Gastric Bypass W/ Gall Bladder Removal

A BMI of 60 or above is categorized as super morbid obesity. A laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in these patients is technically very difficult due to the size of the abdominal wall, the size of the intra-abdominal fat and the size of the liver. Due to these technical aspects of the...

We are   very strict  about smoking before surgery,  plain and simple smoking has been shown to  increase the incidence of pulmonary  complications,  postoperative infection rate, cardiovascular complications, healing time, just to name a few. We ask our patients to stop smoking at least one mon...

Mini gastric bypass should never be performed and has many long term complications.  Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery can be performed by an experienced bariatric surgeon in about an hour with low complication rates and is considered the gold standard for bariatric surgery.  You...

Stomaphyx is an endoscopic procedure that involves suctioning the wall of the stomach into a device and placing a plastic t-fastener to form a plication to reduce the volume of the gastric pouch.  We were  among the first surgeons in the country to perform this procedure and...

Most patients after gastric bypass surgery will lose 70  - 80% of their excess weight in in the first 12 months. Unfortunately some patients will regain 10 - 20% of the excess weight over the following 3 - 5 years resulting in long term 60% excess weight loss. Close follow-up and having a...

Most insruance companies if they do not have an exclusion for bariatric surgery will cover revision and subsequent bariatric surgical procedure but this is variable among insurance companies.  I recommend seeking out an experienced bariatric revision surgeon and then have them investiagte...