Archive for March 2016
About Gastric Sleeve Weight Loss
The gastric sleeve operation is the most popular operation for weight loss in this country and throughout the world. The operation is safe and effective, and is associated with high patient satisfaction. Sleeve gastrectomy outcomes, however, are not uniform. Published studies show a wide variation in outcomes between different patients, different programs, and different surgeons.…
Read MoreAchieving Gastric Sleeve Success
All prospective gastric sleeve patients of course want to achieve great gastric sleeve success. This means getting a great long-term weight loss outcome, and avoiding complications. The published studies, unfortunately, show that this doesn’t always happen. Many patients achieve excellent, long-term gastric sleeve success, but some don’t. It is important to understand that great outcomes…
Read MoreGastric Sleeve Outcomes Vary by Surgeon
We see it all the time – outcomes depend on who is producing the outcome. Some chefs, teachers, mechanics, athletes, authors, contractors, etc., do a better job and get better outcomes than others. This isn’t as obvious for doctors, but it is just as true. In the fields of medicine in which outcomes are easy to…
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