gastric bypass surgery
Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, or LAP-BAND®?
Three parameters that are important to consider when deciding between gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and LAP-BAND® are weight loss outcomes, risk, and impact on lifestyle.
Read MoreThe Decision to Have Weight Loss Surgery
Should you get weight loss surgery? This question can be difficult to answer. Obesity is dangerous, and surgery works far better than any other weight loss method, but there are associated risks, and not everybody is successful after surgery. So how do you decide? The bottom line is that surgery can work great to help…
Read MoreDenis’ Incredible Gastric Bypass Success Story
The following incredible gastric bypass success story is about a patient of mine named Denis, who transformed his life from disaster (>500lbs, heroin addict) to awesome (healthy weight, successful entrepreneur). I have been fortunate as a bariatric surgeon to have been able to help countless people improve their lives with weight loss surgery. I have seen…
Read MoreWeight Loss Surgery Lowers The Body Weight Set Point
Blog post updated November 2020. Weight loss surgery is by far the most effective method for losing weight and keeping it off. In a blog post entitled The Body Weight Set Point Prevents Weight Loss, I discuss why non-surgical methods for weight loss almost never work – they don’t change the set point. In this…
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