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Monmouth Medical Center is the first hospital in New Jersey to
perform the incision-free procedure, coined “ROSE” (Restorative
Obesity Surgery, Endolumenal). ROSE reduces the size of a patient’s
stomach pouch and stoma to the original post-gastric bypass proportions
to help them back onto the path of weight loss. Gastric bypass
surgery offers the most effective means possible to lose weight.
It is not, however, always a permanent fix. Up to 44 percent of
patients who undergo gastric bypass begin to regain weight – and
the dangerous co-morbidities associated with it – a few years
after their initial operation. Studies show that post-gastric bypass
weight regain sometimes occurs because the stomach pouch and the
opening to the small intestine (the stoma) slowly stretch out,
allowing the patient to eat more without feeling full. Invasive
procedures to restore the anatomy to the original post-surgery
proportions have been too complicated and dangerous for most patients,
leaving them without any feasible treatment options. The ROSE procedure
avoids cutting through scar tissue and instead allows the surgeon
to get his tools to the stomach through the mouth and esophagus.
Once there, the doctor can reduce the size of the stomach pouch
and the opening to the intestine from the inside, without having
to cut through previously damaged tissue. By eliminating skin incisions,
this new procedure may provide important advantages to patients
including reduced risk of infection and associated complications,
less post-operative pain, faster recovery time and no abdominal
scars.
A second chance for a
trimmer you. (PDF)
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