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I think its marvelous. Gonna call and see if i can get in on a study. As the Mexican surgeon A. Ortiz, said regarding the successful use of the endolumenal balloon in his practice, speaking of endolumenal type devices .... in future years, the bariatric surgery performed now will be considered quite primitive. Me personally, I don't mind getting it put in and put out multiple times... a 10 minute procedure done out patient.. if i can avoid getting my stomach cut out and tossed away permanently. Cool breakthrough. If I can get it, I will. YAY SCIENCE.

The New Full Sense Device - The Invention that could end obesity http://www.buzzfeed.com/joeloliphint/the-invention-that-could-end-obesity#.lwOEymdgZO

Sue, Did you get any kind of insurance coverage for this operation? I wish it could be so. Let us know. Also, I set up a kind of MAIN heading for Introductions, for all of us... would you consider copying your introduction over there? Please remember... give LOTS of info, as much as you can... I am starving for it. Tristan

Thanks for posting that article.. good one. I should put down the French bariatric surgeons involved in these studies and operations.

Hi ! Welcome! This is the place to tell us all about your journey! If you are just starting research, or have had your operation, tell us ALL about it here. There are lots of names for this surgery: MGB (mini gastric bypass), OAGB (one anastomosis gastric bypass), Omega Loop, LMGB (laparoscopic mini gastric bypass). These are the same operations, but there can be some very slight differences by different doctors. As in, some European doctors have instituted a new method in their OAGB that places a stitch that is supposed to stop reflux and bile coming back up. Some other doctors in Europe are now doing this operation robotically, which is said to be a safer way of operating (no human errors). If you have had MGB /OAGB / OmegaLoop / LMGB write about your journey here. Be sure to tell us your Doctor name, location, and if you feel comfortable, your starting weight and what you weigh now. THANKS! WELCOME TO OUR CLAN!

This surgery has a few different names: MGB (mini gastric bypass), OAGB (one anastomosis gastric bypass) and the Omega Loop. I thought it might be useful to write down the names of the surgeons that do this operation both in the USA and abroad. A comprehensive list in one place will make my life much easier. Please, feel free to comment if you know of other doctors, and I will add it to this list, ok? USA Dr. David Hargroder Mexico dr. sergio verboonen dr. Ponce de leon dr. Jesus Lopez Dr. Juan Francisco Zavalza Dr. Rodriguez $7,900 Dr. Ramos Kelly $8,500 INDIA Dr. Kular http://www.kularhospital.com/Home Dr. Mohit Bandarhi - robotically i think https://www.facebook.com/IndiaObesity http://www.indiaobesity.in/index.php SPAIN Dr. Carvalho BELGIUM Dr. Chris DeBruyne

Hi SUNNYNYC.... thanks so much for posting here.. would you consider writing a comprehensive diary / posting of your experience in India? I am EXTREMELY interested in this and would love to hear all the deets of your experience. Please? Feel free to copy and paste if you have written this before, somewhere else. I am so anxious / excited for information about this. I have heard about Dr. Kular. He is really going to town with the MGB in India and i have been to his website and watched the videos from his patients. Do you know if he does the 'stitch' to combat reflux? A Dr. Carvalho and other doctors in Spain do the MGB (they call it the OAGB) with a special method, this stitch and I hope to find some doctor that does that also. I had hopes also of finding someone who does robotic MGB, but that may be a pipe dream. I think there is another doctor in India that does the robotic MGB. I need to go google that. Anyway, please write up your experience, whenever you can... I am so interested. Tristan Adair in Utah

I belong to a FB page called Duodenal Switch and have been researching and considering this surgery. I can only afford Mexico, and the word in that group is the only Mexican surgeon to go with for DS is Ungson. They are a pretty supportive and amazingly intelligent group of ladies, with years of experience to share. I call the DS gals the BACON and FAT clan. Its rather amazing what they can eat or rather MUST eat to keep themselves alive. They have some 3 doctors they recommend in the states and the only one in Mexico is Ungson. The other thing they stress is the importance of the Vitamins they MUST take to stay alive. The vitamins again, are essential to stay alive. I am talking 4x a day. AND the importance of doing a blood draw to gauge the Vitamin levels very regularly, like every 6 months. It is a very complex operation, but it really works. And I am quite amazed at the food they must eat. Kinda my dream food. lol. I am pretty sure that I would choose DS over RNY if I needed to get re-done. Good luck, and hope you find the info you need. Personally, I am looking to getting the Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB), my first WLS. I know it is not me involved here, but if i were in your shoes, I would look to doing everything possible to not have to re-do the surgery... this DS requires a kind of extreme vitamin monitoring that I just don't know if I am capable of... also the cost of the vitamins is rather high, up to $150 per month. The weight loss is assured with it, you cannot NOT lose weight. The stateside surgeons sound pretty dang amazing.

