Bariatric Surgery Practice

WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:09.600 We offer the full spectrum of surgery here at 00:00:09.625 --> 00:00:16.020 Texas Center, from primary procedures, sleeves, bands, bypasses, 00:00:16.045 --> 00:00:20.040 switches, SADI-S, to a myriad number of different types of 00:00:20.065 --> 00:00:22.580 revisions for all of those procedures. 00:00:22.605 --> 00:00:26.500 People often ask us what makes them a candidate for weight loss surgery? 00:00:26.525 --> 00:00:27.620 Several things. 00:00:27.645 --> 00:00:32.080 If you have 50 or excess pounds to lose, you're a candidate, or if you 00:00:32.105 --> 00:00:34.220 have a BMI of 30 or greater. 00:00:34.245 --> 00:00:37.600 Everyone at every age deserves a healthy weight, and our patients 00:00:37.625 --> 00:00:40.860 range in age from 13 to 85. 00:00:40.885 --> 00:00:43.860 People often wonder, how safe is bariatric surgery? 00:00:43.885 --> 00:00:48.320 The risk level of a typical bariatric procedure is generally less than having 00:00:48.345 --> 00:00:50.615 your appendix out or your gall bladder out. 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.920 One of the great things about weight loss surgery, and one of the things that I 00:00:53.945 --> 00:00:58.900 really enjoy, is that patients really feel better very quickly. 00:00:58.925 --> 00:01:02.815 Even by a two-week appointment, patients have less joint pain, they have 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:04.280 more energy, they're more active. 00:01:04.305 --> 00:01:09.130 We choose the best bariatric surgery at the consultation. 00:01:09.160 --> 00:01:14.080 Oftentimes patients come in with a certain procedure in mind, and oftentimes patients 00:01:14.105 --> 00:01:16.980 are great candidates for several different procedures. 00:01:17.005 --> 00:01:20.770 Recovery after weight loss surgery is a lot quicker than people think. 00:01:20.800 --> 00:01:24.735 Almost everyone goes home the day after surgery, sometimes even the same day. 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:28.000 By about a week, people are feeling pretty well, back to work, doing their 00:01:28.025 --> 00:01:29.850 kids stuff, feeling great. 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:33.210 The initial diet for that first five weeks is pretty specialized. 00:01:33.240 --> 00:01:36.420 It's a soft, liquidy, purade sort of diet. 00:01:36.445 --> 00:01:40.100 At five weeks, we started adding in more normal sorts of foods. 00:01:40.125 --> 00:01:44.280 We start with easier things like fish, tender chicken, maybe some tender 00:01:44.305 --> 00:01:46.380 vegetables, and we progress from there. 00:01:46.405 --> 00:01:50.850 Our office is a destination for bariatric surgery for patients across the country. 00:01:50.880 --> 00:01:54.775 I've performed over 16,000 surgeries and have over a decade of Da Vinci 00:01:54.800 --> 00:01:55.800 surgical system experience.