Health problems related to obesity are plenty including high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, arthritis, heart diseases, etc. when traditional methods fail, Bariatric surgery helps in burning fat and preventing fat storage. A modern tool for Obesity control, the Bariatric surgery procedure is carried out by experts at Provost Bariatrics.
A significant name in the field of Bariatric surgery, Provost Bariatrics has the best team of surgeons and healthcare professionals offering a chance to better their lives for their patients.
The clinic maintains a high-class facility with the most advanced equipment and surgeons of profound knowledge and experience. The surgeon Dr. David Andres Provost makes it a point to provide the best bariatric treatment as per the individual need.
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About Dr. David Andres Provost
Dr. David Andres Provost is a board-certified general surgeon with more than 34 years of total experience and about 21 years of experience in bariatric treatments. Dr. Provost performed his first laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in 1999. He also provides surgeon education and training in adjustable gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic gastric bypass, revision surgeries, and complications. He completed his medical education at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and did his surgical critical care fellowship at M Health Fairview.
Dr. Provost did his residency in general surgery at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas. He has served on multiple committees of the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. He has also served as the Secretary of the Texas Chapter of the Texas Association of Bariatric Surgery. Dr. Provost has also been the president of the Foundation board of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Currently, he is a member of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and also co-chair of the Verifications and Standards Committee in the national accreditation of bariatric centers. Dr. Provost is affiliated with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple and Temple Health Presbyterian Hospital in Denton.
Various Bariatric Procedures
Bariatric procedures at Provost Bariatrics help obese people to lose extra weight and thus decrease the risk of other potential obesity-related health problems like diabetes and arthritis. Bariatric surgery is a suggested procedure for patients failing in losing weight with traditional weight loss methods like diet and exercise.
Dr. Provost ensures that the patient meets specific guidelines to undergo bariatric procedures.
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass:
The most common method of bariatric is gastric bypass. This surgery helps in decreasing the amount of food intake and reducing the absorption of nutrients. A part of your stomach will be cut and attached to the small intestine so that the food bypasses a major part of your stomach. Dr, Provost has experience in Gastric Bypass surgery. He is an expert in the field and when supported by the best assistance, he provides results that are long-lasting.
Sleeve Gastrectomy:
Performed by Dr, Provost, this surgery offers life-changing results. The success rate is high as the clinic is fitted with modern equipment and sound infrastructure to promote healthy outcomes. In this surgery, almost 80% of the stomach is removed and the leftover pouch of the stomach cannot hold much food. Sleeve gastrectomy also reduces appetite-regulating hormones that lessen the desire to eat.
Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch:
A part of this surgery is similar to sleeve gastrectomy and in another part of the surgery end portion of the intestine to the duodenum near the stomach and the majority of the intestine is bypassed.
The team of experts at Provost Bariatrics is dedicated to offering personalized healthcare to their patients, they understand the physical, mental and emotional concerns associated with obesity and ensure that the patients are offered the right advice and surgical treatments that aid in their journey to betterment.
Under the guidance of Dr. Provost, the staff at Provost Bariatrics performs many surgical procedures with an assurance of success. Highly affordable and dependable, the clinic is dedicated to offering a new and healthy life to their patients through their weight loss and management treatments, programs, and counseling.
Costs
Provost Bariatrics offers price transparency to offer the price for the gastric sleeve at $2,456, and the gastric bypass at $3,229.20. If you want to learn more about their price click here. Upon reading further this look
Locations
Baylor Scott & White Clinic – Temple
2401 S 31st St
Temple, TX 76508
