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General Surgeon•Kolkata
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Weight loss surgery or bariatric surgery helps lose weight in those people who are about 100 pounds (male) and 80 pounds (female). It helps individual resolve obesity-related medical problems.

Types of Weight Loss Surgeries-

1. Gastric Band

A band is put around the stomach tightly which divides the stomach into two sections, namely smaller upper and larger lower which is connected through a small tube by which emptying of the upper part becomes slow. Since less food is...more
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General Surgeon•Mumbai
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Obesity surgery is more commonly referred to as bariatric surgery. It is a surgery done on the stomach and/or intestines of a person with morbid obesity so that he or she loses weight. It is believed that as of now, bariatric surgery is the only option that almost always works to help overly obese people lose a lot of weight, which automatically makes the associated chronic conditions vanish.

How does this surgery work? Bariatric surgery works by changing the anatomy of the stomach and ...more
Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
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General Surgeon•Ludhiana
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Obesity can shorten your lifespan by decades and also limit and reduce the quality of your life. Obesity cannot always be controlled by dieting and exercise and thus more complicated means such as bariatric surgery has to be employed.

Types of bariatric surgery
Most bariatric surgeries either limit your ability to consume food and thus make you feel fuller quickly or limit the absorption of nutrients from the food you eat. Certain surgeries use a combination of the two in varying de...more
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General Surgeon•Noida
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To lose weight is not an easy task, especially when patients get diagnosed with morbid obesity, as per their Body Mass Index. After going through some unsuccessful attempts at losing weight through control of one s diet, regular exercises or pharmacotherapy, which happen to be some of the most common methods that have been medically supervised for weight loss, surgery might represent the only source. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy happens to be one of the methods of surgery, directed towards we...more
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Bariatrician•Mumbai
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When dieting and exercising fail to help an obese person manage their weight, bariatric surgery may be suggested. One of the most popular types of bariatric surgery is a gastric sleeve surgery or sleeve gastrectomy. The main aim of this surgery is to reduce the amount of food that can be consumed in one sitting. It does not affect the amount of nutrients and fats absorbed from the food that has been eaten. A majority of the weight loss resulting from this surgery happens within 12-18 months.
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General Surgeon•Kanpur
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Bariatric surgery is a procedure that involves modifications to the digestive system so that the food intake can be restricted or the nutrients absorbed by the body is reduced. This surgery is recommended when exercise and diet may not cause the desired results with weight loss.

Bariatric surgery is a group of surgeries that are a procedure to reduce weight in the body.

The various types of surgeries that come under this category are -

1. Gastric bypass - The most comm...more
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General Surgeon•Kanpur
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To lose weight is not an easy task, especially when patients get diagnosed with morbid obesity, as per their Body Mass Index. After going through some unsuccessful attempts at losing weight through control of one s diet, regular exercises or pharmacotherapy, which happen to be some of the most common methods that have been medically supervised for weight loss, surgery might represent the only source. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy happens to be one of the methods of surgery, directed towards we...more
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Surgical Gastroenterologist•Wayanad
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Recovery from gastric sleeve surgery is very rapid. True or false, take this quiz to know more.
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Last Updated: 6 years ago • Featured Quiz
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Bariatrician•Bangalore
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Obese people seek sleeve gastrectomy method to lose weight efficiently. The alluring factor about this procedure is that no maintenance is required. There are no complications associated with this procedure. Find out more about this from this quiz.
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Last Updated: 6 years ago • Featured Quiz
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Laparoscopic Surgeon•Pune
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Gastrointestinal surgery includes a variety of surgical procedures, which are used to treat patients suffering from basic to complex gastrointestinal disorders. The term gastrointestinal refers to the stomach and intestine in the body. Gastrointestinal surgery is subdivided into two parts that are, upper gastrointestinal surgery and lower gastrointestinal surgery. Attempt the following short quiz to know more about gastrointestinal surgery.
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