Laparoscopic bariatric surgical procedures
Bariatric surgery is a treatment option for people living with morbid obesity—especially for those who have not experienced long-term weight loss success through other means. Often referred to as weight loss surgery, bariatric surgery has transformed the health and lives of more than 800,000 people in the past six years. Bariatric surgery is the clinical term for several different procedures. The procedures use one or both of two approaches
Gastric Band
This option restricts how much the stomach can hold by placing an adjustable band around the upper part of the stomach. There is no cutting or stapling needed to divide the upper stomach pouch from the lower stomach. The result is you take in less food.
Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG)
In case of high risk patients, the sleeve is used as a first Stage to induce weight reduction allowing for the more demanding intestinal dissection to be performed under good condition. In the sleeve gastrectomy, trocars are placed as for a gastric bypass.
Gastric Bypass (RNY)
The Laparoscopic Roux-n-Y Gastric By-Pass is currently the most extensively performed bariatric procedure. It can be accomplished either open or laparoscopically, the preferred method being laparoscopic.
Revision / Conversion
Patients who have gastric bypass occasionally require revision, either for inadequate weight loss or for complications. Gastric bypass patients with anatomically intact operations and unsatisfactory weight loss have probably "outeaten" the operation.
