Criteria for bariatric surgery Great strides have been made in the field of bariatric surgery, with procedures that are relatively free of complications and provide effective treatment for obesity... Read More
Clinical Articles
Patients who have undergone sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass are typically discharged from hospital 1 to 2 days after surgery and followed closely by a multidisciplinary team of health care... Read More
Background British Columbia, like other provinces in Canada, continues to struggle with poor access to orthopaedic care as a result of rationing in the publicly funded health care system.[1,2,3,4,... Read More
The adverse effects of obesity impact every aspect of the health care system. Studies have demonstrated that diet, lifestyle modifications, and currently available pharmaceutical agents are... Read More
Historically, the treatment of breast cancer involved aggressive surgical resection, an approach based on the rationale that the more complete the removal of tissue the less likely the disease would... Read More