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Surgery in Mexico? Facts and myths

Anybody can have a website these days claiming to be the best. In difficult times like these, dirt cheap pricing on life changing procedures like weight-loss and plastic surgery can be very enticing. Don’t jump on the opportunity just yet and read this article. First things first. If it looks to good to be true, [...]

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Dr. Ortiz performs live Plication Surgery to surgeons all over the world

Telemedicine is one of the ways modern technology is applied to contemporary medicine.  ”We are One Medicine, One World” says Dr. Ortiz of Obesity Control Center, the site where a live exhibition surgery was transmitted to thousands of surgeons around the world who tuned in via internet to learn the latest surgical techniques in weight-loss [...]

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Global Healthcare, a new reality.

The term “Health Tourism” may fall short of the actual phenomena that has happened in the health sector in the United States and around the world. The demand for qualified medical services has driven thousands of patients to travel outside the United States seeking better, more affordable options. In my fifteen years of practice I [...]

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Canadian trend: Destination Mexico.

More and more Canadians are seeking weight-loss surgery and in a government run health system 2 or more years waiting list is not unusual. Another challenge faced by Canadians is that heir procedure of choice may not be available in their region. Surgery is not seen as a last resort  for weight-loss as it once was, [...]

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Gastric Sleeves, Bettering the odds

Gastric Sleeve has become one of the most popular weight-loss procedures in recent years due to it’s effectiveness yet simple nature of the technique. The main disadvantage has been it leak rate which may result in a serious life threatening complication. No surgical procedure is has perfect results or is totally complication free. Usually the [...]

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Gastric Sleeve Failure

Brazilian Bariatric Group describes new procedure to fix failled gastric sleeves. Gastric sleeve has become one of the more popular weight- loss surgery procedures. As with all Bariatric procedures, there is a failure rate to be dealt with. We have dedicated over 15 years of our practice to weight-loss surgery. As the years pass, new and [...]

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Gastric Plication on the Rise

  The World Federation for the Surgery of Obesity meeting took place in Hamburg Germany.  Thousands of Weight-loss Surgeons assisted the event many of who are in search of the newest, safest and more effective procedures. Gastric Plication was one of these hot topics at the meeting. The field of Bariatric Surgery is a constantly [...]

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Band with Plication: World Meeting Update

IFSO is the World meeting for Bariatric Surgery providing us with the latest news, research and innovation in the field of Weight-loss Surgery Session 6 on Gastric Plication was a total success if you measure it by how many congress goers attended. The room was full, all seats were occupied with many surgeons standing in [...]

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IFSO: World Meeting on Weight-loss Surgery

This year’s most important Weight-loss Surgery meeting was held in the beautiful city of Hamburg, Germany . Many of the most recognized leaders in the Bariatric Surgery field were present during this whole week event. The scientific program  included the latest research on well known and established weight-loss surgical techniques as well as new and [...]

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Weight-loss surgery: A temporary Fix.

    Having weight-loss surgery (WLS) is not just the end of a less than ideal weight and life style, it is really the beginning of a completely new way of life. It starts by a procedure that assists you “temporarily” to lose the excess weight that would not budge to conventional methods. This weight-loss [...]

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