Bariatric Surgery Supported by More Doctors Every Year
The Obesity Society–which will have its annual scientific meeting this year in San Diego–recently proclaimed bariatric surgery to be “the most effective weight-loss therapy for obesity”. The American Society for Nutrition and even the American Diabetes Association have given gastric bypass surgery their approval, as have an increasing number of doctors over the past 10 years.
The treatment’s increasing popularity and approval could mean that more insurance companies will help pay for the surgery in the future. Click the link above to find out more.
Robot Helps with Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery
A doctor in Baltimore is using a robot that not only makes the surgery itself easier, it also leads to less scar tissue, which means a safer weight loss surgery for patients.
“Bariatric Surgery Saved My Life”
Pam Krantz of Holly is “Miss February” in a 2010 pin-up calendar, but it’s not the kind you’d have to buy from behind the counter at the store and take home in a brown paper bag.
She was recognized for her almost 200-pound weight loss by Oakland Bariatrics, which supervised her bariatric surgery exactly three years ago to the day on Feb. 14, 2007.
Woman Safely Loses 267 lbs with Gastric Bypass Surgery
Oklahoma is the 2nd-most obese state in the union. Read how one of Oklahoma’s “biggest losers” safely lost almost 300 pounds with bariatric surgery.
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Milestone
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has been an option for American adults since 2001. It is more and more often becoming an option for teens for whom normal treatments just won’t work.
This particular kind of bariatric surgery is the one chosen for obese teenagers because it is the safest and least traumatic; it is used to save the adolescents from potentially life-threatening conditions.
The Center for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery, opened at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in 2006; they recently performed their 100th teenage gastric bypass surgery.
