An Incision-Free Surgery For Obese People

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Friday, May 8, 2009, 11:12

Science, the very word is a miracle. It often unfolds pages that remain unimaginable to many till as time the very page is unfolded. Similarly there is new page that has been flipped.

Science continues to provide new ways for obese people to lose weight. The latest offering is the incision-free procedure, which correct stomachs that have stretched in patients who had flexible endoscope,flowers,gastric,incision free surgery,obesity,outpatient procedure,san diego bypass surgery. The problems with a lot of the flexible endoscope,flowers,gastric,incision free surgery,obesity,outpatient procedure,san diego patients are weight gain. Hence, this can be put to check with the help of this procedure. Over time, the small stomach pouch created by the surgery stretches out. More calories are consumed and the feeling of fullness after eating disappears.

However, the minimally invasive procedure, called R.O.S.E. (Restorative Obesity Surgery, Endolumenal), being offered at UC San Diego Medical Center can correct this problem. The procedure, too, doesn't involve a lengthy treatment. During an outpatient procedure, a small, flexible endoscope and tools are inserted through the mouth, down the esophagus, and into the stomach pouch.

The tools, developed by U.S.G.I. Medical Inc., are used to grasp, fold and stitch tissue to reduce both the diameter of the stomach opening and the volume of the stomach pouch. No cuts are made into the patient's skin. "My flexible endoscope,flowers,gastric,incision free surgery,obesity,outpatient procedure,san diego bypass required a long recovery starting with a stay in the intensive care unit and ending with large scars on my abdomen. When I heard about a procedure that could tighten up my stomach without incisions, I said 'sign me up," said Rusak, 53-year-old resident of San Diego who has undergone the same treatment. "I experienced weight loss right away. I have lost 50 pounds in the last eight months. I feel incredible. I am having my clothes taken in at the tailor's. My pants are down to a size 14. I am the 'new me' again," Rusak added.

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