After a wait of over 30 years, we are pleased to welcome the release of the ASBMS/IFSO guidelines of 2022 to replace the previous NIH guidelines of 1991. These guidelines review all the evidence...
New Guidelines for Weight-Loss Surgery
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Surgery after Covid-19 infection
With the Omicron variant of Covid-19 now spreading in Aotearoa/NZ people are wondering what happens if they catch Covid-19 prior to planned elective surgery. The guidelines from the Australian and...
Moving – Dunedin
We are pleased to announce that we are moving our consulting space in Dunedin just along the corridor to Suite 7 at the Marinoto Clinic, Mercy Hospital. This move will give us some more flexibility...
COVID-19 Vaccination and Surgery
With Covid-19 infections gradually spreading south and the Covid protection framework coming in to place people may be wondering what the requirements for vaccination are around elective surgery....
Iron and iron deficiency after bariatric surgery
Iron is a mineral used by the body to make the 'haem' protein that is part of the haemoglobin molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen around the body. Iron is normally absorbed in the...
Type 2 diabetes and bariatric surgery
A recent PwC report on type 2 diabetes has been getting some media coverage over the past few days. This report looks at the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Aoteoroa/New Zealand and the...
Bariatric Surgery and COVID-19
Reports have emerged from countries severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that obesity may be an important risk factor for a more serious form of the illness. Most people who contract COVID-19...
One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass
Aspiring Bariatrics is pleased to start offering the one anastomosis gastric bypass. This is a variation of the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass where only one join is made with the intestine rather than...