Drfardoun

Hi. I am Dr Ali Fardoun, a bariatric surgeon working at emirates international hospital in al-ain uae . I read many comments about gastric plication. It is important to know that this procedure is done since 1957 and not new and the first one doing laparoscopically is Dr Talebpour from Tehran, iRAN since 11 years . Many surgeons in the world are doing and we had our first international meeting in Barcelona last 3rd of may 2011 with Dr Almino Ramos , Dr Ortiz , Dr Corvala, Dr Cottam, Dr Pujol , Dr Talebpour , and Me ( Dr Ali Fardoun ) and many others who are doing plication in the world . We did 5 live surgeries and discussed the most important aspects. I have contacted Dr Witkins but the secretary told that he can not come . I have been in the last gastric plication workshop on 22 oct 2011 in Cleveland with Dr Schuers's group and in the presence of many surgeons we discussed the subject. NOT ALL PLICATIONS ARE THE SAME. The technique has a standard now and our results are optimal. I had one leak due to thermal injury in the lower part of fundus near the attachement with the spleen in the posterior region and it was resolved in two months and treated as a sleeve leak. WE TREAT THE LEAK IN PLICATION OPENING THE SECOND ROW AND WILL BE RESOLVED IN FEW DAYS . I have done 70 cases in UAE in my hospital without any leak and the one I had was due to the work outside my hospital in Lebanon where i was not using my assistants and instruments. I learnt to do the plication in a new technique which is safe and easy and the weight loss is excellent 62% in 6 months. I have organized another meeting in MMESA meeting in Italy, Catania in the 18 November 2011 where many experts will deal with the plication. We had a hot meeting in IFSO in last sept in Hamburg as well. I am happy with this procedure because my patients are happy and I have better results than the sleeve comparing 127 cases ( 70 plications and 50 sleeves) since last february 2011 . My e mail is tyre_ lap@hotmail.com for more information . Thanks