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The Mini-Gastric Bypass (MGB)
MGB => Short,
Simple, Effective Weight Loss Surgery
►The
Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB) is a Short, Simple, Successful,
Reversible Laparoscopic gastric bypass weight loss surgery.
►The
operation usually takes only 30 min., hospital stay less than 24 hours.
►The Mini Gastric Bypass
(MGB) is low risk, has excellent
long term weight loss, minimal pain and can be easily reversed or
revised. The MGB decreases hunger (Ghrelin)
and increases
satiety/feeling full (Peptide YY).
►For over 10 years, more than 4,500 people from all across America,
all 50 states and around the world have chosen the MGB:
Join Us, Talk to over
thousands of
MGB'ers online.
Mini-Gastric Bypass
Short Simple Successful
RNY
Bypass-Complex Dangerous
to Revise
New French Study Confirms Safety Efficacy of
Mini-Gastric Bypass
New French study showed that the MGB was easy to perform, safe and
effective... Since this study was published on 100 patients
the authors reported on a series of 350 patients with similar high
success levels.
►Studies
show that the MGB is more effective than the LAP-BAND® and safer than the RNY Gastric Bypass. In
contrast to the "standard" RNY bypass the MGB is simpler, has only one
connection (anastomosis) and is easily reversible and revisable.
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"Swiss Surgeons Abandon the Band"
After 400 Bands, a 40% Failure at 5 years and
Predicted 100% Failure at 10 years!
Leading Swiss Hospital Abandons the
"Band"
A team of
Swiss doctors investigated the outcome of laparoscopic gastric banding
for obesity (presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American
Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 2007.) In 1996 they chose the
"Band" as surgery for all morbidly obese, by 5 yrs 39% had poor outcomes
and their data predict that by 10 yrs most bands will have a poor
outcome. The hospital has "Abandoned the Band." Accordingly
"The “survival” of bands seems poor. Therefore, at our institution, we
have
abandoned the Band for obesity"
Poor Band outcomes (band loss or poor weight loss)
Dr. Rutledge's Bariatric
Program at St. Rose De Lima Hospital Identified as one of the Best in
the Nation!
A new national study of bariatric surgery discharge data
from hospitals all across the country predicts bariatric surgical
outcomes and compares the actual surgical results and complications with
the predicted/expected results and outcomes. This study showed
that in contrast to the expected complication rates of over 6%,
Dr.
Rutledge's bariatric program at St. Rose Hospital in Henderson Nevada
had an actual complication rate of just over 1%. This was graded
as 5 stars, one of the best weight loss surgery programs in the country.
Mini-Gastric Bypass "Cures"
Diabetes in Over 85% of Diabetics
Hi Everyone,
I am now 10 days post-op MGB and feeling great! No nausea, no
pain. I am walking on air BECAUSE: 10 days ago I WAS a Diabetic, now,
I am no longer on insulin. I was taking 90u of insulin a day.
After surgery my insulin requirement dropped down to 20-30u/day. I am
now off all insulin completely. My blood sugars are testing 75-130
throughout the day. I am no longer on blood pressure meds which tests on average
109/70! I no longer have to eat sugar-free crap. Any weight loss
to me is icing on the cake! God is good and so is Dr Rutledge. One
unforeseen complication is the urge to start jumping up and down at odd
times of the day while saying WHEEEE and YIPEEE!
Many happy returns of the day!
Helen
READ More...
French
Study
Confirms Good Results with Mini-Gastric Bypass
MGB is a good alternative to RNY, giving
the same results with a simpler and reproducible technique.
Gastric Bypass Can Cut Cancer
Risk, Study Shows
The latest study shows that gastric bypass surgery can
decrease the risk of developing cancer by up to 80 percent. Comparing
1,035 gastric bypass patients with 5,746 similar patients showed cancer
rates in the Gastric Bypass group was ** 85 percent lower ** for breast
cancer and 70 percent lower for colon and pancreatic cancers.
Join Us!! Live Clinic
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about their experience with the MGB live and in person over the
internet. Tuesdays: 12 n Eastern & 9 am Pacific time. Can't make it to the Live Clinic?
Watch Prerecorded parts of the clinics
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$47,800.00 Average
Cost for U.S.
Gastric Bypass Surgery!
