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Salt Lake Regional Medical Center First in Utah to Perform New Weight-Loss Surgery
Procedure may provide faster and more durable weight loss, require fewer band adjustments and reduce complications
June 22, 2011
Salt Lake Regional Medical Center today announced it is the first hospital in Utah to perform and offer band with plication weight-loss surgery. Dr. Daniel Cottam, a bariatric surgeon on the medical staff at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, is participating in a national pilot program for the surgery and offering it to Salt Lake patients as an alternative to existing weight-loss surgeries.
“This less-invasive surgery is at the forefront of what has proven to be an effective and needed treatment for some at-risk patients who have not been able to effectively lose weight using diet and exercise alone,” Dr. Cottam said. “Patients who undergo this new surgery are expected to see faster and more durable weight loss, and we expect they may require fewer band adjustments and reduced complications such as slips or erosions when compared to standard gastric (stomach) banding.”
Preliminary results from a band with plication study being conducted by Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center show a 37 percent EWL (Excess Weight Loss) at 18 weeks.
“I am extremely pleased with the study results over the 18-week time period, as the excess weight loss is better than results seen with standard gastric banding,” Dr. Cottam said. “This is an exciting new procedure that opens up possibilities for patients who might not otherwise have been able to obtain these kinds of results.”
Band with plication (or folding) is a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure with the addition of stomach fold below the band. The insertion of the band creates a sleeve-like pouch by in-folding the stomach. Unlike the traditional sleeve procedure, plication does not involve removal of any part of the stomach.
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