First Gastric Plication in Houston Performed by Texas Laparoscopic Consultants

Texas Laparoscopic Consultants Perform First Gastric Plication in Houston

With the gastric plication, we are trying to mimic a gastric sleeve without cutting or removing any of the stomach.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 23, 2011

Texas Laparoscopic Consultants is a weight loss surgery practice in Houston offering single incision bariatric procedures such as the single incision sleeve gastrectomy and LAP-BAND System®. As part of their continuing commitment to provide the safest and most effective technology available, board-certified bariatric surgeons Dr. Terry Scarborough and Dr. Sherman Yu are announcing the completion of the first LGCP, or gastric plication in Houston.

According to the doctors, this new bariatric procedure has been around for about two years overseas, and is now available to patients in the U. S. with a body mass index of 35 or more. The procedure is intended to be less-risky than other traditional methods of weight loss surgery because it does not require the removal or rearrangement of the stomach or bowel, and eliminates the need for foreign devices such as gastric bands or staples. Dr. Yu says the procedure is unique in this way: “With the gastric plication, we are trying to mimic a gastric sleeve without cutting or removing any of the stomach.”

According to the doctors, patients who have undergone the gastric plication are losing about 60 to 65% of their excess body weight. However, regardless of whether they are performing a more traditional weight loss procedure such as a gastric bypass, or the innovative plication procedure, Dr. Yu says the practice’s ultimate goal is to help each one of their patients achieve a healthy and permanent transformation.

About Sherman C. Yu, MD

Dr. Sherman Yu was recently named one of America’s Top Surgeons by Consumers Research Council of America, and is a Centers of Excellence surgeon as recognized by the Surgical Review Corporation. He is the medical director at Park Plaza Hospital. Dr. Yu is the first surgeon in the area to perform single incision laparoscopic adjustable gastric band procedure, and the first in Texas to perform the single incision sleeve gastrectomy. Dr. Yu earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, and completed his medical training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He then returned to Houston to complete a fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the Texas Health Science Center, with a specific focus on bariatric surgery.

About Terry Scarborough, MD

Dr. Terry Scarborough was also recently named one of America’s Top Surgeons by the Consumers Research Council of America, and is a member in good standing of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has performed over 4000 laparoscopic procedures including over 100 laparoscopic bariatric procedures. Dr. Scarborough earned his medical degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and completed his surgical residency at the Baylor College of Medicine. He then completed a fellowship in laparoscopic surgery, and returned to New Mexico where he performed the first laparoscopic kidney transplant.

Texas Laparoscopic Consultants is located at 1200 Binz. Ste. 950 in Houston, TX 77004, and can be reached at (713) 493-7700, or found online at tlcsurgery.com or facebook.com/tlcsurgery.

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