Monmouth Medical Center Performs New Incisionless Procedure to Treat Weight Regain After Gast...(too complicated and dangerous for mostpa...),Health

By eliminating skin incisions, this new procedure may provide important advantages to patients including reduced risk of infection and associated complications, less post-operative pain, faster recovery time and no abdominal scars. "We expect the ROSE procedure to give longer lasting results than earlier endoscopic 'suck and shoot' revision methods because the sutures are less likely to fall off the lining of the stomach," Dr. Gorcey added.

Dr. Borao said, "To perform the ROSE procedure, Dr. Gorcey and I use a small, flexible endoscope and a new EndoSurgical Operating System(TM) (EOS) developed by USGI Medical Inc. The scope and the EOS are inserted through the mouth and into the stomach pouch. The EOS tools are then used to grasp tissue and deploy suture anchors to create multiple, circumferential tissue folds around the stoma, reducing the diameter of the opening to more closely match original post-gastric bypass proportions." He added, "If needed, additional anchors are then placed in the stomach pouch to reduce its volume capacity. No cuts are made into the patient's skin during the procedure."

Vito Marra, a 54-year old firefighter from Oceanport and the second patient to undergo the ROSE procedure at Monmouth, has lost 26 pounds in the month since the operation. Mr. Marra weighed 362 pounds before he decided to undergo his original gastric bypass procedure in March 2005.

"At my lightest point after my first surgery, I was down to 208, but I eventually regained 30 pounds," Marra said. "When I heard about the ROSE procedure and Dr. Gorcey showed me a video of exactly what's involved, I didn't require convincing. It was an easy decision because there is no cutting. Other than a sore throat for a day, I felt no pain. I returned to work after a couple days of rest to shake off the effects of the anesthesia. I've almost lost all the weight
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