ROSE Procedure for weight gain
ROSE Procedure New! ROSE procedure for weight regain after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
The Penn State Hershey Surgical Weight Loss Program is planning to offer a new, even less invasive surgical option to treat weight regain in post-gastric bypass patients. Most gastric bypass patients obtain excellent weight loss after surgery. Some patients, however, experience weight regain years after their original gastric bypass surgery. This weight regain may be caused by an enlarged pouch or stoma (the connection between the stomach pouch and small intestine). We recognize this is a source of frustration and a health concern for patients. This has motivated us to pursue new options and potential solutions for our patients.
This new “incision-less" procedure is a new option for patients. It is called the ROSE procedure which stands for: Restorative Obesity Surgery Endoscopic. The procedure uses FDA-cleared endoscopic instruments to decrease pouch and stoma size, and recreate a restriction to encourage weight loss. This technique does not require surgical incisions. Rather, an endoscopic suturing device is introduced through the mouth like an upper endoscopy. Sutures are placed in the stomach pouch and stoma to reduce their size. The procedure is expected to provide important advantages, including minimal post-operative pain, fast recovery time, and no scarring.
If you were originally successful with your gastric bypass surgery but now find yourself regaining some of your lost weight, you may be a candidate for the new incision-less procedure. If you would like to learn more about the procedure, please contact Janelle McLeod or Dawn Kleinfelter at the Penn State Hershey Surgical Weight Loss Program office at 1-877-609-6848.
HW 248.9;SW 221; CW 138.7
I just wonder about the revision surgeries...I understand that many surgeries done in years past people DO have physically enlarged stomas and/or procedures that were done without the newer, "better" techniques. For those - things like this make perfect sense.
I just have a "prejudice" if you will, and a major concern, that procedures like this will be the "next quick fix" for those who don't follow the rules from the door. And that just leaves the door open for the general public who have no idea how "difficult" the post op rules can be and who already believe surgery is a quick fix, to continue to say so.
Shauna told me once that she told her doctor "If you told me the only way this surgery would work is for me to stand on my head for 30 minutes 6 times a day....I would" insinuating she would follow all the rules, and she does.....I just hope, although I know it's unrealistic, that people who have/had the surgery remember it's a lot of work, time, and dedication, and that "revisions" are not to be expected every few years to keep the pouch "working"
