Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is aimed at reducing weight in obese patients who have failed to reduce weight by means of diet and exercising. Weight loss is a severe problem leading to many health issues and so various types of weight loss surgeries are performed, which are collectively called Bariatric surgery.
Patients who suffer from severe obesity but have failed to lose weight by using other methods of weight loss, should under Bariatric surgical procedure. The surgery helps to reduce the size of the stomach and cut short the small intestine into a reduced size.
Gastric Bypass surgery aims at treating obesity in patients by reducing their consumption of food. During the surgery, surgeons reduce the size of the stomach by dividing it into a smaller upper pouch and a larger lower pouch, and re-routing the intestines to ...
FIND OUT MORELaparoscopic procedure is used for Lap Gastric Banding surgery that creates small cuts in the belly. Su rgeons try to place an adjustable silicon band through the incisions so as to band around the upper portion of the stomach. The idea is to turn the stomach into a pouch ...
FIND OUT MORESleeve Gastrectomy surgery is performed to reduce the size of the stomach to almost 15% of its actual size. This weight - loss procedure removes a greater portion of the stomach along the curvature line, and what stay s behind is a sleeve like stomach structure that enables ...
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