http://arturorodriguezmd.com Lapband, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve,Type 2 Diabetes, Weight loss Surgery, Obesity, Life after Lapband, Lapband Prices Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:44:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/internal-hernias-related-to-a-gastric-bypass?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=internal-hernias-related-to-a-gastric-bypass http://arturorodriguezmd.com/internal-hernias-related-to-a-gastric-bypass#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:29:33 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=667 INTERNAL HERNIAS RELATED TO A GASTRIC BYPASS   The internal hernias after a Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass may occur in 10 % of patients.  Early detection is important because they threaten the patient by causing intestinal obstruction, intestinal strangulation with perforation and peritonitis. It is very important to know that the Internal hernias often pass unnoticed [...]

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]]> http://arturorodriguezmd.com/what-if-my-bariatric-procedure-fails/feed 2 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/bariatric-procedures-being-more-than-fans?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bariatric-procedures-being-more-than-fans http://arturorodriguezmd.com/bariatric-procedures-being-more-than-fans#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:07:16 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=156 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 [...]

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