About finesurgery | Clinic in Jersey

Obesity is a chronic condition. Everyone can lose weight but maintaining weight loss is the problem and many people see their weight frustratingly yo-yo throughout their life while they battle their weight issues.

As a specialist Weight Loss or Bariatric Surgeon, I see the dramatic effects that sustained weight loss achieves but it's a tool not a magic bullet and lifestyle changes still underpin long term success. Weight loss surgery may or may not be for you but I'm happy to discuss this with you and guide you through the risks as well as the benefits.

Gallstones are  pearls! They probably develop from a tiny crystal of calcium or a bile pigment or cholesterol. Over time, layer after layer of crystals are laid down over this to form a defined ‘stone’. 

Many people have gallstones and don’t know about them. But a few people get recurrent discomfort when they eat a fatty meal or even attacks of severe pain, sometimes needing hospitalisation for antibiotics. 

The best treatment for problematic gallstones is to remove the gallbladder using a keyhole operation called a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Acid-reflux is really common. 

Around 20% of us have regular symptoms. 

Retrosternal (behind the breastbone), burning discomfort, rising up from the abdomen and heading towards your throat is the most common complaint. We call this heartburn. When it cause damage we call this GORD or GERD.

The majority of patients with GORD are treated with medications like PPIs but some patients do not want to take PPIs for life and can’t skip a dose or get their symptoms back; or have side-effects or your symptoms persist despite the tablets.If this is the case then anti-reflux surgery may be indicated. It treats the cause (i.e. repairs your hiatus hernia so that you don’t reflux at all) rather than PPIs which treat the effect (i.e. you still reflux but with reduced acid in the fluid so you get less symptoms). There are a number of options for this surgery nowadays.