Group News

• Dr. Fusco listed among
  "America's Top Surgeons"
  by The Consumers' Research Council of America
• Study done by Dr. Fusco and LifeShape Advanced Bariatrics of Florida confirrm the safety of outpatient LAP-BAND® Surgery. The study, to be published in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Disorders, and presented at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, examines the outcome of LifeShape's first 100 patients

• Dr. Fusco is proud to anounce that he now offers the Halo 360 ablation procedure for Barrett's Esophagus by Barrx Medical.

Medical News

• Surgery Decreases Long-term Mortality, Morbidity, and Health Care Use in Morbidly Obese Patients.
  
• New England Journal of Medicine article - showing equal cure rate for laparoscopic colectomy
• Recent Arizona news story about the Stretta procedure to treat acid reflux (GERD)
• Gastric band a hit with rock singer
  • Learn more about the LAP-BAND® system to treat obesity
• Obesity Epidemic Sweeping U.S., Harvard Forum Told - (Health - Reuters)
• Three recent studies show the LAP-BAND® surgery for obesity to be effective and less invasive than other weight loss options.
• New York times article reports on favorable study involving patients undergoing laparoscopic colon removal