They're now half their former selves

Lose half your body weight? It's now achievable, thanks to a new, highly successful surgical weight loss procedure called vertical sleeve gastrectomy.

Oro Valley resident Mark Inskeep underwent the vertical sleeve surgery in May 2008. Thus far, he's lost 272 pounds from his surgical weight of 474.

Northwest resident Cristin Grant weighed 286 pounds when she had the procedure done in July 2007. These days, she's 130 pounds lighter.

They are two of the more than 300 vertical sleeve gastrectomy patients of Stephen Burpee, M.D., and Patrick Chiasson, M.D., of the Southern Arizona Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Click here for full article.

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