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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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What is a Mini Tummy Tuck?

A mini tummy tuck, also known as partial abdominiplasty, was developed by plastic surgeons to help people with lesser fat and loose skin compared to people who require a standard tummy tuck. A mini tummy tuck addresses the problem caused by loosening up of lower abdominal wall. This obviously need not require a standard tummy tuck or abdominiplasty but it sure needs more than liposuction. The mini tummy tuck is ideal for you if you have a bulging abdomen, excess fat or sagging skin, it is also used to correct muscle weakness.

The mini tummy tuck only involves removing additional fat and skin, while a standard one involves removal of fat, skin as well as tightening of muscles. Which means, if you get a mini tummy tuck done, you recover faster and undergo a less complicated operation compared to a standard tummy tuck.

The mini tummy tuck is also known to addresses the problem which mostly pregnant women face after the delivery. During pregnancy a pregnant womens body automatically adjusts itself by redistributing fat, then involution as well as lactating breasts, these changes, after the delivery lead to unexpected fat deposits in the most unwanted places along with disfigured breasts. A conscious woman will do whatever exercise it takes to wear the fat off but the genetically deposited fat is not that easy to get rid off, thats where mini tummy tuck comes in. However, men can also benefit from the mini tummy tuck procedure. Men can address problems such as, loose skin around the lower abs, which mostly happens after a gastric bypass surgery or after they loose a lot of weight, by a simple operation.

Pregnancy is worth anything in the world, but the loose roll of skin and fat left after pregnancy can be demoralizing for many, a mini tummy tuck can help you win it all back safely, youll be your usual self in a matter of days. A mini tummy tuck will cost lesser than a standard tummy tuck you might need after some more time and it leaves only a small scar atop the pubis. However, like any other surgical procedure mini tummy tuck also involves inherent risks, only your surgeons can tell if a mini tummy tuck procedure is safe for you.

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