How much will you pay for your gastric
bypass. The Canadian government in Ontario reports
that it spent over $21 million last year to send 439 patients to the USA
for Gastric Bypass Surgery. That's an
average cost
of about $47,800.00 per patient.
In
contrast the
Mini-Gastric Bypass is only $17,000.00 for the Doctor, the
anesthesiologist, the hospital and follow up clinic visits!
New $9,500 Same Day
Out-Patient Mini-Gastric Bypass!!!
Now You Don't Have to Go to Mexico!!!
The Same Day Outpatient MGB is Now Available in Las Vegas
It's a GO!
St Rose
Hospital in Las Vegas and Dr. Rutledge have agreed to offer the
Same Day
Out-patient
Mini-Gastric Bypass and Mini-Gastroplasty for $9,500.
$9,500 Same Day Out-Patient Mini-Gastric
Bypass. After lots of work and discussions with the hospital we
have come to an agreement on offering the Same Day Out Patient
Mini-Gastric Bypass.
To start this new program Same Day
patients will be selected that are: Under age 30, Under 250 lbs and Have
no serious medical illness.
(P.S.: Free Hotel Stay is NOT included
in the Same Day Out Patient Mini-Gastric Bypass)
(P.P.S. You can still have the "Regular"
Overnight Outpatient Mini-Gastric Bypass if you do not meet these criteria for the Same Day
Out Patient Surgery.)
TV Star and Dr.
Rutledge's MGB Patient Gil Gerard Audio Interview
Listen to Gil Gerard's March
interview about his life and the Mini-Gastric Bypass
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Remarkable New Comparison Study:
Mini-Gastric Bypass Significantly More Successful than LAP-BAND®
Lee et al.
analyzed patients undergoing bariatric surgery for predictors of
successful weight loss.
MGB patients a had significantly higher rate of successful weight loss
than LAP-BAND® patients (79% vs. 44%).
How Long Will You Live? New
Study Shows Longer Life with Surgery!
- How long can you expect to live?
Take a peek into your future by
identifying the factors that can lead to an early death (obesity) or to
a healthier, more productive life.
Try it, try changing your
weight to see the effects you can expect on the length of your life. See the
life expectancy of a 350 lb 39 y.o. woman with high blood pressure go from
69 to 86 years after weight loss and resolution of HBP! What would
you give for 17 more years of a
healthy life?
Weight
loss = Longer, Healthier Life.
New studies show that the
mortality in almost 10,000 patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery
decreased by 40%!
More Happy
Patients
Hello All!
I haven't written in a LONG TIME! My name is Kory and I had my surgery
on Feb 20th, 2008 with Dr. R in Vegas. I wanted to share a great moment
with all of you. I have been heavy my ENTIRE LIFE...well at least since
age 5. I am a Marine Wife and each year we have celebrate the birthday
of the Marine Corps at the Marine Corps ball. It is a very formal event
where the women wear gowns etc. I have always loved going to the ball,
but dreaded finding a gown that fit and was of course uncomfortable all
night knowing I looked like a HOUSE in my gown. Well NOT THIS YEAR! This
was the FIRST ball since my surgery. I went shopping for a gown with my
mom. I was able to buy a gown OFF the RACK and it fit me PERFECT! I am
pleased to say I wore a size 6 petite! It was a GORGEOUS Gown and I
received SOOO many compliments. For the first Ball in 12 years, I was
HAPPY, felt comfortable and could wear a pair of heels all night without
my feet killing me! I have uploaded a picture of my husband and I at the
ball to the website. THANKS Dr. R for helping me make every DREAM come
TRUE!
Kory
February 20, 2008
222/214/125/120
High/preop/now/goal
Subject: GREAT NEWS!!!
I just wanted to share with you ladies, I received the results of my
1 month follow-up blood work and my cholesterol was 143!!!! With high
cholesterol running in my family, I have never had a reading 220. Since
I have always exercised, my good cholesterol was always high enough to
keep me off medication until this past summer when my total cholesterol
skyrocketed to 283! I called my family doctor and asked her if I should
stop taking my Simvastatin since the MGB surgery was obviously
successful at getting my cholesterol under control. She advised me to go
off the medication for 3 months and then we would do another blood test
to make sure it was still under 200. Whooo hooo!! That means I am off my
blood pressure meds and cholesterol meds and my psychiatrist also
reduced my Effexor from 225mg to 150mg and I haven't had any bouts of
depression.
