Dr Phil Le Page

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• Reflux

• Hiatus hernia

• Weight-loss surgery

Dr Phil Le Page is Head of the Bariatric Surgery Department at Northern Beaches Hospital and is an experienced Bariatric and Upper Gastro-Intestinal surgeon.

He has extensive experience in the management of:

• bariatric surgery (over 10 years experience and over 2000 patients),

• gallstones,

• hernia,

• reflux,

• hiatus hernia,

• gastric and oesophageal cancer,

• gastroscopy & colonoscopy and other general surgical conditions.

His weight loss surgery options include:

• laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy,

• single-loop (or mini) gastric bypass,

• Roux-en-y gastric bypass,

• Gastric banding, and

• Single Anastomosis Duodeno-ileal bypass (SADI).

Patients are seen by Dr Le Page initially to discuss the appropriateness of surgery and what option suits a particular individual. The Body Mass index (BMI) is determined along with the health impacts of the obesity such as  diabetes, high cholesterol or fatty liver. Other non-surgical options also discussed including dietary measures, gastric ballooning, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), and other medical management.

Surgery for reflux or hiatus hernia is laparoscopic (or keyhole) and repairs the hiatus hernia defect with fundoplication. Gallstones surgery is called laparoscopic cholecystectomy and advanced techniques performed include choledochoscopy for removal of common bile duct stones. Hernia surgery is usually undertaken laparoscopically including recurrent hernias. Depending on the location, cancer surgery can involve laparoscopic, open or robotic techniques and can be accessed by transabdominal or transthoracic approach.