Both the new weight loss drugs and bariatric (weight loss) surgery improve body composition in patients with obesity by inducing a moderate loss of fat-free mass (including lean muscle) along with a ...

Bariatric surgery patients and GLP-1 medication users had fat-mass reductions of 49.7% and 18%, respectively, after 2 years. Surgery led to higher fat-free mass to fat-mass ratios, suggesting more ...

The number of times this week I have heard people talk excitedly about their upcoming back surgery has left me genuinely disheartened. Not because surgery never has a place - but because it highlights ...

Both bariatric surgery and treatment with GLP‑1 receptor agonists were associated with reductions in fat mass over 2 years of follow-up. Although both interventions were linked to reductions in ...

Modern reconstructive and cosmetic surgical approaches increasingly rely on different types of grafts and implants to restore form, contour, and function. Among the most commonly used options are fat ...