Predictive factors of complications in revisional gastric bypass surgery

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I recently reviewed the article about correlation between length of surgery and complications in Bariatric surgery.

It compared outcomes in patients who had gastric bypass and gastric sleeve done. As expected by me, conclusion was that surgeries which took longer that 1.5 hours for gastric bypass and an hour for sleeve gastrectomy will possibly be linked to complications.

Good news for our patients at Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris is that both myself and Dr. Jawed are very efficient in the operation, leading to the operative times much less that discussed in the article. So, as one commercial says, “you are in good hands”!

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Association of Metabolic Surgery With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes

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Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published a study investigating the relationship between metabolic surgery and incident major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity.

It confirmed what we, Bariatric Surgeons at Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris, LLC, have known for years about weight loss surgery, – that patients with diabetes, when they undergo bariatric surgeries, such as gastric bypass and gastric sleeve, experience 40 % less chance of developing significant complications from cardio-vascular events, including death, stroke, heart attack, need for interventions, such as stents placement in the coronary arteries. This is HUGE, and given the fact that weight loss surgery has become much safer in the past decade, with risk of significant complications related to surgery less than 0.1%,

I feel inspired to share this information with you and hope that, once you read it, more people you who know, can make the call to our office, come for consultation, have life-saving surgery and enjoy healthier life for many years to come.

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