The weight doesn’t weigh on him anymore.
A Texas man is halfway to his 90-pound weight loss goal after undergoing a new magnet-based bariatric surgery.
“The quality of my life has improved so dramatically that I feel very happy and fulfilled and like I’ve gone back in time,” said Kenneth Yerid, 50. He told the Dallas-Fort Worth NBC affiliate last week..
Yerid had high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol – the trinity that forms the basis of metabolic syndrome – which put him at high risk of heart disease and stroke.
After diet and exercise failed to produce results, Yerrid agreed to use the Revita Magnetic Surgery System (MARS), the first of its kind in Texas.
“It felt like I was in quicksand.” Yerrid said in a statement. Last month, she had surgery. “I was having pain in my joints, gaining weight, and not eating a healthy diet. It wasn’t until I had surgery that I was able to start on the path to improving my health.”
Mars Food and Drug Administration approved He is scheduled to undergo abdominal surgery in August 2023, including a gallbladder removal and bariatric surgery. The Cleveland Clinic used this technique Shortly thereafter, he underwent a sleeve gastrectomy.
Here’s how it works: Tiny, magnetic-tipped graspers are placed under the skin to grab and pull tissue or organs. The graspers are controlled by an external magnet on a robotic arm. The surgeon operates that robotic arm and a second arm equipped with a camera to see inside the patient.
California-based Levita Magnetics promises surgical procedures that require fewer incisions, less pain, faster recovery and less scarring.
“Gastric bypass surgery involves making your stomach smaller and redirecting the way food travels,” Dr. Chad Carlton of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, who performed Yerid’s surgery, told NBC News. “By redirecting the way food travels, [Yerrid] It controls satiety, appetite, hunger, and directly controls metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea.”
Carlton said the use of the magnetic surgery system allowed them to avoid a painful incision under Yerrid’s breastbone during the operation in March.
Now, Yerrid has lost 45 pounds and his blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes indicators have improved.
“Now I can take my dog for walks,” he said joyfully. “I can even do some light exercise. It’s a game changer.”