I tell ya this MGB was WAY worth it!!!
-Tanya
Dear Dr. Rutledge,
My surgery was performed on August 13th, 2008.
Today is just a day or so short of 90 days, and I thought I would take
the opportunity to report in. As of this morning I am down 58 lbs. I
feel absolutely terrific, and am thrilled with the performance of my MGB.
Other than some minor adjustments in food intake, (I am able now to
distinguish the difference between the idealized thought of a nice juicy
piece of red meat, and the eating of the actual meat itself!). My former
‘love’ of good food has been drastically altered, and it is astounding
to see what a small quantity of food it now takes to leave me feeling
completely satiated, and not wanting or craving for more.
There is, (at least for me), a definitive physiological
side to food. That is probably the biggest adjustment I have found is
re-learning how to eat, and how to think about food. I have lost any and
all pain I was experiencing prior to surgery,
I sleep better, My sinus congestion, (interestingly enough), has been
dramatically reduced, and overall I am thrilled and tickled with the
results of the procedure.
On the date of our surgery one of the other parties we
connected with was a young woman from Toronto, Canada, who was there
with her mother, (to support her mother’s surgery). I wish I could
recall this gal’s name, she was terrific. She had her MGB some 8 months
earlier, and in the interim of time had lost 85 lbs(!), which resulted
in her mother and several friends following her down wanting the same
procedure. This gal should us her “before” pictures, and you could
scarcely believe it was the same person! I now realize I have just
27lbs. to drop over the new three months, (a rate less than half of that
I have been averaging), to meet her weight loss.
It seems completely implausible, but clearly,
(and wonderfully) is happening. I wish I could travel around the country
for you and meet people who are wondering about the decision to have
this operation and could share with them what is happening to me. I am
so pleased it is hard to adequately express.
Thank you so much for your making this wonderful
change available to me. You have one very satisfied customer in me!
Best Wishes, Alan P.
A
Thanksgiving Message
As I
was thinking of my Thanksgiving blessings...
Success!!
We are happy to announce
our Second $9,500,
* Same Day Surgery * Out-Patient
Mini-Gastric Bypass in Las Vegas
Well we did
another one! After
a year of preparation, Hospital, Nursing and Administration
collaboration, we are proud to announce our second successful *Same Day
Surgery* Out-Patient Mini-Gastric Bypass (SDS-MGB)!
The second patient is was young lady
from Utah and the family had wanted the MGB but the $17,000 price tag
for the regular MGB was just more than they could handle.
Fortunately they found that she was a candidate for the
*Same Day
Surgery* MGB (SDS-MGB). We felt that she would make an
excellent candidate for our Second *Same Day Surgery.*
At 7 am Wed, the patient had a
31 minute *Same Day Surgery-MGB* and went home at 5 pm. She
did well
through the night and has done great post op.
Stay tuned for more information. If
your are under age 30 and under 250 lbs you might qualify for the
Special *SDS-MGB* for a total cost of only $9,500 (Now you don't have to go to
Mexico for your weight loss surgery.) Hurry this $9500 price tag
is for a limited time, for the first 10 patients only. For more
information
Email: DrR@clos.net
Join Us!! Live Clinic
Online
With Dr. Rutledge,
Tuesdays: 12 noon Eastern
time & 9 am Pacific time
NEW NEWS!! Live Clinics Tuesdays with DrR
are a Big Success! Join us on
Ustream.TV
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drr-in-clinic-in-las-vegas. Drop in, you can chat,
email or call our staff to get your questions answered live on the
internet during clinic! Watch and Listen to MGB patients talk
about their experience with the MGB live and in person over the
internet. Tuesdays: 12 n Eastern & 9 am Pacific time. Can't make it to the Live Clinic?
Watch Prerecorded parts of the clinics
Click Here!
Las Vegas
Seminars:
Join Us. Meet DrR & The "MGB Angels"
Find out why over 4,400 People From All Across America, All 50 States
and Around the World Chose the MGB. TV stars, music celebrities, an NFL
coach and assistants to former president Clinton and president Bush have
all been successful MGB patients.
