Before our Houston bariatric surgery team answers the question, let’s first explore what BMI is. BMI, short for body mass index, is a measure of your height in relation to your weight. For example, a woman...

Setting reasonable expectations of weight loss surgery is crucial to enjoying a successful outcome. At Texas Laparoscopic Consultants, we work alongside our bariatric patients to help them understand what is and isn’t possible with surgery. Bariatric...

Do you ever race to your medicine cabinet after eating a meal? Millions of people do it every day for heartburn or indigestion. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease is one of the most common problems. Luckily, it’s more...

At the 2011 annual American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) meeting, findings were released from a Kansas-based study measuring triglyceride levels of 229 liposuction patients before and after fat-reduction plastic surgery. Patients with high triglyceride levels...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has previously published two position statements on the use of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as a bariatric procedure.[1,2] These position statements were developed in response to inquiries made...