A 36-year-old member asked:
need doctor's help! what do you reccommend gastric sleeve or gastric bypass?
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Dr. Jarrod Kaufman answered
General Surgery 29 years experience
Bariatric surgery: There are many different options for surgical weight loss at this time.
It is best to discuss your individual situation with your bariatric expert (surgeon).
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A 35-year-old female asked:
How is the gastric sleeve and the gastric bypass procedure done?
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Dr. George T Tsai answered
General Surgery 27 years experience
Laparoscopic: More steps involved with bypass. The current picture shows bypass. The last question i answered for you has the picture of sleeve.
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A 23-year-old female asked about a 34-year-old female:
Which is better, to covert a gastric sleeve into a dueodenal switch or to a gastric bypass?
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Dr. David Earle answered
General Surgery 31 years experience
Neither: Iy is my opinion that if you had a sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity, and it didn't work, there is not a reasonable expectation that another procedure will work. The operation is only one tool in a box that also must contain dietary modification and some calorie restriction, along with an exercise program and and a perspective that these changes are sustainable for the rest of your life.
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