Seminars:
►Tuesday
Nov 4, 9:00 am at
St
Rose De Lima Hospital
►Tuesday
Nov 11, 9:00 am at
St
Rose De Lima Hospital
"MGB Angels"
New Study from Austria: More Disappointing Gastric
Band Results
New long term study from Innsbruck Medical
University Hospital, Austria. The results were disappointing with a high
complication rate and many dissatisfied patients.
Read About Another MGB
Success Story
She fought
high blood pressure and cholesterol, "and I wanted to just sleep all the
time.'' Then a friend in Arkansas inspired her with stories about
the Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery in
Orlando, Florida and
Dr. Peraglie
RNY Gastric Bypass vs.
Mini-Gastric Bypass: 9 Years Later
RNY Fails to Keep
Off Weight!
"I had anxiety, started snacking and gained it all back and
more," she says.
Carnie Wilson - 9 years after her RNY
The
RNY and the
Mini-Gastric Bypass are different types of weight loss
surgery. Both Trish and Carne Wilson
underwent a gastric bypass almost 9 years ago. Both lost
about 140 lbs.
►9 years ago Carnie chose an RNY bypass. Sadly, she has gained most of
her weight back.
►9 years ago Trish chose a Mini-Gastric Bypass and now,
she is still a size 1.
Which would you choose?
Join Us, Talk to over
8,100
MGB'ers online.
Trish - MGB
New French Study Shows 1 in 4 Bands Failing
in France!!
A new
MGB study from
France reports that gastric band
patients will require a major reoperation with band removal and
conversion to another surgery for
►failed weight loss,
►dysphagia or
►reflux in up to 25% (1 in 4) of cases! A Swiss study showed
80% of Bands failing at 10 years.
Is the MGB / The Best
Weight Loss Surgery / For Me? / Click Here to See.
Over 4,00 People From All Across America,
All 50 States and around the world chose the MGB.
Movie Stars, Pop Stars, NFL
Coaches, Assistants to both President Bush and former President Clinton,
Doctors, Psychologists and Nurses all are choosing the MGB for Life!
Dr Peraglie's New Paper
Published: Laparoscopic Mini-Gastric Bypass
(MGB) in the Super-Super Obese
New study by Dr. Peraglie shows Laparoscopic
Mini-Gastric Bypass (MGB) is a successful therapy in the Super-Super
Obese. Dr Peraglie of The Centers of Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery
(CLOS) Florida, Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center reported on the
MGB in the super-super obese patient. Dr Peraglie concluded that mini-gastric bypass (MGB) is a
technically simple and safe procedure in SSO patients. MGB has the
advantages of being a single stage procedure, being easily reversible
and revisable in a laparoscopic procedure and does not sacrifice
portions of the stomach or implant foreign materials.
Please Help: MGB Diabetes Study
Please help us keep up to date on our follow up results
by completing a follow up form on the website at:
http://www.clos.net/ff2-hosp.htm
We are also conducting
a survey on Diabetes, and your response would be appreciated. Here is a
link to the survey:
Click Here to take survey
*** Now
FREE Hotel Accommodations in Las Vegas ***
Now a new
promotion for our out of town patients. Out of town patients free
accommodations at a local hotel.
Email Dr Rutledge for more information.
FREE Hotel Accommodations
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Is the MGB / The Best
Weight Loss Surgery / For Me?
Risk
30 Min
Surgery
No
Adjustments
Weight Lost
Failure
Revisable
MGB
RNY
Band
New Study Confirms
Mini-Gastric Bypass: A Cost-effective alternative to RNY
A new study
of the Mini-gastric bypass Hôtel-Dieu in France and Beirut, Lebanon.
rnoun@wise.net.lb again shows the value of the MGB! "Laparoscopic
mini-gastric bypass (MGB) is being increasingly performed worldwide. 126
patients underwent minilap MGB. There was no hospital mortality,
and the in-hospital complication rate was 4.7%. No anastomotic leakage
occurred. 3 patients (2.3%) developed marginal ulcers. At 1 year,
mean excess weight loss was 68.4% and comorbidities resolved in 85%.
Minilap MGB is a simple, safe, effective and low-cost gastric bypass. It
represents an attractive cost-effective alternative to laparoscopic
A Patient's Story About His
Mini-Gastric Bypass
Hello everyone, Scott here. just wanted to update
everyone on how our surgeries went on Wed and Thursday.
We had 6 people getting the
MGB on the 16th and 17th. Dr R did the 3 girls on Wed and us 3 guys on
Thu. ...
