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Kelly: WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE TALKING TO DR. MATT
SIMPSON WITH COX HEALTH.
Guest: THANK YOU.
Kelly: WHAT KIND OF A
SURGEON ARE YOU?
Guest: GENERAL AND BARIATRIC
SURGERY.
Kelly: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY TODAY.
Guest: CORRECT.
Kelly: THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT
OUR TOPIC IS.
HOW MANY SURGERIES?
THERE'S SEVERAL THAT YOU CAN DO
FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY.
TALK ABOUT THEM.
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERIES, THERE'S
THE GASTRIC SLEEVE, WHICH IS
BECOMING POPULAR.
THE GASTRIC BY PASS, THE MAIN
STAY FOR 30 YEARS.
THE DUODENAL SWITCH AND
OPERATION THAT IS WE CAN DO TO
HELP PEOPLE DEPENDING ON THEIR
CANDIDACY, WHERE THEY FALL IN
THEIR HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS AND
WEIGHT LOSS THEY NEED TO
ACHIEVE.
Kelly: THE SLEEVE IS, IS
THAT THE LEAST INVASIVE?
Guest: NO.
WE HAVE ENDOUGH SCOPIC THINGS.
BUT THE SLEEVE AND THE BY PASS
ARE THE MOST INVASIVE, BUT
THEY'RE LAPAROSCOPIC, THAT YOU
GO HOME THE NEXT DAY.
Kelly: NOT EVERYBODY IS A
CANDIDATE, CORRECT?
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 15-20
POUNDS?
Guest: THAT'S NOT SOMEONE
WE'RE TARGETING TO HELP.
Joy: WHO WOULD BE HELPED BY
THE SURGERY?
Guest: WE LOOK AT
PATIENTS -- WE LOOK AT A BMI OF
WE TAKE BMI WITH CO-MORBIDITIES.
IF YOU HAVE A BMI OF 35 AND HAVE