A: Yes you can get pregnant after bariatric surgery. With gastric bypass surgery you need to wait 12 - 18 months. With Lap-Band surgery you just need to wait about 3 months.
Shawn Garber, MD FACS
A: No you are not too old. We have performed Lap-Band surgery on patients up to 70 years old. It is not to late to live a healthier life.
Shawn Garber, MD
A: Insurance coverage for the ROSE procedure is variable. Some insurance companies consider it experimental and some will cover the procedure if we can document medical necessity. I recommend you come in for a consultation and an endoscopy to check your gastric pouch to see if you qualify.
A: To qualify for bariatric surgery you need a BMI of 40 with no medical problems or a BMI of 35 with a medical problem related to obesity like sleep apnea, hypertension, or diabetes. You can figure out your BMI by clicking on the BMI link on the top of the webpages. The Lap-Band should be approved for BMI of 30 - 35 in the near future.
A: About 20 - 30 % of patients that undergo gastric bypass surgery will gain back weight over time. The New York Bariatric Group specializes in revision of previous gastric bypass surgery and offer both the ROSE procedure done completely through the mouth and Band over Bypass which is minimally invasive. Please look in the corrected obesity section of our website for more information about these procedures.
Free Information Seminar
NEXT SEMINAR:
May 28th, 2013 | 6:00pm-7:00pm
1980 Crompond Road Cortlandt Manor NY, 10567
Wagner Conference Room at Hudson Valley Hospital Center
Patients can park in the back parking lot by the Surgery Center and enter through the Surgery Center entrance. This will lead you to the ground floor where the Wagner conference room is located.
I was downtown on 9/11 and couldn’t run to save my life. My co-workers had to help me. Since I’ve lost the weight, people finally notice me. I love to buy new clothes and walking down the street is a pleasure, I finally get noticed and get attention that I had wanted for so many years.