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New Research Confirms the Success of the Mini-Gastric Bypass
New Studies Worldwide Confirm the
Success of the Mini-Gastric Bypass!
French
Study concludes: Laparoscopic Mini-Gastric Bypass is a
technically simple, safe, and effective procedure in the treatment of
morbid obesity and its associated medical illnesses. Moreover, the
procedure is easily reversible laparoscopically when post-operative
complication occurs. Study
from Beirut Lebanon showed MGB is a safe and effective operation
for revision of failed LAP-BAND®.
Study from Taiwan showed
Mini-Gastric Bypass resulted in significant and sustained weight loss
with successful treatment of Diabetes in 87%.
Study Shows Advantages of
Mini-Gastric Bypass Over RNY Bypass
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Mini-Gastric Bypass Surgery Proves Effective Over More Invasive RNY
(Click Here to Read the Paper) A recent study showed that the rates of hospitalization
after MGB drop dramatically, and the surgery itself is shorter, safer and
easier to perform than the RNY.
MGB patients had overall low rates of
complications. Dr. Rutledge lead author of the study said
"Bariatric surgery although valuable can have major risks and
complications. Recent studies have shown complications and hospitalization
rates of 20-40% after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The lower risk of complications
and re-hospitalization after the Mini-Gastric bypass shows that patients and
insurers may have access to a safer and less expensive alternative." So as people continue to
look for the quick fix to cut the pounds, the big operation may not result
in the biggest results. Sometimes the best rewards come in small -
or in this case - "mini" packages.
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LAP-BAND® Problems with
Nausea, Vomiting or Poor Weight Loss?
The Mini-Gastric Bypass May
be able to Help
-
LAP-BAND® and the Mini-Gastric Bypass Dr Rutledge now has
extensive experience with various types of LAP-BAND® failures.
Congratulations to all of the LAP-BAND® patients that are doing well. For
those unfortunate LAP-BAND® patients that fail, the Mini-Gastric Bypass is
a good choice for resolution of persistent vomiting and to induce good
weight loss. Dr Rutledge, DrR@clos.net, 702-953-7066.
Watch 33 videos of LAP-BAND® removal and patient comments.
Thinking About Weight
Loss Surgery?
Think About Where Your Doctor's Patients Come From.
Patients Have Come from Every State in America
to Have the Mini-Gastric Bypass with Dr. Rutledge and Dr. Peraglie
From Alaska to Florida, Maine to Hawaii, Over 4,000 patients over 10
years have come from all across America, every state in the Union and
from around the world, to have the Mini-Gastric Bypass with Dr Rutledge
and Dr Peraglie...
What is the Mini-Gastric Bypass,
Watch the Videos
What is the
"Mini"-Gastric Bypass? -
Watch the
Mini-Gastric Bypass animation described by Dr Rutledge.
The RNY is more complex and riskier than the MGB. The LAP-BAND®
is simple and safe like the MGB but has lower weight loss and increasing
long term failure rates. (Just What is the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass? - Watch video
animations of the RNY 1.
Here, 2.
Here, 3.
Here or 4.
Here) (What is the LAP-BAND®? Watch videos
Here and
Here)
Watch more of our 500+ MGB Videos (Over 1,00,958 Views!!)
OK I've Decided, I Want the
Mini-Gastric Bypass. What Do I Do Next???
Start Here First: (Video
Instructions)
Ok if you want to have a
Mini-Gastric Bypass then you need to do twelve steps Then: you can schedule
your surgery for almost the next day! The idea of these 12 steps is
for us to learn more about you and for you to learn more about us, simple
1999 MGB Patient
Hi everyone, and especially to Dr. R and the CLOS / Las Vegas Staff if
you're reading....
By way of background, I had my original MGB with Dr. R back in July of
1999 ( if memory serves, I was Dr. R's 150th or so patient). At that
time, I was well over 365, had type 2 / onset diabetes, swollen
joints, apnea, possibly every item in the book, and am amazed to this day
that I was still alive. Dr. R and the surgery literally saved my life, and I
went to @ 215 lbs in about 6 months (by the end of '99).
... I needed a "jump-start" to get myself motivated again, and I arranged
to have Dr. Rutledge do a Revision.
