Category Archives: Laparoscopic Surgery
What Percentage of Stomach Do You Remove During a Gastric Sleeve?
Why is this the wrong question, and why does your surgeon answer it anyway? The main goal of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss is to reduce hunger and caloric intake by removing most of the stomach and leaving a stomach tube or sleeve. Many patients ask, “What percentage of […]
Do We Reinforce a Sleeve or Bypass Staple Line
When you watch an online seminar and first come in for a consultation, having decided that bariatric surgery may be the right option, you will undoubtedly hear about the potential risk of a staple line leak. This can be a severe complication after a stapled bariatric surgery like the gastric […]
Comparing Robotic vs Traditional Laparoscopy – Dr. Tsuda’s Perspective
I began performing robotic-assisted surgical procedures about six years ago. I was initially very skeptical of the robot. Since I was fellowship-trained in minimally invasive surgery, which at that time was primarily laparoscopic surgery, I was very confident in my skill set and the advantages that laparoscopy offered the patient. […]