ chosen were obese diabetics including the mildly obese. One group of patients was treated by drugs and diet under the intensive supervision of an expert team of physicians. The… Continue reading Research proves yet again that Bariatric surgery works better than medicines in Diabetes!

Last year two boys Ramesh and Piyush (names changed) aged 19 and 22 attended our obesity clinic in Belle Vue. They were severely obese with body weights of 135 and 130 kgs respectively. They had been trying to lose weight in vain for the last few years. They had heard and read about bariatric surgery… Continue reading HOW TO DECIDE WHETHER ONE NEEDS SURGERY FOR SEVERE OBESITY

Colorectal surgery (surgery of food pipes) is done for various diseases such as cancers, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis and rectal prolapse. The good news is that unlike in the past all these surgeries can now be done by laparoscopy.  This translates into less pain, less scar, more comfort and decreased hospital stay. There is now… Continue reading COLORECTAL AND ANAL SURGERY – NEWER DIRECTIONS

Why do gallstones form? Gallstones are so common in West Bengal that we can safely presume that everybody knows at least one patient who has it. It is very difficult to say what causes it and why it is so common here. A few scientific guesses are – higher body fat, infection in bile ducts,… Continue reading Gall bladder Stones – what we need to know ?