Should I Wear a Compression Garment After Gastric Bypass?

Hello,  Thank you for your question. Congratulations on considering this life-changing surgery. I’m delighted that you are doing your homework to educate yourself on the procedure and saddened to learn you are finding such incorrect and misguided information. I echo the responses of my c...

Coverage for a tummy tuck and breast reduction on medicare will be definitely difficult to obtain.  The problem is that medicare reimbursement is really poor and most plastic surgeon would probably not accept it.  The second problem is that there is no pre-approval by medicare for...

Most patients after gastric bypass surgery only require a daily MVI and calcium supplements.  We perform blood tests every 3 years and prescribe other supplements as necessary.  These are usually not covered by most insurance plans but the costs are pretty low.  The monthly costs...

If you are having symptoms with your gallbladder and you are scheduled for a gastric bypass then it s very reasonable to have both done at  the same time without compromising outcome.  Typicall we do not perform both at the same time unless there is a specific reason to do so such as...

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...