“TOGA” is the acronym for transoral gastroplasty, a new type of weight loss surgery that involves making the stomach smaller by stapling it – by way of the mouth, rather than through incisions on the outside of the body. The procedure has now been performed on 98 individuals in Europe and and Mexico and, on average, those who have passed the one year mark have lost about 40% of their excess body weight. Only a few patients have tried it so far in the US as part of a study funded by Satiety, Inc., the company which makes the staplers. They are hoping to get FDA approval for the procedure, which falls in line with a current trend to make surgery less invasive and less painful. By not making incisions, you minimize many of the risks and side effects of surgery.
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Tags: bariatric, incision, invasive, obesity, surgery, toga, weight, weight loss
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
January 15th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
HELLO,
I AM 62 YEARS OLD AND HAS HAD A STRUGGLE WITH MY WEIGHT
FOR SOMETIME. I AM 95 TO 100 ILS OVERWEIGHT. MY MAIN PROBLEM IS IN STOMACH, THEIGHS, AND UPPER ARMS. IN MY UPPER ARMS, ESPECIALLY MY RIGHT ARM, IS BOTERS ME WHEN I WEAR CERTAIN CLOTHES ( MAINLY SHOT SLEEVES). i REALLY NEED TO GET RID OF THIS WEIGHT DUE TO MY HEALTH. i HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS THAT AFFECTS SOMETIMES MY WHOLE BODY, BUT MOST OF THE TIME MY UPPER RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER, ALSO MY TOTAL LEFT LEG AND THEIGH. I CAN NO LONGER EXERCISE OR WALK AS I USE TO. I ALSO NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED THAT MY INSURANCE DOES NOT APPROVE.
SINCERELY,
LEESTHER
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