Single-incision gastric sleeve performed in Austin
An archived NuSelf report documents Dr. Sashidhar Ganta performing a transumbilical sleeve gastrectomy through a single access site at North Austin Medical Center.
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Practice updates, useful surgical perspectives, press releases, and achievements from a team focused on advancing care in Central Texas.
The NuSelf approach
Innovation is meaningful when it improves the patient’s care.
NuSelf has a long history of adopting and developing minimally invasive approaches. New technology is evaluated through the same patient-first standard: the diagnosis, anatomy, likely benefit, safety, recovery, and the surgeon’s judgment must support its use.
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Explore technology and surgical judgmentFrom the NuSelf archive
Selected moments in surgical innovation.
These historical announcements preserve the context in which they were originally published. Procedures, devices, evidence, and standards of care evolve. Current recommendations are based on an individual consultation and today’s clinical guidance.
The Ganta stitch and true single-incision access
This historical release describes the retraction-suture technique Dr. Ganta developed to support a true single-incision approach without an additional liver-retractor port.
Read the original NuSelf archiveTwenty-five single-incision gastric band procedures
An early practice milestone recorded 25 transumbilical gastric band procedures and NuSelf founder Dr. Ganta’s role in advancing minimally invasive bariatric techniques.
Read the original NuSelf archiveAn early single-incision gastric band milestone in Texas
The archived announcement reports an early Texas transumbilical gastric band procedure performed through the navel with no visible abdominal scar.
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