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	<title>Sasse Guide &#187; Weight Loss Surgery</title>
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		<title>CHOOSING AMONGST WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY OPTIONS, WHY IS IT SO COMPLICATED?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would think these surgeons and weight loss experts would simplify matters and devise one procedure and one standard diet program that worked the best.  Plain and simple, here is the one that works the best, sign up and you can these are the results you can expect.
Unfortunately, it has not worked out to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANOTHER SHORT TERM STUDY ON BARIATRIC SURGERY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Numerous short term studies report to show the benefit of one procedure over others, and usually the more invasive procedure demonstrates higher “success”.  This reflects the fact that the less invasive LAP-BAND procedure is shown to have a much slower weight loss curve, typically approaching or equaling the overall weight loss of gastric bypass surgery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHOULD THE FDA APPROVE LAP-BAND FOR LOW BMI?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/should-the-fda-approve-lap-band-for-low-bmi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gastric banding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA Advisory Committee, which recently agreed to review the current criteria that Allergan Corporation and physicians and hospitals may use to promote the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band will soon be deciding to broaden these criteria.  Until now, the LAP-BAND has been approved under FDA guidelines for people with a body mass index of 35 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF MEXICO BARIATRIC SURGERY?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/what-to-do-about-the-problem-of-mexico-bariatric-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I practice in Reno, Nevada, which is not particularly close in distance to Mexico, and yet with increasing frequency, I find myself caring for people who have suffered devastating complications after undergoing bariatric surgery in Mexico.  The phenomenon poses many challenging questions for all of us and it is difficult to know exactly how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DELAYED PERFORATIONS AFTER SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY POSE A PROBLEM</title>
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		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/delayed-perforations-after-sleeve-gastrectomy-pose-a-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I am taking care of a gentleman who is extremely ill, in critical condition and in the intensive care unit of one of our hospitals having undergone a sleeve gastrectomy approximately three months ago.  He experienced one of the more devastating complications of this procedure, namely a delayed perforation of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CELEBRITIES UNDERGOING LAP-BAND WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/celebrities-undergoing-lap-band-weight-loss-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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Joining the ranks of celebrities that have disclosed they have undergone Lap-Band surgery is New York Jets coach, Rex Ryan and golf star, John Daly.  In addition, a change is beginning to take place in the urban centers of New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas wherein celebrities including entertainers, athletic personalities and politicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHEN SHOULD CHILDREN BE CONSIDERED CANDIDATES FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/when-should-children-be-considered-candidates-for-weight-loss-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

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The subject of children and adolescents potentially undergoing weight loss surgery has evolved greatly in a short number of years.  When it was initially proposed the only operations were invasive procedures such as the open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.  With the advancements of minimally invasive surgery and laparoscopic instrumentation, there are now several minimally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8th Annual Bariatric Fashion Show A Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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This past weekend was our 8th Annual Fashion Show hosted by The Obesity Prevention  Foundation and Western Bariatric Institute.  It was a great event that allowed some of our patients to share their success with friends, family and the Reno community. It also provided us with a great opportunity to spread the word about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incisional Hernias And Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/incisional-hernias-and-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Related Medical Problems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many overlooked health problems related to weight gain and obesity is the problem of incisional hernias.  Incisional hernias are a common form of the broader category of ventral hernias, meaning an abnormal bulge protruding through the muscular tendinous layer of the abdominal wall.  Ventral hernias may be congenital, protruding through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Intragastric Balloon</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/sleeve-gastrectomy-versus-intragastric-balloon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/sleeve-gastrectomy-versus-intragastric-balloon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent study by Genco and Colleagues (Surgical Endoscopy, Volume 23, pg. 1849-1853, 2009) a bariatric center compared the effectiveness of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy against the Bioenterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB) with twelve months of follow-up. 
The mean surgical time for the sleeve gastrectomy was 120 minutes.  The mean endoscopy or balloon positioning time [...]]]></description>
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