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		<title>What is the Best Surgical Weight Loss Procedure for Me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the Best Surgical Weight Loss Procedure for Me?
I hear this question all the time and there is no single answer for every person.
You have to find your own answer by asking some questions...]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity: Is Fast Food Responsible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obesity: Is Fast Food Responsible?
The reasons for obesity are multiple and complex.  Despite conventional wisdom, it is not simply a result of overeating.  Research has shown that in many cases, the significant underlying cause of morbid obesity is genetic. Studies have demonstrated that once the problem is established, efforts such as dieting and exercise programs have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity: Surgery as a Weight Loss Option</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thebariatric.com - Morbid obesity is a disease of excess energy stores in the form of fat (BMI >40 kg/m2).  Being overweight is associated with many physical problems which are now well recognized...]]></description>
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		<title>Bariatric Procedures: Being More than Fans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bariatric Procedures: Being More than Fans
The last 10 years I have been very busy participating in a lot of meetings around the world.  I have found, unfortunately, that we have spent such a long time discussing what procedures are the best for treating obesity that we have forgotten the main point, the core of any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vertical Gastrectomy Procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vertical Gastrectomy Procedures
The original procedure, conceived by Dr. D. Johnston in England, was called The Magenstrasse and Mill Operation. The stomach is stapled vertically and divided from the incisura angularis to reach the angle of His at the gastric fundus. Dr. Johnston&#8217;s procedure of leaving a long gastric tube that resembles the German highway Magenstrasse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Healthy Choices after Bariatric Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food, Glorious Food!
Making Healthy Choices after Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery can help you to lose weight, but you also have to make some long-term changes to your diet in order to see the best results.  Your stomach is much smaller after bariatric surgery, and can only hold a small amount of food.  It is important to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Answers to Gastric Sleeve Failures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Answers to Gastric Sleeve Failures
The Gastric Sleeve is an open procedure, and is known as part of the Duodenal Switch since 1988.  The Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve on high risk patients started in 2004 as the first stage of the Duodenal Switch (DS) and soon after that date, several teams started Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Surgery after Bariatric Surgery (Lap band, Gastric sleeve or Gastric bypass)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic Surgery after Bariatric Surgery (Lap Band, Gastric sleeve or Gastric Bypass):
I know many individuals that are attracted by the idea of starting over.  It&#8217;s important for an individual to discover what they did wrong, and how we can change.  There is a need to lose weight or to keep the weight off successfully, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHEAP Lap Band or Gastric Sleeve Costs &#8211; What Does it All Mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEAP Lap Band or Gastric Sleeve Costs &#8211; What Does it All Mean?
July 6 (Health Day News) &#8212; Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take to the skies on &#8220;medical tourism&#8221; junkets, looking for high-quality yet low-priced health care at foreign clinics but experts also warn that the booming industry does have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass? That is the Question!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass? That is the Question!
The Bariatric surgical field has experienced extraordinary changes over the past 55 years.
With the initial empiric use of Intestinal Bypass surgery in 1954 by Kremen, Linner and Nelson at the University of Minnesota, severe obesity was identified as a disease that could be successfully treated.
Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lapband Slippage: Causes &amp; Prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the long-term complications of lap band surgery is called "Lapband slippage"...]]></description>
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		<title>Have Lap Band Surgery for Less in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[between the United States and Mexico, patients can receive the exact same Lap band procedure in Mexico for up to 70% less than in the states. ]]></description>
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		<title>My Surgery Story&#8211;De-Banding and Gastric Sleeve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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Subject: My surgery story -  de-banding and gastric sleeve   21/08/09
 
 
 












I just got back from Mexico, where Dr. Arturo Rodriguez performed the gastric sleeve surgery for me. (Warning&#8230; long post coming up!)Four years ago tomorrow, I had the Lap-Band surgery with Dr. Rodriguez.For a variety of reasons, the band didn&#8217;t work for me. I did manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why My Weight Loss Procedure Can Fail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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Why My Weight Loss Procedure Can Fail?
The first and most important step to minimize the chances of failure from a Bariatric procedure and to increase your success rate is to be well informed about each one of the surgeries before you choose any of them.
What should you know about Weight Loss Surgery?

How does each procedure work? [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thebariatric.com - Patients can have minor or large complications after a Lap Band, Gastric sleeve or Gastric Bypass procedure.  Many patients may need another surgery to correct the complications, which can cost them more money. However,  medical complications are not always a result of a bariatric procedure failure...]]></description>
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		<title>Old Treatments For Weight Loss Are New For Diabetes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old Treatments for Weight Loss are New for Diabetes
Approximately 22% of adults in the United States and 35% of the adults in Mexico have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, which is the type that also accounts for 95% of all Diabetes cases.  About 60% of obese patients have Metabolic Syndrome (Type 2 Diabetes, High [...]]]></description>
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		<title>De-Banding the LapBand Can be Complicated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[De-Banding the Lap Band Can be Complicated
Today I want to share some concepts that frequently are misunderstood by Doctors starting a bariatric program, and by Banded Patients.  There are several reasons for De-Banding a Lap-Band patient. Today I would like to focus on EROSION.  The incidence of Stomach Erosion ranges from 2 to 15% of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Laparoscopic Journey: Past and Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thebariatric.com  Our History - The knowledge that we have today about laparoscopy has developed through the patience, hard-work and ...]]></description>
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		<title>DIET BEFORE LAPBAND</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIET BEFORE LAPBAND
Why a low Carbs Pre Lap-band Diet is Helpful?
I am used to performing surgery on patients that have not done any pre-operatory diet mainly because many of them can’t follow any kind of diet and by asking for one just increases their stress before surgery.
Long term carbohydrates and fat diets will turn to [...]]]></description>
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