I had a revision procedure done on April 23rd '08... When I got out of
recovery, he came to visit and advised that I was in "GREAT" shape ... back
in '99, my liver was showing all the signs of "Fatty Liver Syndrome", but
during the Revision he checked the liver, and it looked as healthy and
normal as could possibly be. I am off all cholesterol medication ... for the
first time in years, it seems ... and the results of my recent blood work
(about a month ago) show totally normal cholesterol numbers. My blood
glucose numbers are all VERY normal, and have NOT been on any diabetes
medication since April '99.
Overall, things are great.
Oh ... I forgot ... my weight is now at 199, which marks the first time
since my freshman year of college that I have been under 200 lbs.
My insurance agent is even recommending that I be "re-evaluated" by my
life insurance carrier to see if I can be "upgraded" to a better rating
category. Obviously, based on my past history, I'm paying a small fortune
for my policy ... if under the circumstances (my better health and medical
situation overall) they are willing to give me a better rate, that can only
be a good thing.
Any way, and so it goes ... hope everyone is having a great day.
Best regards,
Michael
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Hi All,
I made it!! 199!! Yahoo!! It has been a long time since I saw a 1 at
the front of my weight--like high school. I am 17 months out and am down
139 lbs. My weight loss is still steady, 5 -10 lbs a month.
As an update, I am living in Beaverton, Oregon now. It is lightly
snowing outside right now. My husband and I bought a very nice house at
a reasonable price--compared to LA prices!! I have been busy painting
and fixing it up. I have reinvented myself of sorts up here. I lived
here so long ago that I really don't have any old friends, so I have
been making new ones. I have joined the parks and rec districts and play
tennis 2 or 3 times a week. I also have been working with a personal
trainer at the gym. The cool thing is, she doesn't know how fat I still
think I am. She only knows me for now. She sets challenges for me and I
will swear up and down I can't do-- and only to find out I can. This
week she challenged me to run a mile. Ha! I said. Well I did it, not
once but three times. I love it. I'm a runner!! I'm an athlete!! I would
have never in my wildest dreams thought this surgery could have me
planning for a 5k this summer. Amazing!! It feels so good to be in my
body. My husband can't keep up with me and all that I do. I'm a power
house!!
What an amazing gift this surgery has turned out to be. Sure I wanted
to dodge the diabetes bullet, but this has turned out to be so much
more. I know the surgery is a tool and I am using it for all it is
worth. I want it all!! I'm 34 and I want to be fit and athletic.
I still eat low carb to help with the hypoglycemia and my iron levels
are starting to come back up since I have slowed my periods down with
birth control. My b vitamins are great. Overall, I am doing very well.
And wanted to check in with everyone. Happy holidays!!
Melissa in Or
Dr R 7/06/06
7 ft 25 min
338/199
TV
Star Gil Gerard "Buck Rogers" Chose the Mini-Gastric Bypass
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Action Hero Makeover, Gil
Gerard's
Discovery Health Channel documentary. TV star Gil Gerard,
(Buck Rogers), underwent
a lifesaving new Mini-Gastric Bypass procedure in order to
reclaim his health and restart his career. Will this be the solution
he's been looking for?
Gil Gerard "Buck
Rogers", Hollywood TV star
Dr. Rutledge,
Discovery Health Channel
"Action
Hero Makeover"
Gil Gerard
"Buck Rogers",
TV star and Hollywood heartthrob, undergoes a life-saving
Mini-Gastric Bypass surgery.
"Buck Rogers" (1979-1981)
In
2005
Gil in London
Pre-MGB
1 year
later
2006
Visit
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Gil Gerard's Mini-Gastric Bypass with Dr. Rutledge on Discovery
Health Channel "Action Hero Makeover." Gil Gerard "Buck Rogers",
former Hollywood heartthrob, undergoes a life-saving Mini-Gastric
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Two Failed LAP-BAND®
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Dr.
Rutledge Chosen as the Preferred Provider for St Rose Hospital Employees
Dr. Rutledge, CLOS and the Mini-Gastric
Bypass Selected as Preferred Providers for St. Rose Dominican Hospitals
Employees and Staff!
