- Osteoporosis
- Medical Weight LossCypress Weight Loss offers different weight loss options to best serve the needs of each individual patient. Look below for more information or feel free to use explore our Surgery Comparison Chart. We know it can be hard to make a choice without speaking with a physician, so please call 281-640-8373 today to arrange your personal consulation with our Board Certified General and Bariatric Surgeon Bradley Waggoner, MD.
- Sleep Disorders
- High Cholesterol
- Constipation
- Irritable Bowel SyndromeYou have a history of irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, or other diseases of your bowel system. If 1 or more of the balloons deflates and passes into your intestines, it will cause a blockage also known as an obstruction and must be surgically removed. This bowel obstruction can lead to serious injury and even death.
- Diarrhea
- Pregnancy
- EndoscopyThe bypassed portion of the stomach, duodenum and segments of the small intestine cannot be easily visualized using X-ray or endoscopy if problems such as ulcers, bleeding or malignancy should occur.
- Depression
- Diabetes Care
- Endocrinology1. Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a part of NIH, NIDDK statistics represent US adults over the age of 20. 2. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) / American College of Endocrinology (ACE) Statement on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Obesity (1998 Revision). AACE/ACE Obesity Task Force. Endocr Pract. 1998; Vol. 4 No. 5: 297-330. 3. Kramer FM et al. Long-term follow-up of behavioral treatment for obesity: patterns of weight regain among men and women. Int J Obes 1989; 13:123-136. 4. SAGES/ASBS Guidelines for Laparoscopic and Conventional Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity. American Society for Bariatric Surgery. http://asbs.org/html/guidelines.html
- Thyroid
- X-Rays
- General SurgeryFor patient convenience, we stock Celebrate vitamins. All bariatric vitamin and supplement orders are available for purchase and pick up from the Cypress Bariatric & General Surgery office.
- Plastic SurgeryA: That is not always the case. As a rule, plastic surgery will not be considered for at least a year or two after the operation, as sometimes the skin will mold itself around the new body tissue. Give the skin the time it needs to adjust before you decide to have more surgery.
- Breast SurgeryCypress Bariatric & General Surgery offers a host of laparoscopic procedures including intestinal surgery, reflux surgery, gall bladder surgery, appendectomy surgery, hernia surgery, hemorrhoid surgery, breast surgery, and thyroid surgery. Common surgical procedures include, but are not limited to...
- Laparoscopic SurgeryThe majority of weight loss sleeve gastrectomies performed today use a laparoscopic technique, which is considered minimally invasive. Laparoscopic surgery usually results in a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, smaller scars, and less pain than open surgical procedures.
- Bariatric SurgerySleeve gastrectomy is typically considered as a treatment option for bariatric surgery patients with a BMI of 60 or higher. It is often performed as the first procedure in a two-part treatment. The second part of the treatment can be gastric bypass.
- UlcerYou have a history of structural or functional disorders of the stomach including, gastroparesis (stomach emptying disorder), gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis (stomach irritation), gastric varices (veins in your stomach that bleed), large hiatal hernia (> 2 cm), cancer or any other disorder of the stomach. If you have one of these disorders you may not be able to swallow the Obalon Balloon capsule, or the balloon may not inflate properly or you will have increased risk of gastric irritations and ulcers.
- Back Pain
- Allergies