http://arturorodriguezmd.com Lapband, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve,Type 2 Diabetes, Weight loss Surgery, Obesity, Life after Lapband, Lapband Prices Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:25:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/the-answers-to-gastric-sleeve-failures?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-answers-to-gastric-sleeve-failures http://arturorodriguezmd.com/the-answers-to-gastric-sleeve-failures#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:12:24 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=112 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 [...]

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