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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has recently changed it's position on mandatory participation in a medically supervised weight loss program for six consecutive months prior to Bariatric Surgery.

The revised policy, which becomes effective on June 19, 2010, states the following:

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Patients with Type 2 Diabetes have demonstrated little or no need for continuing medication after surgery.

With Type 2 diabetes, the body produces insulin but resists it. Insulin is a necessity for the body to be able to use sugar. Patients who had Gastric Bypass Surgery and Lap Band Surgery had lower insulin resistance.

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Obesity and High Blood Pressure puts you at increased risk for heart attack, stroke, or even death.

According to a recent study, hypertension was resolved or improved in 78.5 percent of patients Lap Band Surgery and Gastric Bypass Surgery.

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Living with Sleep Apnea isn't only an inconvenience. It's downright dangerous. Bariatric Surgery can help.

While sleep apnea and other respiratory problems may occur regardless of a person’s age, gender, or body mass, complications tend to be more severe in the obese. Gastric Bypass Surgery and Lap Band Surgery helps reduce excess body weight and fat deposits in the tongue and neck that cause sleep apnea.

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For women struggling with Morbid Obesity, reproductive health can be a concern.

A recent study of women following Bariatric Surgery showed improvement of multiple clinical problems related to infertility. Lap Band Surgery and Gastric Bypass Surgery has been found to improve or resolve conditions that may interfere with pregnancy as reduced weight on reproductive organs influences other physiological changes affecting fertility.

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High Cholesterol was improved in more than 93 percent of patients after Bariatric Surgery.

High cholesterol is a common form of dyslipidemia and occurs when a person has too much of certain lipids in the blood. Harmful scar tissue and other debris cause thickening and hardening of the artery walls as these lipids build up on the wall’s lining.

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A recent study of 500 patients showed a 90 percent resolution of arthritis among surgical patients.

Osteoarthritis is a condition where there is a breakdown of the joint’s cartilage and is one of the most common forms of arthritis. Excess body weight placed on joints, especially in the knees and hips, results in rapid wear and tear, and causes pain due to inflammation. Gastric Bypass Surgery and Lap Band Surgery can reduce the strain placed on joints as there is less weight and pressure.

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Diabetes
Hypertension
Sleep Apnea
Infertility
High Cholesterol
Arthritis

Lap Band Surgery

With Lap Band Surgery, NJ patients can lose up to 50% or more of their excess body weight. Minimally invasive and reversable.

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Realize Band Surgery

Realize Band Surgery in NJ is a minimally invasive, adjustable and reversible surgical treatment for morbid obesity.

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Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric Bypass Surgery in NJ is another minimally invasive, surgical treatment for morbid obesity.

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Bariatric Support Groups

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New Jersey ROSE Procedure NJ

Have you regained some of the weight you initially lost after Gastric Bypass Surgery?

Your stomach pouch or stoma (the connection between the pouch and small intestine) may have stretched out in the years since your original surgery, reducing the feeling of fullness after you eat. We now offer the New Jersey ROSE Procedure - Restorative Obesity Surgery Endoscopic, procedure, an incisionless surgical procedure that restores the size of the pouch and stoma close to the original post-surgery proportions.

Using new surgical tools, surgeons create and suture folds into the pouch to reduce its volume and at the stoma to reduce its diameter. The surgeon performs the procedure entirely through the mouth without making any external incisions into the body. Due to the lack of external incisions, the New Jersey ROSE Procedure - is expected to provide important advantages, including, less risk than traditional open or laparoscopic surgery, minimal postoperative pain, fast recovery time and no scarring. Keeping your weight down after gastric bypass is vital to improve your health and reduce the co-morbidities associated with obesity such as Type II diabetes, heart disease, joint disease and respiratory conditions. If you have started to regain weight since your initial surgery, please contact us.

Who is eligible for the new incisionless, New Jersey ROSE Procedure?

Patients who were originally successful losing weight following New Jersey Gastric Bypass Surgery and now find themselves regaining weight may be ideal candidates for this procedure. After an initial screening, you will undergo a series of evaluations including nutritional and dietary counseling, a full medical exam and endoscopy to determine if you are a good candidate.

What does the New Jersey ROSE Procedure entail?

The ROSE procedure is performed using a four-channel tube and special Incisionless Surgery tools. The surgeon advances the flexible tube and a small endoscope through the patient’s mouth, into the stomach pouch. The surgeon will then insert the surgical tools through the channels of the tube. Tissue anchors are used to create multiple tissue folds around the stoma to reduce the diameter. The surgeon will then use the same technique to place anchors in the stomach pouch to reduce its volume.

How long will I need to stay in the hospital?

The length of your stay will be determined by your surgeon. You may be discharged the same day if the procedure was done early in the morning, or your surgeon may want you to stay overnight. Your surgeon will make the determination following your procedure.

What are the benefits of an incisionless procedure?

By eliminating skin incisions, this new procedure may provide important advantages to patients, including reduced risk of infection and associated complications, less post-operative pain, faster recovery time, and no abdominal scars.

What type of side effects can I expect?

It is anticipated that patients will feel little or no discomfort from the procedure. The most common reported side effect has been short-term sore throat.

Is it safe?

As with any surgery there is risk involved. The ROSE Procedure is new and long-term data are not yet available. This less invasive approach should reduce the likelihood of many of the complications associated with the other open or laparoscopic revision procedures.

What is the success rate?

As with any weight loss procedure, results vary with each patient. The ROSE Procedure has been well tolerated and most patients experience weight loss as they eat less – with the return of the early feeling of “fullness” due to the restriction of the new, smaller pouch. The ROSE procedure is new and long term data are not yet available.

What is the recovery process?

Typically patients return to normal activity within a few days of their procedure. Your doctor will give you specific instructions. In addition, you will be required to follow a post-procedure diet and exercise plan, similar to the regimen prescribed following your initial bypass surgery. To help you on your journey, follow-up appointments with your doctor and regular visits with our bariatric support staff will be required.

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