Weight-Loss Surgery, “Lap Banding,” and other minimally invasive procedures offered by Southern Surgical Associates

Southern Surgical Associates, PA, is a private general surgery and bariatric practice based in Greenville with a bariatric surgery
outreach presence in eastern North Carolina.

Southern Surgical Associates' board certified surgeons Drs. Kenneth MacDonald, Jr., Chris Mann and Wade Naziri's areas of particular expertise include laparoscopic and open gastric bypass obesity surgeries, the "Lap Band" and "Lap Realize" adjustable gastric banding minimally invasive weight-loss surgery, gallbladder, reflux and colon surgery, and pancreatic and liver cancer
surgery.

Southern Surgical Associates is a designated Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention,
and treatment of obesity, including weight-loss surgery for morbid obesity. Obesity becomes "morbid" when it reaches the
point of significantly increasing the risk of one-or-more obesityrelated health conditions or serious diseases that can result in significant physical disability, or even death.

If you are morbidly obese, surgery may be an option for you. The growing use of surgery to treat morbid obesity is the result of three factors--  current knowledge of the significant health risks of morbid obesity, the relatively low risk of complications of the procedures versus not having surgery, and the ineffectiveness of current non-surgical approaches to produce sustained weight loss.

Southern Surgical Associates has established a presence at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount. The Nash Surgical Weight Loss Center can be reached at (252) 451-6503. Many surgical procedures can be performed laparoscopically, using small incisions with a camera and instruments instead of a single large incision. This results in less pain, faster recovery, earlier return to normal
activities and significantly shorter hospital stays.

Drs. MacDonald, Mann and Naziri are trained and experienced in laparoscopic techniques. Some of the general surgery procedures that are performed laparoscopically include surgeries for gallbladder, heartburn, hernia, adhesions, adrenal gland, small intestine, spleen, and colon surgery for cancer or benign disease. For assessment for general surgery procedures, call Southern Surgical
Associates, PA, at (252) 758-2224 or visit our website at www.southernsurgical.org.