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MEDICAL TRAVEL TO MEXICO Healthcare costs have been steadily rising at a rate that far outstrips the average family income. For elective surgeries and procedures beyond the coverage of insurance agencies, most patients are left without viable options in order to afford care. Due to this dire situation, people have begun looking abroad for affordable healthcare alternatives. Medical travel, also known as medical tourism, seeks to solve this...

Weight Loss Surgery Mexico/ Gastric Sleeve Gastric Sleeve Surgery is a relatively new surgery in the category of Bariatric surgery. It is also known as gastric sleeve resection. For some morbidly obese people, who have a body mass index(BMI) of more than 60, this surgery is the first step surgery to lose weight for other weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass surgery. It can also be performed on other patients who cannot undergo...

FOLLOW UP OF THE LAB BAND PATIENT AND FILLS Follow-up of the obese patient, especially one who has undergone a LAP-BAND procedure, is an essential part of the treatment. One of the surgical advantages of the LAP-BAND System is that the stoma size can be adjusted post-operatively to individualize patient care without additional surgery. The tissue trauma and fold-flaw failures caused by triangulating designs are eliminated altogether with...

Clinically Severe Obesity is considered a chronic disease. In the United States, more than 12 million people suffer from this condition and from its medical, psychological, social and economic consequences including job loss and higher insurance fees. Clinically Severe Obesity is typically defined as an excess weight of 45 kilograms (kg)or more as compared with a person’s Ideal Body Weight (IBW). Being more than 25% above your IBW...

There are two diets ordered post-operatively for Gastric Banding patients. When you are ready to begin eating, a clear liquid diet is ordered. You will be on the clear diet for usually one day. The clear diet is as follows: Breakfast, lunch and dinner 1/3 cup broth 1/3 cup clear jello 1/3 cup clear juice • You won’t be able to eat all of the items sent on your trays. At first you will probably only be able to eat two teaspoons...