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OR-Live Presents: Webcast Featuring Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

The Bariatric Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is proud to offer a web cast featuring Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. Director of Bariatric Surgery, Ioannis Raftopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., performs the surgery with commentary provided by Jeffrey Steinberg, (continued...)

Woman Suffers Serious Vitamin Deficiency After Gastric Bypass Surgery

A woman developed disease because, after her weight-loss surgery, she did not take her multivitamin, as reported in a Case Report released on October 10, 2008 in The Lancet. The obesity epidemic is well documented around the world, and has affected developed countries in great magnitude. One (continued...)

DTB: Surgery for obesity in adults

An article in the June edition of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) considers the place of surgery in the management of adults with obesity; the following topics are covered: • Standard treatment options • Types of bariatric surgery • Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding • Gastric bypass • (continued...)

Gastric Bypass Surgery - Aim For a Fit And Healthy Life

A gastric bypass surgery will let you reduce your weight to an ideal level, so that you enjoy a normal and healthy life. (continued...)

Mechanisms - Knowing and Curing

By answering the question of how diabetes surgery works, we may be answering the question of how diabetes itself works.

Gastric bypass surgery can lead to diabetes remission independent of weight loss even in subjects who are are not obese, which points to the small bowel as the (continued...)

Stomach Banding Surgery: An Alternative to Gastric Bypass?

Obese teenagers may lose weight after a lap band surgery, according to a recent study from the NYU Medical Center. The surgery involves placing a silicon ring around the upper part of the stomach and so a smaller stomach is created. That makes people eat less and feel fuller. (continued...)

Research In Diabetes Surgery Offers Clues To Origins Of The Disease

There's new hope for people with Type 2 Diabetes ...

Can surgery cure Type 2 diabetes? Dr. Francesco Rubino of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center believes so, and says that gastrointestinal bypass surgery is an approach that not only may change the way the (continued...)

Balance the Weight Loss Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery With the Associated Potential Risks

It may seem like an extreme measure, but gastric bypass surgery is becoming more widely accepted ever year as a weight loss method. (continued...)

Gastric Bypass Surgery - The New Cure for Type 2 Diabetes

Obesity Surgery can lead to weight loss and diabetes reversal (continued...)

Ask Dr. H: Bypass or LapBand?

Question: Which is a better procedure, gastric bypass or gastric LapBand surgery? Answer: Gastric bypass certainly is more effective, averaging 68 percent excess weight loss after two years vs. 37 percent for gastric band surgery. Both procedures show lasting weight-loss benefits. (continued...)

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Weight Loss Surgery When Medications Fail

Most people are successful with the basic formula of dieting and exercise. A smaller number need the addition of medication. A small percentage fail in all of those methods. So the big question is what should those who are overweight do to get back to an acceptable weight?

Unfortunately, there is no easy answer. Those who have failed exercise, dieting and weight loss medication have a big problem to overcome. They most likely have problems exercising because of their weight or other health problems. Depression is often an issue because of failing weight loss programs. Medications either have too many side effects or just are not working.

There is one more possibility. Even though it might sound like the easiest answer, it really is a last resort. That one last answer is weight loss surgery.

Band surgery is a relatively new innovation. Band weight loss surgery has several advantages over other types of weight loss surgery.

Band surgery does not actually involve cutting any internal organs.

The band usually can be placed with a laparoscopic surgery.The laparoscopic band surgery results in a small pocket at the top of the stomach.

The end result of the laparoscopic band surgery is that you feel full after eating a small amount. It is even possible to place a band that is adjustable so that you can vary the size of the pocket and opening.

If your doctor is considering this type of surgery for you, you will be screened for your ability to undergo surgery safely. As with any medical procedure or medication, the risks are weighed against the reward. If you have very poor health, you could actually die during a surgery. Obviously nobody wants that! So, you may need some time for your doctor to help you get in shape to undergo the surgery.

After undergoing band weight loss surgery, you may need to stay in the hospital for a few days to recover. During this time, you will be trained how to use your new stomach. You will need to eat the right type of food to keep your body supplied with enough vitamins and minerals while decreasing your calorie intake.

Results of band surgery usually cause a lower weight loss in the first year compared to gastric bypass surgery. There is one final bit of good news for band weight loss surgery though. You will continue to lose weight after the first year and your final weight and body function will be closer to normal that with other procedures.

Dr. Ron is an Emergency Room physician with over twenty years experience in the health care field. He often treats people for problems with their weight. Come to Balanced Diet Health now for more great resources.

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