Mercy Medical Center First In New York State With Latest Non-Invasive Weight-Loss Surgery

More about the IMHO malpractice known as bariatric surgery. Note that this new procedure is to correct failures from the first operation.

"Mercy Medical Center's Bariatric Surgery Program, ranked highest in New York State 2008/2009 by the HealthGrades® national hospital rating company, has become the first weight-loss surgery center in New York State to offer the new non-invasive ROSE procedure that reduces the size of a patient's stomach without the need for any incisions.

The transoral ROSE (Restorative Obesity Surgery, Endolumenal) technique reduces the gastric pouch in patients who have had previous gastric bypass surgery but begun (sic) to regain weight as a result of stretching of the stomach...

'This is an important new option for the 15 to 20 percent of patients who gain weight a few years after undergoing bariatric surgery,' explained Shawn Garber, MD, Chief of Bariatric Surgery at Marcy and head of the New York Bariatric Group."

Also note how high the failure rate is within just "a few years."

And this is from a program that claims it is "ranked highest in New York State 2008/2009 by the HealthGrades® national hospital rating company..."

If 15 - 20% of certain cars failed in just "a few years," they would be removed from the marketplace.