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Some patients who undergo weight loss surgery can be at higher risk of developing a hernia. Up to one-third of bariatric surgery patients may have…

Bariatric surgery or any other medical procedure can be a stressful one. From going to an unfamiliar facility to wondering about how the procedure will…

At the Obesity Control Center, maintaining our safe and efficient care environment is a top priority. As we learn more about COVID-19 and its transmission,…

We often forget that health professionals aren’t always wearing scrubs. Sometimes they’re the ones in gowns, seeking treatment like any other patient. Except when nurses…

You know that diets don’t work because you’ve tried every single one. While a whole-foods diet with the right number of calories is essential for…

 

What is the Double Buttress Technique? The DBT

As medical professionals we are taught to frequently question the status quo. I personally am always looking for…

Can something good be improved upon? The Gastric Sleeve has had some negative press recently. Check out what OCC has done to make a good…

The CDC travel warning has now increase to another 30 cases reported in Canada of patients returning home with surgical infections with Antibacterial-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa after having weight loss surgery in Tijuana. A prompt response of the global bariatric…

 

Early Surgical Complications

 

Bariatric surgery complications are not uncommon and the rate has been published in the medical literature. At…

Six out of ten overdose deaths in the US involve an opioid drug. Between 2000 and 2015, more than 500,000 people died from drug overdoses.…