Muttmommie

I am new to this forum and am in the very early stage of choosing a procedure and surgeon in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area. My primary care doctor initally referred me to Dr. Joseph Kuhn, but he passed away just a couple of weeks ago. My doctor then referred me to Dr. Michael Green in Fort Worth...so I would welcome any experiences with Dr. Green. HOWEVER, I noticed that Dr. David Kim has new billboards up in the area advertising the "INVERTED Gastric Sleeve". I did some research and only see one other doctor seems to be doing this procedure -Dr. Milton Owens in Southern California. I also found that Dr. Kim JUST trademarked the term "inverted gastric sleeve". According to Dr. Kim's website" "The David Kim Inverted Gastric Sleeve is an enhanced version of banana. As mentioned previously, most surgeons will end the surgery at this point, depending solely on the staple line as the mechanism of support for the newly shaped stomach. Our KBI surgeons, however, push the staple line in and laparoscopically sew the stomach upon itself, thus creating an additional layer of strength. There are a variety of benefits and advantages associated with the Kim Gastric Sleeve technique, including: Uses serosa (strongest layer of the stomach) to provide an additional support Prevents sleeve from stretching if patient overeats slightly Significantly reduces chance of staple line leaks (leak rates at KBI are significantly below the national average )" Has anyone had this procedure?

Oh...I thought it was something revolutionary.

My doctor referred me to Dr. Kuhn. I went to his website and learned that he just passed away on July 20, 2014