Bariatric patients find more options than just gastric bypass surgery

Wausau, WI

Local weight-loss surgery programs are facing competition for patients from an eastern Wisconsin program.

Midwest Bariatric Solutions and Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah will hold a bariatric surgery information session Thursday. Dr. Raymond Georgen, a member of the practice, said it holds seminars outside the Fox Valley on a regular basis.

"Our practice is statewide," Georgen said, noting he has had several patients travel from Wausau, central Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula for gastric bypass surgery and a procedure using an adjustable band to reduce the stomach's capacity. More >>

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