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Nationally renowned bariatric surgeon performs first vertical sleeve gastrectomy using TransEnterix SPIDER® Surgical System
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – Dr. Brian B. Quebbemann, one of the country’s leading experts in minimally invasive bariatric surgery, has successfully performed a single-incision vertical sleeve gastrectomy using the SPIDER® Surgical System.
This marks the first time the SPIDER Surgical System has [...]
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Two years after teens undergo bariatric surgery for morbid obesity, abnormalities in their hearts that put them at increased risk for heart attacks in adulthood were dramatically reduced, thanks to significant weight loss.
A Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study shows that the size of the left ventricle in morbidly obese teens dramatically decreases within [...]
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been in the news a lot lately, mainly because it has the potential to help with diabetes in some patients. I am reluctant to use the word “cure” at this point, like a lot of bariatric surgery websites have been doing. But this particular type of bypass surgery does seem [...]
The theory behind the Lap Band procedure is pretty straightforward. It is designed to help patients lose weight by restricting their stomach capacity. It literally reduces the size of their stomach — the usable portion, anyway.
Think of a belt placed around your stomach and cinched tight. It would create two sections of the stomach. The [...]
“Designation as a bariatric surgery Center of Excellence does not ensure better outcomes … Extra expenses associated with Center of Excellence designation may not be warranted.” This is according to Dr. Edward Livingston of the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine.
Dr. Livingston headed a study that compared the so-called Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence [...]
Surgery News | Senior Editor | 
July 15, 2010 5:28 am | 
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