Recidivism Is Not A Failure

I just read a very good, inspirational article about human history of obesity. it specifically speaks to recidivism of it, but also compares it to other common, deadly diseases, such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular and its recidivism.

Not surprising to me, nobody shames medical doctors or surgeons for failure to control diabetes or cancer or cardiovascular diseases, but when it comes to Obesity and surgery for it, we or the patient get blamed for recidivism? Totally wrong and unfair. I think the opposite is true.

When we, bariatric surgeons, perform gastric sleeve or gastric bypass, or even bariatric revision surgery, and our respective patients diabetes, or sleep apnea or hypertension goes away or its management is improved for many years to come, we contribute not just to the obesity treatment of human race, but to other conditions and should not be discriminated against, but instead rewarded or applaud for it.

We at Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris have been doing it for 2 decades and proudly helped thousands of patients!

Click here to read the article.