“TOGA” is the acronym for transoral gastroplasty, a new type of weight loss surgery that involves making the stomach smaller by stapling it – by way of the mouth, rather than through incisions on the outside of the body. The procedure has now been performed on 98 individuals in Europe and and Mexico and, on average, those who have passed the one year mark have lost about 40% of their excess body weight. Only a few patients have tried it so far in the US as part of a study funded by Satiety, Inc., the company which makes the staplers. They are hoping to get FDA approval for the procedure, which falls in line with a current trend to make surgery less invasive and less painful. By not making incisions, you minimize many of the risks and side effects of surgery.
Full story and Share your perspective.
Tags: bariatric, incision, invasive, obesity, surgery, toga, weight, weight loss
Follow us on Twitter
Become a fan on Facebook
Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
January 15th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
HELLO,
I AM 62 YEARS OLD AND HAS HAD A STRUGGLE WITH MY WEIGHT
FOR SOMETIME. I AM 95 TO 100 ILS OVERWEIGHT. MY MAIN PROBLEM IS IN STOMACH, THEIGHS, AND UPPER ARMS. IN MY UPPER ARMS, ESPECIALLY MY RIGHT ARM, IS BOTERS ME WHEN I WEAR CERTAIN CLOTHES ( MAINLY SHOT SLEEVES). i REALLY NEED TO GET RID OF THIS WEIGHT DUE TO MY HEALTH. i HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS THAT AFFECTS SOMETIMES MY WHOLE BODY, BUT MOST OF THE TIME MY UPPER RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER, ALSO MY TOTAL LEFT LEG AND THEIGH. I CAN NO LONGER EXERCISE OR WALK AS I USE TO. I ALSO NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED THAT MY INSURANCE DOES NOT APPROVE.
SINCERELY,
LEESTHER
February 27th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Hi, I can
March 8th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Come on dude, these facts* and proof* i mean who is posting* lol
March 8th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for first aid for a heart attack and your post looks very interesting for me.
March 15th, 2009 at 4:10 am
I just love your weblog! Very nice!
February 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
No more than one day should be good as long as you are not a lot of other fats in the diet. You should try to enter all you can eat in a day in an online food diary tells you if you take too much fat in the day, you’ll be surprised! Check it out here to help. . Even if you currently eat ice all day, even if the diet is low in fat, they have every two days, if you kannst.Viel Glckoh ensure that your work out! Plan is not the only thing needed to lose weight
March 14th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Phil, you are absolutely correct, it shows that you’re an authority on the subject. I admire someone that takes the pride you have and with your projecton of information. oSo when i actually do sit down to read material, I appreciate well written and organized blogs like this one. I have it bookmarked and will be back. Thanks.