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      <image:caption>Portrait of Dr. Matthew Fitzer, board-certified bariatric surgeon at Virginia Bariatric Center</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Average excess weight loss percentage after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at Virginia Bariatric Center, from 1 month through 10 years</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Upper GI contrast study of a properly narrowed gastric sleeve created by Dr. Fitzer at Virginia Bariatric Center</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Post-operative imaging of a slim, tubular gastric sleeve after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy by Dr. Fitzer in Northern Virginia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Contrast imaging of a Dr. Fitzer sleeve gastrectomy showing correct narrow diameter along the entire staple line</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dilated, over-large sleeve gastrectomy referred to Dr. Fitzer for revisional bariatric surgery in Northern Virginia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Upper GI study showing an incomplete &apos;trimmed&apos; sleeve gastrectomy with retained fundus, sent to Dr. Fitzer for repair</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>CT scan of an oversized post-sleeve stomach with poor restriction, evaluated by Dr. Fitzer for sleeve revision surgery</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Excess weight loss percentage after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at Virginia Bariatric Center, from 1 month through 10 years post-surgery</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laparoscopic gastric bypass pouch revision in Northern Virginia showing excess pouch resection and new smaller pouch with sizer bougie</image:caption>
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