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Don't forget to follow us on Twitter this morning as Dr. Alex Gandas performs a sleeve gastrectomy on a 49-year-old male with a history of hypertension and sleep apnea.
In this procedure, the stomach is reduced to about 15 percent of its original size, and is performed laparoscopically.
To access the live twittered surgery, search for LBHealth on Monday beginning at 10:30 a.m. Then follow us by using #LBOR. You can always find out the latest in health news and what's going on at LifeBridge Health by following us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/lbhealth.
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Thanks for following LifeBridge Health's blog. We want to provide the residents of Northwest Baltimore - and beyond - with timely and useful health news, so let us know what interests you. In that spirit, please check out our Twitter page. My colleague,...
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Gastic Surgery Today on Twitter
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter this morning as Dr. Alex Gandas performs a sleeve gastrectomy on a 49-year-old male with a history of hypertension and sleep apnea.
In this procedure, the stomach is reduced to about 15 percent of its original size, and is performed laparoscopically.
To access the live twittered surgery, search for LBHealth on Monday beginning at 10:30 a.m. Then follow us by using #LBOR. You can always find out the latest in health news and what's going on at LifeBridge Health by following us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/lbhealth.
- Tweeted Surgery A Success
Today's gastric sleeve surgery, which LifeBridge Health tweeted live, was a success. The patient, a morbidly obese man weighing 362 pounds, is expected to fully recover. His ideal weight is 159 pounds. Gastric sleeve is not gastric bypass. In the...
- First Hip Resurfacing Surgery On Twitter
Michael Mont, M.D., founder and co-director of the Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, has performed more than 2,000 hip resurfacing procedures. Under Dr. Mont's leadership, Sinai Hospital is breaking new ground in the area of hip preservation...
- Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore Physician Performs Rare Single-incision Surgery For Weight Loss
Alex Gandsas, M.D., M.B.A., head of the Division of Bariatric & Minimally Invasive Surgery at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, successfully completed a weight loss operation known as ?gastric sleeve? using a single keyhole incision. ?It is a very complicated...
- The Sweet Sound Of Tweeting Success
Did you know LifeBridge Health has a Twitter account? In fact, we now have more than 800 followers on Twitter, making us the No. 17 Twitter account in Baltimore, and the No. 10 hospital account on wefollow.com. Just a reminder that if you have news fit...
- Twitter With Us
Thanks for following LifeBridge Health's blog. We want to provide the residents of Northwest Baltimore - and beyond - with timely and useful health news, so let us know what interests you. In that spirit, please check out our Twitter page. My colleague,...