prayers and support your way.

Hi Rocky, Could you please let me know if Dr. Ungson does the MGB MINI GASTRIC BYPASS also known as the OAGB. I am not interested in the Gastric Bypass. Only the Mini. It is much less complex operation than the Gastric Bypass. One thing I do know is that Dr. Ungson is the ONLY Mexican dr. suggested by the DS community on facebook. Tristan Adair

Hi AV RIDDLE, Could you please, if you like, write a comprehensive story of your operation with Dr.Zavalza? I hadn't heard of him before doing the MGB. I am so excited you responded and wrote here. Please tell me more, how are you doing, what made you decide on the MGB, and as many details as you can give me on your experience to Mexico. Please do tell everything. Hope you are feeling well. I would love to join your FB page you mentioned. I struggle with finding other patients that have had this operation and especially, there are very few that have gone to Mexico for it. THANKS! All the best, and thanks for responding. Tristan Adair looking into MGB in Mexico

This is the place to post research / articles / papers and all things "do your homework" on the MGB / OAGB. Post it here! 1. Excellent paper listing advantages and disadvantages. "Single-anastomosis gastric bypass: better, faster and safer?" http://sjs.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/12/10/1457496914564106.full.pdf+html 2. Paper by Spanish doctors, in English. "One anastomosis gastric bypass: a simple, safe and efficient surgical procedure for treating morbid obesity" http://www.nutricionhospitalaria.com/pdf/3512.pdf More: borrowed from another posting. http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/24913595 http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/23011462 http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/22411569 http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/24805912 more later.. feel free to post your own.

HI... I am pre surgery and LOVE LOVE LOVE Water. Is it hard to get it down? I mean, I carry a huge container in my car and drink all day. I might really have a hard time if it is hard to drink water. Thanks!

Hi there BLERDgirl... Yes, I do know how to search, thanks. Each TYPE of WLS has its own complications and issues. I have read many complications for the sleeve right in its spot under the specific classification for SLEEVE surgery. It was very helpful to read it right there under Gastric Sleeve. So there it is, for you, a link, the complications for the sleeve. That specific thread helped me realize that I really am moving towards the MGB / OAGB. http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/429-gastric-sleeve-surgery-complications-support-group/ As you can see, it is easier to read it all in one place, specific to your surgery, the sleeve. So THIS thread is set up to be just like that one. I would like specifically to list all of THIS SPECIFIC surgery (MGB/OSAG) to be listed by the patients here. I would like a place (as it is on all other types of WLS per Alex) to be able to go to one place and see it easily. Listing it here, others having MGB can comment directly, we can read it easier, scroll through easier without back arrowing, click, back arrowing, click. Thanks for the concern, though.

COMPLICATION STICKY / LIST / All of us, please use this place to discuss any problems you may have experienced with your MGB / OAGB. COMPLICATIONS - ISSUES - PROBLEMS Please list here, your individual issues or complications with your MGB or OAGB surgery. We newbies and pre-surgeries want to know the GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY. It is really important to go into this surgery with eyes WIDE OPEN. PLEASE tell us what issues or problems you have had, be it small or big. In my research, I have heard just a little about these as possibles: 1. Gastritis 2. Ulcers 3. Cancer in the region (I read this in one place... don't freak) 4. Gerd, reflux, that burning sensation that comes up 5. Leaks? I haven't heard of this, but it is a possible. and .. GO.

