Surgical Weight Loss
Are you a candidate for surgical weight loss?
Who is a candidate for bariatric surgery?
- Patients with a BMI >30 and an associated health condition (like high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, etc)
- Patients with a BMI >35
What is bariatric surgery?
Bariatric surgery is surgery to change your stomach and/or intestines to suppress your appetite, make you feel full, alter food absorption, and change hormones to improve your health.
What types of bariatric surgery are performed?
- Sleeve gastrectomy – the stomach is reduced in size and the large part of the stomach is removed from the body.
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass – the stomach is reduced in size and the intestines are rerouted to the new small stomach.
- Lap-Band/adjustable gastric band – A plastic band is placed over the stomach and a port is brought out just under the skin. This procedure is rarely performed anymore.
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