A medical-device company in North Carolina and bariatric surgeon Dr. Brian B. Quebbemann of Newport Beach, Calif., have teamed up for weight-loss surgery requiring just one incision. The operation was the first time a surgeon has used a new Spider surgical tool for an increasingly frequent form of bariatric surgery that cuts the stomach down to 20 percent of its normal capacity, Quebbemann said.
A recent study indicates that LAP-BAND® surgery, in addition to achieving the health benefits of weight loss for the morbidly obese, can also improve psychological health. Bariatric surgeon Dr. David Thoman says this is true for his patients.
*Back in July Darwin Hobbs was about to board a plane, but he just didn’t feel “like himself.” A known diabetic, he’d already survived Congestive Heart Failure and knew that the shortness of breath he was experiencing could be a sign of trouble. Instead of taking that Indianapolis bound flight to perform on the Yolanda [...]