- It's Official! Dr. Rutledge, CLOS and the Mini-Gastric
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Employees and Staff! After years of a spectacularly successful
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St. Rose DeLima Hospital in Henderson Nevada
the staff and hospital have worked to create a contract that covers employees
of the hospital to have the Mini-Gastric Bypass with Dr. Rutledge. The
Hospital Administrative staff, Physicians and Nurses at St. Rose Hospital
have had an up close and personal view of Dr. Rutledge and the Mini-Gastric
Bypass for over two years now. After overwhelming requests from
nursing and other hospital staff, the MGB is now a covered benefit for
members of the St. Rose and CHW community. For more information please
see the St. Rose benefits office, call or Email Dr. Rutledge:
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Wonderful News from Hollywood! TV
Star
Gil Gerard,
who underwent Mini-Gastric Bypass in Oct. 2005
is now Free of his
Atrial Fibrillation!
TV's BUCK ROGERS, GIL GERARD, has shed 140
pounds after undergoing Mini-Gastric-Bypass surgery. The heavyweight former
TV hunk weighed in at over 350 pounds when doctors told him he was morbidly
obese. The actor, who played
Buck Rogers on TV from 1979 to 1981, agreed to let
Discovery Health channel cameras follow his operations and subsequent
progress. After winning his battle with the bulge in just seven months, the
actor says, "I don't miss that old guy that I was, I really don't." Pal BILL
CLINTON joined Gerard for part of the Discovery special, which debuted in
America on JAN 10, 2007.
Over a week ago
Gil's Cardiologist, the crusty Hollywood
cardiologist who has overseen Gil's treatment for
Cardiomyopathy (a disorder of weakened heart muscle) and
Atrial Fibrillation, walked into talk with TV star Gil Gerard.
Gil's Cardiologist had been skeptical that the Mini-Gastric Bypass planned by Gil and
filmed by a Discovery Health TV crew, would be of much help to his former
matinee idol patient.
Cardiomyopathy and
Atrial
fibrillation are both serious medical illnesses that rarely if ever go
away, no matter what the treatment. In many ways they are like Gil's
Type II diabetes, once a diabetic, always a diabetic.
But Dr
his doctor had
never run into the Mini-Gastric Bypass by Dr. Rutledge before.
Following Gil's easy and successful 34 minute Mini-Gastric Bypass in 2005,
Gil was out of the hospital the next day and within weeks after the surgery
Gil's life began to change. He gradually stopped all of his
medications for his Type II Diabetes and for his
cardiomyopathy.
During the following year, his
doctor watched as Gil lost over
140 lbs and continued to get better on an almost daily basis. Still
not convinced, his doctor waited almost a year and half to repeat the heart
studies that showed how well Gil's heart is pumping.
Last week Gil met with his
cardiologist again and this time his doctor entered the room chuckling, smiling
and shaking his head in disbelief. Staring at the report of Gil's
heart test in his hands, his doctor told Gil that by all measures, his sick and
failing heart had returned to normal. His
atrium's size, the heart's
ventricular wall thickness and
ejection
fraction, that had all been abnormal before the Mini-Gastric Bypass
surgery, were now all back to NORMAL!
Gil now had only one remaining
serious illness, the dangerous and deadly killer known as
atrial fibrillation. This uncoordinated contraction of
the heart's
atrium can often lead to
blood clots,
stroke and
death.
To prevent those complications Gil had been treated with the powerful blood
thinner known as
COUMADIN® (Warfarin). Warfarin was originally developed
as a rat poison, causing rats that ate the drug to die of bleeding
complications. While Coumadin is helpful in preventing strokes that occur with atrial fibrillation, Coumadin drug maker
Bristol-Myers Squibb recently added a
black box Warning to Coumadin. A black box warning means that
medical studies indicate that the drug carries a significant risk of serious
or even life-threatening adverse effects. The Coumadin warning is of
possible
"major
or fatal bleeding." According to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, Coumadin carries the agency's most serious "black box"
warning on the potentially fatal bleeding risk.
Because of these concerns both Gil and
Gil's Cardiologist
hoped to convert Gil's
atrial fibrillation, the abnormal rhythm in his heart, back to normal sinus
rhythm and then to get him off the dangerous blood thinner, Coumadin. Last week
Gil's Cardiologist
did just that, he successfully converted Gil's heart back into
normal sinus
rhythm, no more atrial fibrillation. Even his skeptical physician had to
celebrate, "Gil" he said "Your heart is back to where it was over 8-10 years
ago." and he broke a smile.
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