Weight Loss Surgery Revision in Dallas, Texas

Laparoscopic Weight Loss Surgery Revision

Due to the increasing popularity of weight loss surgery, more
and more patients are undergoing operations to lose weight.
Unfortunately, many of these operations are performed by
inexperienced surgeons, ultimately requiring revision weight loss
surgery. Revision weight loss surgery repairs or revises a prior weight
loss surgery. Even the most successful bariatric surgery operations may
require a revision from time to time. Common revision cases include:

Prior vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) or “stomach stapling”

Complications from a previous open gastric bypass surgery

Failure to lose adequate weight after a Lap Band surgery

Inadequate weight loss or tendency to regain weight after gastric bypass

Most revision surgeries can be done laparoscopically and are covered by
medical insurance and patients are discharged within one to two days. It is
important to understand that while revision surgery is slightly higher-risk
than a first-time operation, it is still lower-risk than remaining
morbidly obese.

The Nicholson Clinic in Dallas, Texas, handles all types of laparoscopic
weight loss surgery including revision surgery, Lap Band surgery,
gastric bypass surgery, and sleeve gastrectomy.

Contact the Nicholson Clinic's Dallas, TX office if you have any
questions about this or any other types of bariatric surgery
procedures.