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by Guillermo Alvarez (Author)
With each passing year, bariatric surgeries are becoming more and more common place. After years of frustrating weight loss and regains, patients are looking for permanent answers to their obesity problems. New procedures, new techniques and new surgeons enter the field of bariatrics each year. In this newly revised book, Dr. Alvarez pulls back the curtain on the Gastric Sleeve surgery and tells why it is the only bariatric surgery he'll perform, the risks associated with the surgery, and what patients need to know to be one of the successful permanent losers.
Author Biography
Dr. Alvarez specializes in laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (commonly called the Vertical Sleeve). It is the only surgery he performs and has international recognition as one of only 11 bariatric surgeons world-wide with the designation of "Surgeon of Excellence" by the Surgical Review Corporation (an independent review board). Having performed over 10,000 gastric sleeve surgeries, he was written up in Newsweek as a "leader in health care", featured on ABC News, and has over 1 million views of his YouTube videos on the Gastric Sleeve.
