Weight Loss Surgery, also referred to as Bariatric Surgery, currently provides one of the most effective therapies for Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnoea, Arthritis, Asthma, Acid Reflux, Infertility and High Cholesterol. Our team understands these challenges and works with each patient to find the best treatment and surgical option according to their needs. Our Bariatric & Weight Loss Surgery Department is ready to work with you and your primary care physician. We can choose between Bariatric (Weight Loss) procedures that work in one of the two ways, limiting the amount of food you can consume or changing the way your food is digested.
Bariatric surgery is surgery that affects your stomach and how you digest food. It’s designed to make your stomach much smaller, which causes you to feel full after eating only a small amount of food. You eat less food and absorb fewer calories after bariatric surgery.
Bariatric surgery should be considered for obese patients at high risk of morbidity and mortality who have not achieved adequate weight loss with lifestyle and medical management and who are suffering from the complications of obesity.
Bariatric surgical procedures cause weight loss by restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold, causing malabsorption of nutrients or by a combination of both Gastric restriction and Malabsorption. Most weight loss surgeries today are performed using Minimally Invasive Techniques (Laparoscopic Surgery).
Types of Metabolic / Bariatric Surgery
- Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery (MGB)
- Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Resection
- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass