Mini-Gastric Bypass

The Mini-Gastric Bypass Surgery

Short, Simple, Effective Weight Loss Surgery

Call Dr. Rutledge 702-714-0011 or Email: DrR@clos.net

Call Dr. Peraglie 407-922-3424 or Email: DrP@clos.net

It's a GO!  St Rose Hospital in Las Vegas and Dr. Rutledge have agreed to offer the Same Day Surgery (SDS) Out-patient Mini-Gastric Bypass and Mini-Gastroplasty for $9,500.  $9,500 Same Day Surgery (SDS) Out-Patient Mini-Gastric Bypass.  After lots of work and discussions with the hospital we have come to an agreement on offering the Same Day Surgery (SDS)Out Patient Mini-Gastric Bypass.

To start this new program Same Day patients will be selected that are: Under age 30, Under 250 lbs and Have no serious medical illness.

    We are pleased to announce that Dr Rutledge and St Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas have agreed to begin offering a new program in Outpatient Mini-Gastric Bypass.

Success!! We are happy to announce our first $9,500, * Same Day Surgery * Out-Patient Mini-Gastric Bypass in Las Vegas

Stay tuned for more information.  If your are under age 30 and under 250 lbs you might qualify for the *SDS-MGB* for a total cost of only $9,500 (Now you don't have to go to Mexico for your weight loss surgery.)  Hurry this $9500 price tag is for a limited time, for the first 10 patients only.  For more information Email: DrR@clos.net

    Over the past 18 months Dr Rutledge has been working with the staff and anesthesiologists at St. Rose Hospital to craft a newer and safer form of the MGB.  Nursing input, patient surveys, administrative staff and our anesthesiologists have all participated in creating this new program and each and every one of us agrees whole heartedly that this is a new successful and safe addition to the services of CLOS West.

Exciting new research shows that perioperative subanaesthetic doses of ketamine reduce the need for pain medicine and the pain intensity, or both. Quantitative analysis showed that treatment with ketamine reduced 24 hour PCA morphine consumption and postoperative nausea or vomiting (PONV). Adverse effects were mild or absent.  Even more exciting are new studies of Anesthesia Care With a Combination of Ketamine and Dexmedetomidine (Precedex) which show remarkable safety, especially for obese patients.
 

    Our Recovery Room Nurses have commented that the new "Opiod Sparing" anesthesia technique has improved recovery tremendously.  It decreases pain and nausea.  Our floor nurses agree that patient recovery has improved markedly as well.  The need for pain medicine has decreased along with the need for nausea medications.  Less narcotic pain medication makes the surgery much safer.  Every nurse that sees our patients has been canvassed and contacted to ask their opinion about the new technique.  We have uniform agreement that the program is resulting in patients that are doing better have more stable vital signs and can safely be discharged the same day of their surgery.  

    The patients have improved levels of respirations and oxygen saturation.  They are sedated and comfortable but without respiratory depression.  This is particularly important for obese patients with restrictive lung disease.

   The advantage of this new approach is that hospital resources are tremendously costly and by eliminating the overnight stay we hope cut the costs of the operation significantly, possibly in half.  We should know more about hospital pricing at St Rose in the next two weeks.

    We are enthusiastic about the potential to offer this lifesaving procedure with Dr Rutledge at our NV center on an outpatient basis to those qualifying candidates seeking a proven weight loss surgery and better quality of life.

    For the first six months to a year we plan to offer outpatient Mini-Gastric Bypass to only a select group of patients.  While this list of criteria is still undergoing review it should follow these guidelines:

 For patients to be considered for out patient MGB

    Patients will go through all the usual steps in the CLOS packet process

NO TENTATIVE SURGERY DATES! 
The entire packet must be completely reviewed by Dr Rutledge **PRIOR** to offering the patient even a hint of a date!!!

    Height: 5'2" to 6"   
    Weight Requirement: Less than 250 lbs (Weight under 250 lbs for the first patients)
    Age requirement:  Over 18 and under 30 years of age
    Health: NO major health issues such as COPD, cardiac issues, severe HT, etc.
    Surgical HX: As with all of our patients, NO major abdominal surgeries, etc.
    Mental status: no current medications