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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.

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  • Abstracts: 2009 Plenary Session / Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 (2009)

    Abstracts: 2009 Plenary Session / Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 5 (2009)

    Surgical revision for weight regain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has partially failed to gain acceptance due to higher complication rates associated with standard approaches. Endoluminal revision of stoma and pouch dilatation should intuitively confer a better risk profile.

  • Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery

    Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery

    Bariatric Surgery has evolved from open surgery requiring large incisions to laparoscopic surgery requiring five to six small incisions in the abdomen and presently to Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) requiring one small incision hidden inside the umbilicus.

  • What's New and Upcoming in Bariatric Surgery

    What's New and Upcoming in Bariatric Surgery

    The field of bariatric surgery is constantly evolving and new procedures continue to develop. Bariatric surgery has evolved from open very invasive surgery like the “stomach stapling” or vertical banded gastroplasty to laparoscopic gastric bypass, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic duodenal switch.

  • New Bariatric Surgery

    New Bariatric Surgery

    One of the newest technologies currently being used in the United States is Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILSTM) adjustable gastric banding. The procedure is a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding that is performed through a single incision hidden inside the belly button instead of the traditional five incisions.

  • Newsday Bariatric Surgery

    Newsday Bariatric Surgery

    As spring blossoms, shaking off some excess winter weight becomes the goal of many, but for some, the struggle with obesity can be a long-term issue.

  • Stomaphyx

    Stomaphyx

    Studies have shown that up to 20 percent of patients regain much of the weight they originally lost after gastric bypass surgery. Two suggested theories for why this happens are enlargement of the gastrojejunostomy and dilatation of the gastric pouch.

  • Surgical Products

    Surgical Products

    One of the newest technologies currently being used in the United States is Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILSTM) adjustable gastric banding. The procedure is a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding that is performed through a single incision hidden inside the belly button instead of the traditional five incisions.

  • Newsday - Mercy Ranked Top in Bariatric Surgery

    Newsday - Mercy Ranked Top in Bariatric Surgery

    Meryc Medical Center received top ratings from healthgrades, the nations leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Mercy Medical Center was rated first in all of New York State under leadership of Shawn Garber, MD

  • Mercy Medical Center Top-Ranked Again

    Mercy Medical Center Top-Ranked Again

    Receives Fifth Consecutive Bariatric Surgery ExcellenceTM Award From HealthGrades® With Highest Ranking In Downstate New York

  • Article about SILS with Dr. Shawn Garber, MD

    Article about SILS with Dr. Shawn Garber, MD

    Article about Dr. Garber discussing SIngle Incision Lap-Band surgery in General Surgery news.

  • Mercy Medical Center Top-Rated Again

    Mercy Medical Center Top-Rated Again

    Receives Sixth Consecutive Bariatric Surgery ExcellenceTM Award From HealthGrades®

  • Newsday - Dr. Shawn Garber of the New York Bariatric Group Pioneer of Endo-FLIP

    Newsday - Dr. Shawn Garber of the New York Bariatric Group Pioneer of Endo-FLIP

    New technigue performed by Dr. Shawn Garber can jump start weight loss in Gastric Adjustable Band patients - Endo-FLIP

  • Chris Christie’s Weight Loss: The Lap-Band Procedure Explained

    Chris Christie’s Weight Loss: The Lap-Band Procedure Explained

    Chris Christie revealed he secretly underwent a weight-loss surgery in February known as the lap band—and has dropped roughly 40 pounds since. Lizzie Crocker speaks with Shawn Garber, MD, FACS on whether you should have a titanium band wrapped around your stomach

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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.

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