I need info for a friend

My friend had gastric bypass in 05 and about nine months later she had the part of her intestine that were not used for surgery twist together and dies causing her to be very ill she went into multi organ failure she did survive but only has the intestines that were used for gastric bypass she is to under go surgery the first week in oct to increase the size of her stomach due to severe malnutrtion she is very scared because her surgeon has never had to do any kind of reversals before although he saved her life she is very optimistic but this is a necessary surgery to to her condition can anyone out there give ther advise or know a surgeon in the maryland area that has done this before

Bobbi, I am aware of several patients where Dr. Barry Greene, in Rockville, has done certain types of revision surgeries due to varying complications encountered by patients (whose original WLS was with other surgeons). It sounds as if your friend developed a bowel obstruction, which I appreciate, can be an extremely serious complication following WLS. I certainly hope that she is successful. She certainly has a very good friend in you. Leesa

First of all, I'm so sorry thst your friend had this complication. My doctor Dr. Mark Kligman at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland was a trauma surgeon prior to transitioning into bariatrics (in Ohio). When I asked him why he got into WLS he said "he was tired of having to surgically repair people who had WLS and thought that they deserved a good surgeon from the start". He has done many repairs and fixed problems for people who had complications. I'm not sure he would be able to address your friend's needs but it's a worth a phone call.