Central Coast Weight Loss Surgery

10/08/2025

Be careful if taking weight loss medications before surgery. Let the doctor know.

A London-based consultant plastic and cosmetic surgeon, has warned of a mistake those on weight loss jabs can make that could leave them 'choking to death' on the operation table.

04/07/2025

Wowsers, two decades have passed by quickly. It has been a privilege and pleasure to be part of tens of thousands of health journeys.

15/01/2025

BMI (body mass index) is no longer a reason to deny patients requiring bariatric surgery.

The ABC has previously reported cases of patients being turned away from essential surgeries based on BMI cut-offs.

The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the use of the Body Mass Index.

19/12/2024

Last gastric sleeve operation done for 2024. Thank you everyone for their support and trust. 16 years in practice, several thousands of gastric sleeve patients and still feel thrilled with every journey of weight loss success.

Merry Xmas and best wishes for 2025.

We will re open on 9th January 2025 and look forward to seeing everyone healthy and happy.

Ken

10/12/2024

The latest research shows that the widespread and indiscriminate use of newer weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro by overweight patients shows a significant risk of weight regain upon medication cessation. Combining medications with bariatric surgery may be more effective in the management of obesity for better long term outcomes.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are cost effective in the long term only when combined with bariatric surgery, according to a study, ‘Comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of bariatric surgery and GLP-1 receptor agonists for the management of obesity’, presented at the Am...

31/10/2024

When the air con dies and it hits 30 degrees, sleeves must go on and the surgical team will lose weight too with a few liters of sweat

01/10/2024

Latest data from the national bariatric surgery registry helps to answer the debate between gastric sleeve surgery vs bypass.

Bypass has three times the complication rate of sleeve. Weight loss is very similar over 4 years after surgery.