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FHMC is different from either a general medical hospital or a large university medical center. We provide you with specialty surgery and personal care by the best specialty surgeons and staff.

Just like the major medical centers we have the latest modern equipment and facilities, but that is not what makes us different. The personal care you will receive is unlike the typical impersonal healthcare offered in most large university medical centers. At FHMC we are committed to caring for you as our family.

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Bariatric

Gastric Sleeve/Sleeve Gastrectomy

The Gastric Sleeve surgery is performed by removing approximately 60% or more of the stomach. This leaves a banana shaped and sized pouch or “sleeve” as the new stomach which extends from the natural stomach opening to the natural stomach outlet. The procedure helps individuals to lose weight because the overall size of the stomach is decreased, controlling the amount of food that can be consumed. The sensations of hunger are also controlled by this procedure because the portion of the stomach that produces the hunger-stimulating hormone is removed.

On average, patients who only undergo the initial procedure can expect to lose about 60% of their excess weight in the first two years.