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• A doctor may have performed the wrong type of gastric bypass surgery on more than 50 patients at a Wilmington hospital, officials said.
• Dr. Steven E. Olchowski performed the surgeries between December 2000 and the spring of 2002 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, which is facing eight malpractice lawsuits stemming from the weight-loss operations.
• "We cannot be sure about any conversation in Dr. Olchowski's office between him and his patients," Dr. Samuel Spicer, vice president of medical affairs at New Hanover Regional, said Wednesday.
• The lawsuits claim Olchowski told patients he would perform a gastric bypass surgery known as Roux-en-Y, which usually is covered by health insurance.
• According to the lawsuits, he performed minigastric bypass, which usually is not covered.
• The difference between the surgeries is how the stomach and intestines are attached.
• Attorneys for six of the patients said their clients had serious complications such as stomach ulcers and required a second surgery to convert the bypass into a Roux-en-Y.
• It wasn't immediately clear how much the lawsuits sought in compensation.
• Olchowski, 57, resigned from New Hanover Regional in 2003.
• He now practices at Ionia County Memorial Hospital in Michigan.
• He did not return a call Wednesday to the Star-News of Wilmington.

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