in a word.. YES! I am pre surgery and am looking to (probably) get the MGB or mini gastric bypass, also known as the OAGB (one anamasteosis gastric bypass). don't know if i am spelling that quite right. Anyway, I have been researching for more than 5 years and went to Mexico to investigate the band (didn't get it), and met some amazing surgeons down there. I can't afford the $17,000 to $20,000 the operation cost here in the states, so I am researching Mexican and Indian surgeons with LOTS of experience in this operation. Sadly, there are not a ton of patient forums on this operation, so I am out googling my heart out, and being in contact with doctors directly. I am most interested in the OAGB that does the stitch that prevents that burning reflux that happens and is common in most WLS. I am also interested in robotic surgery. I found a doctor in Spain that does it (Dr. Carbajo) ... he does both the stitch and robotics, but costs $20,000 which, sigh, i can't afford. So, there's my story. Would love to meet and hang out and support each other. I am in North Salt Lake. Tristan

Here is my research for doctors outside the United States who are doing the Mini Gastric Bypass. Understand that prices may be negotiable, so when you ask for a quote, you may receive a different number from what I have written here. These are from previous MGB patients. Mexico dr. sergio verboonen dr. Ponce de leon dr. Jesus Lopez Dr. Juan Francisco Zavalza Dr. Rodriguez $7,900 Dr. Ramos Kelly $8,500 INDIA Dr. Kular http://www.kularhospital.com/Home Dr. Mohit Bandarhi - robotically i think https://www.facebook.com/IndiaObesity http://www.indiaobesity.in/index.php SPAIN Dr. Carvalho BELGIUM Dr. Chris DeBruyne Personally, I have not met any of these doctors except Dr. Rodriguez in Mexico, and I may choose him for my doctor after feeling very good about the meeting I had with him in Tijuana some 15 years ago.

Please post here if you went to Mexico, India or another country to have your MGB or OAGB. Please post 1. your doctor, 2. his experience (number of MGB / OAGBs performed), and 3. cost of your surgery. I want this surgery but my insurance will not pay and I cannot afford the $17-$20,000 cost at this point in time. Please know I have done my homework and even been to Mexico looking at surgeries and meeting surgeons (for a different operation I never actually got). I have been on Mexican surgery boards for over 5 years. So please, do not start on 'danger danger' advice, ok? I honestly have heard it all. Thanks a bunch! If you feel so inclined, you can post here your whole experience... I am aching to hear more about Mexican, Indian, and surgeons from other countries. THANKS IN ADVANCE.

Sue, what a great story! thanks so much for sharing it ! this will be so helpful to other newbies like me, who just don't have enough folks to ask questions to.. glad there's more people showing up here on bp! tristan adair (i met you on fb)

hi elinor! its Tristan again! just jumped over hoping some of you made it over here for some good availability for questions and answers! so glad you did! you all have been very helpful over there on FB. Its sooooo GREAT to get so many questions answered! I am FULL of them, as you have seen!

Suggestion from me as a preop: STICKY near the top of each operation classification, for each TYPE of operation. Each person can write, delineating their complication, and individual story. Then, like this other lady did, keep track of totals: Leaks: 35 ulcers: 3

Not having always been large in size, I now know what it feels like to be invisible. I even notice things like, not being called on in a class, even having raised my hand first; or not being heard in my family, or responded to, now that I'm obese. Perhaps it was always there, as the other sibling is a very successful male, but I sure notice it. I call my obesity my cloak of invisibility. It is sure an eye opener. And sad. I think it has been part of losing myself and just staying inside, both myself and my house. Being invisible to those around me has seemed to infect me and I've started to live that way and believe it myself.

I am a loyal bariatric pal reader/writer, but there just aren't enough MGB patients on here for me to find enough information. Does anyone else have any other favorite forums for MGB? I am interested having my operation in India or Mexico, maybe even Italy. There is even a doctor in India (i think) that is doing robotic MGBs. I'm off to google now. Thanks in advance,

Janice, you mention it was 4,200, here, then above 6,500. Which? How has it been going for you? Please tell me all about it. How many MGB has verboonen performed? Pros, Cons? thanks, tristan

Thanks you three for responding... it is really helpful to get your feedback. I am trying to see myself 5 years down the road with having done this operation, and hoping to look at all sides of it: good, bad, hard, wonderful. Thanks again. Keep posting, anyone else that would like to contribute.