FAQ: Information on leak tests
Friday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »This is one of our top questions from prospective patients, so we thought it was worth reposting. We have performed the vertical sleeve gastrectomy (vertical gastrectomy) in 1,600 patients and the duodenal switch in >900 patients, thus we have performed the ...
Post Op Day 46
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Bariatric surgery, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, Weight loss surgery results, weight loss surgery | No Comments »First of all, let me apologize for not writing sooner. I have been in a very deep depression-like funk. I have been suffering through a very strong overwhelming sense of buyer's remorse. I didn't feel that it was right to ...
Post-op day 30
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »I am sorry that I have not written in a week. I didn't realize it had been that long. I made the 4 week mark on Monday, March 29th. Tomorrow will be 1 month out. from the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. ...
FAQ: Information on leak tests
Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Duodenal switch, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »We have performed the vertical sleeve gastrectomy (vertical gastrectomy) in 1,300 patients and the duodenal switch in 900 patients, thus we have performed the sleeve gastrectomy procedure in over 2,000 patients since 1999. In November of 2006, after completing over ...
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Update
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Diabetes, Duodenal switch, LapBand, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, San Francisco weight loss center, Vertical gastrectomy, Vertical sleeve gastrectomy, weight loss surgery | No Comments »Last week was the Second Annual International Consensus Summit for Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (Vertical Gastrectomy) in Miami, Florida. Over 400 surgeons from around the world attended. There were three days of presentations and discussions. Summarized below are some interesting points ...