Surgeons are using new instruments to suture folds into the stomach, reducing its capacity. This helps you feel accelerated fullness with satiation of hunger, which can help you eat less and feel full. The surgeon performs the procedure entirely through the mouth without making any external incisions into the body.



Due to the lack of external incisions, the POSE procedure is expected to provide important advantages, including less risk than traditional open or laparoscopic surgery, minimal postoperative pain, fast recovery time and no scarring. Patients have undergone the procedure on a Friday and are back at work by Monday with no bandages or pain and total confidentiality (no one would even have to know that you have had the procedure).

Getting your weight down is vital to improve your health and potentially helps reduce the health problems associated with being overweight, such as Type II diabetes, heart disease, joint disease and respiratory conditions. If you have tried to lose weight without success, ask your surgeon if the POSE procedure might be right for you.