Weight-loss surgery that is done through "natural openings" such as the mouth or the vagina significantly reduce the risk of post-surgical complications, experts say. In this new method, surgeons use body orifices rather than making an abdominal cut. Experts say gallbladder surgeries and gastrectomies have been performed this way, and bariatric surgeries will soon utilize the method. The benefits of the incisionless procedure include faster healing time, less risk of infection, less pain, and...
Read moreWhat is StomaphyX Revision Surgery? StomaphyX is an incisionless revision surgery for gastric bypass weight loss surgery patients whom have... Read more »
Why? I looked into weight-loss surgery options because my life had become out of control. I had ballooned to morbid obesity and I recently... Read more »
Many people ask me about my StompahyX revision surgery, which I had in 2008 some 5-years after my gastric bypass weight-loss surgery in... Read more »
StomaphyX is a rather uncomfortable procedure, and I share some of the discomfort I experienced in this post. I actually kept a diary of my... Read more »
Finally, it had all come together. It was like Christmas morning or having tickets on the fifty-yard line. It was like holding the winning... Read more »
Teens who undergo weight-loss surgery before they are "super obese" (200 percent over their ideal weight) have a better chance of maintaining a... Read more »
Overweight Type 2 diabetics who have weight-loss surgery may be able to reduce or completely stop their diabetes medications, a new study suggests.... Read more »
Bariatric surgery is booming in the United States, but experts say that more patients should be told about the potentially serious side effects of... Read more »
An analysis of 621 studies on more than 135,000 patients has confirmed weight-loss surgery's ability to reverse Type 2 diabetes. Researchers say that... Read more »