I posted this question the other day but couldnt find the thread if anyone answered

How Does Gastric Plication Cause Weight Loss?

Gastric Plication is a restrictive procedure. It greatly reduces the size of your stomach and limits the amount of food that can be eaten at one time. It does not cause decreased absorption of nutrients or bypass your intestines. After eating a small amount of food, you will feel full very quickly and continue to feel full for several hours. Gastric Plication may also cause a decrease in appetite.

Gastric Plication : Reducing stomach volume by folding in the stomach wall

Stitches are placed in the stomach to secure the folded stomach wall.

i have this and highly recommend it!

Does insurance cover it? I have Tricare.

Thank You!

i have tricare prime and i had the surgery in june

Gastric plication is not covered by insurance, of any kind. However, we do plication on all our lap band patients, and have for a while. This may end up being the main way bands are done in the future. We have even gone back and plicated patients who have bands. But plication by itself is not covered by insurance.

thats true sin, my apologies

my surgeon performed this plication at no cost on top of my band.

i was referring to the band that they covered.

but still love tricare, they have been great to me.

sorry about that.

thanks terry

Thanks & no worries, Carolina Girl. Look at your weight loss.....WOW, down 62 lbs in less than 5 months, AMAZING! I will definitely ask my surgeon, it can't hurt & It totally makes sense!

Thank you Dr. Simpson, love your website!

Thanks & no worries, Carolina Girl. Look at your weight loss.....WOW, down 62 lbs in less than 5 months, AMAZING! I will definitely ask my surgeon, it can't hurt & It totally makes sense!

Thank you Dr. Simpson, love your website!

your very kind with your words

couldnt hurt to ask and i hope you are able to have

this surgery (the plication)

I had plication it is not covered by any insurance company bc it's not approved in the us my surgeon did not charge for it. I have to get weighed often so they can keep track for a study. U should not b charged for plication.

Sounds like we might be going to the same surgeon, Yankee girl! I had it done this past Monday, under the same conditions.

My surgeon was geiss urs Disney nut?

Dr geiss was my surgeon what about u Disney nut?

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How Does Gastric Plication Cause Weight Loss?

Gastric Plication is a restrictive procedure. It greatly reduces the size of your stomach and limits the amount of food that can be eaten at one time. It does not cause decreased absorption of nutrients or bypass your intestines. After eating a small amount of food' date=' you will feel full very quickly and continue to feel full for several hours. Gastric Plication may also cause a decrease in appetite.

Gastric Plication : Reducing stomach volume by folding in the stomach wall Stiches are placed in the stomach to secure the folded stomach wall.

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Curious why have plication and lapbnd?

I had plication and the band. The plication was done with no charge. I know a girl who had the plication only around the same as me and has lost about the same amount of weight.

I had plication and the band. The plication was done with no charge. I know a girl who had the plication only around the same as me and has lost about the same amount of weight.

Why do both?

Plication makes the other half of ur stomach smaller so with the band and a smaller stomach it is suppose to make u loose 20% more weight. I had them both done on August 23 I've lost 27 lbs. to me it was like a bonus. It doesn't add pain or longer recovery worth it to me so far