45-Year-Old Loses His Extra Kilos Without Going Under the Knife at Global Hospitals, Mumbai

• Director of the Baldota Institute of Digestive Sciences at Global Hospital, Mumbai, Dr. Amit Maydeo performed a new minimally invasive weight loss surgery on a 45-year-old Pushpa Kadam. 
• Known as endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, this procedure is approved by FDA and has been introduced for the first time in India by Dr. Maydeo.
• In this procedure, the size of the stomach is reduced by using an endoscopic suturing device called 'over stich'.
• Patients undergoing this procedure is not only ensured a less recovery time but also are discharged from the hospital on the same day.
• Resulting in almost 54 per cent weight loss within a year, the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty even comes with a more reasonable price than other common bariatric surgery procedures.  
• Kadam has effectively started shedding the extra kilos post surgery.

Source: Global Hospital, Mumbai, Media Update