The surgeons of New Dimensions are regular contributors to community knowledge about bariatric surgery.
60 Minutes reports:
It’s pretty well known to doctors that the most successful treatment for obesity is surgery, especially the gastric bypass operation. But here’s something the medical world is just realizing: that the gastric bypass operation has other even more dramatic effects. It can force type 2 diabetes into almost instant remission and it appears to reduce the risk of cancer.
Dr. Pilcher explains and elaborates on the findings in two reports in the August edition of the New England Journal of Medicine which demonstrate that surgical procedures for weight loss provide patients with a substantial reduction in the risk of death from any cause, over many years.
Dr. Pilcher helps prospective patients cut through the marketing hype when choosing where to go when it’s time to commit to a dramatic, but life-changing procedure that is bariatric surgery.
Dr. Duperier writes about Lana Harrell, a borderline diabetic and a candidate for knee replacement surgery who lost 176 pounds. After losing the weight, her diabetes was resolved and she no longer needed the surgery.
Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts speaks of the increasing impact of obesity on Texas employers as a result of issues such as healthcare, disability and absenteeism.
In this article that ran in the Austin American Statesman, Mickey Seger debates the recent decision by the Travis County commissioners to deny county employees access to weight-loss surgery benefits.
Dr. Terive Duperier, one of New Dimensions’ surgeons, writes about the cost benefits of Weight Loss Surgery.
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