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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 sleeve procedure, surgeon Alex Gandsas, M.D., removed up to 85 percent of the stomach, and there was no rerouting of the small bowel or insertion of plastic devices. This procedure is considered safer, especially for those with heart ailments.
To see pictures of the surgery, visit us on Twitter under the name "LBHealth."
To read more about today's surgery and the history of tweeted surgery, view this Maryland Daily Record article.
If you are interested in learning more about gastric sleeve, call 410-601-9355 (WELL).
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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 sleeve procedure, surgeon Alex Gandsas, M.D., removed up to 85 percent of the stomach, and there was no rerouting of the small bowel or insertion of plastic devices. This procedure is considered safer, especially for those with heart ailments.
To see pictures of the surgery, visit us on Twitter under the name "LBHealth."
To read more about today's surgery and the history of tweeted surgery, view this Maryland Daily Record article.
If you are interested in learning more about gastric sleeve, call 410-601-9355 (WELL).
- Bariatric Services Now Offered At Sinai And Northwest
While its patients are slimming down, the Bariatrics Program at LifeBridge Health is expanding, with services at Northwest and Sinai hospitals. Kuldeep Singh, M.D., joined the Division of General Surgery at Northwest Hospital as the division head of Minimally...
- Latest Research Indicates Gastric Bypass Most Effective Weight Loss Surgery
Two recent studies have been released that indicate the gastric bypass procedure is a more effective weight loss surgery option as compared to other weight loss surgery procedures. More information on the studies can be found here. Christina Li, M.D,...
- Follow Our Gastric Sleeve Surgery On Twitter
Do you have questions about what surgical weight loss looks like? Now is your chance to follow it live on Monday, August 17 at 9:30 a.m. Dr. Alex Gandsas, Division Head, Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, will perform...
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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...
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Dr. Alex Gandsas, head of the Division of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Sinai Hospital To an outsider, gastric bypass surgery may seem to be a way of treating obesity. But Alejandro Gandsas, M.D., head of the Division of Bariatric and Minimally...