Posts by Dave Oliak
Achieving 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…
Read MoreLucia’s Gastric Bypass Testimonial – 11 Years after Surgery
Wow! Looking at the before picture below, I hardly recognize myself – LOL! Since my surgery my whole life has changed physically and especially, emotionally. If I hadn’t had to go to work every day, I would have hidden myself away back then. I dreaded meeting new people and I especially dreaded meeting friends and family…
Read MoreMy Favorite Gastric Sleeve Photo – Jordan
Over my career as a weight loss surgeon I have seen lots of great before and after photos. Recently a patient of mine showed me a gastric sleeve photo of herself before and after surgery that I thought was one of the best patient before/after photos I had ever seen, but not for the typical…
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