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Big Medicine

Big Medicine

Description: The father and son team of Drs Robert and Garth Davis perform innovative bariatric surgeries at the Methodist Weight Management Center in Houston. The programme chronicles the emotional transformations of obese people who have opted to undergo weight-loss surgery, capturing the process before and during the operation, through recovery and post-op care, and often through cosmetic procedures needed to remove sagging skin after a dramatic weight loss.
Genre: Reality-TV
Year Released: 2007
Number of seasons: 3
Number of episodes: 31
First episode air date: May 28, 2007
Network: TLC
Cast: Garth Davis, Dr. Robert Davis
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