FAQ
Sleeve Gastrectomy
The sleeve gastrectomy has gained popularity as a safe surgery with good long-term weight loss and low long term complication rates.
It is a purely restrictive procedure with weight loss somewhat better than the lap band but less than the gastric bypass.
Patients meeting the criteria of a BMI greater than 30 are candidates for weight loss surgery if they suffer from a co-morbid condition.
Also those patients with a BMI of 35 or greater can be a candidate for surgery.
The most typical co-morbid conditions include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obstructive sleep apnea.
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- $150.00 will be collected at your initial consult to go towards the surgery or non-surgical weight loss program
- Please note that a $900.00 deposit is required to hold your appointment for surgery.
- $900.00 Bariatric post-op package after 6 months includes a supply of vitamins, as well as follow up visits with the nutritionist and up to one year follow up visits with the surgeon cost .
Morbid Obesity is typically defined as being 100 or more pounds overweight. The most standard and reliable way to measure
obesity is by the use of the body mass index or BMI. Body mass index represents the weight in kilograms divided by the
height in meters, squared.
A person is considered overweight if their BMI is between 25 and 29.9; considered obese if their BMI is over 30, and
morbidly obese with BMI above 40.
We offer, Sleeve Gastrectomy.
We prefer you stay in town at least one week after surgery to follow up with the doctor and nutritionist before you return home.
Although the risk is low there is a possibility of complications after Bariatric Surgery, less than three out of a hundred patients may experience a complication
and these can include, bleeding, infection, and need for re-operation.
We see everyone in person for a two week follow-up visit with the doctor and the nutritionist. After this, the doctors’ visits
are at three months, six months, nine months and one year. If you are not in town these appointments can be done virtual.
Nutritionist visits could be done in person or over the phone and usually occur at week five, three month, 6 month, then can be customized to meet the patients needs as they advance their diet.
Nutritionist visits could be done in person or over the phone and usually occur at week five, three month, 6 month, then can be customized to meet the patients needs as they advance their diet.
The Sleeve Gastrectomy is about fifty minutes.
The Lap Band has been associated with long term problems such as erosion, slipped, dysphagia, reflux.
Those problems are not present with the Sleeve, which results in a better weight loss than the Lap Band.
So it is much better, and the surgeons have replaced the Lap Band with Sleeve, which is a more effective operation.
Those problems are not present with the Sleeve, which results in a better weight loss than the Lap Band.
So it is much better, and the surgeons have replaced the Lap Band with Sleeve, which is a more effective operation.
The Sleeve Gastrectomy is not reversible because we remove 80% of your stomach.
The Sleeve Gastrectomy is performed under general anesthesia. We have a very experienced anesthesia team that has done many operations.
We work with different medical finance companies to help you, We offer payment arrangements, CareCredit, Alphaeon Credit, We also accept all major credit cards.
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