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Published: 22 March 2019 Written by George R. Merriman II, MD

Advances in the Treatment of Obesity

Dr. George R. Merriman II Answers Important Questions

What is the biggest change in the treatment that you have seen over the life of your 30 year career?

Currently, the biggest change lies in our understanding that the basis of the obesity problem is not what we thought. When I started my training in the early 1980s, I was taught that a gastric bypass was curative of morbid obesity. We had a woefully inadequate understanding of the problem.

Published: 22 March 2019 Written by George R. Merriman II, MD

Revolutionary LINX Device for Reflux

Many patients suffer with uncontrolled Reflux or GERD. Many are on daily medications and still don't have adequate control of their symptoms.

Long term Reflux, even when controlled by medications, can still cause devastating effects to the esophagus, including in the worst case, cancer. If you are concerned about your Reflux, the new LINX device may be the tool you need

Published: 20 March 2019 Written by George R. Merriman II, MD

What is Bariatric Revision Surgery

Weight Loss Surgery – When is it time to consider a Revision?

By George R. Merriman II, MD, FACS, FASMBS

What is Bariatric Revision Surgery?

A bariatric “revisional” surgery is a procedure correcting a complication of a prior bariatric weight loss surgery and/or modifying a prior bariatric surgery to reestablish its effectiveness as a metabolic and weight loss tool.

Published: 22 March 2019 Written by George R. Merriman II, MD

LapBand with Plication Surgery for Weight Loss!

The LapBand procedure can be made even more effective for some patients with the addition of the Plication procedure, which is basically a pleating of the stomach.