What is the next step if interested in the ROSE procedure?
Interested patients should obtain a copy of their prior gastric bypass operative note and schedule an appointment for a detailed evaluation with Dr Balder. If there are problems obtaining an old operative note, please feel free to come by our office and sign a waiver to send to your prior surgeon or hospital – we can assist in this process for your total care! In order for Dr Balder to optimally treat and evaluate you, it is often very, very helpful to have your pre-operative & post-operative information from you previous Bariatric Surgeons office as well (and any post procedure notes such as upper endoscopy or barium upper GI study). Because of healthcare privacy laws we will require your personal hand-written signature in our office if you would like us to assist you with this. For your convenience this is optimally done several days to a week prior to your planned office appointment with Dr Balder. Offices and hospitals often take much more time to “release” these records than you w
