Weight Loss Options
Weight surgery is not a quick fix, but it can be part of a plan to help you find weight loss success, relieve problems caused or worsened by obesity, and jumpstart a healthier, more active lifestyle.
The bariatric surgeons at Grandview Medical Center specialize in minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques, including robotic-assisted technology that allows for enhanced surgical precision, vision and control.
Grandview Medical Center’s bariatric surgery program provides education and support that begin before surgery and extend through recovery to help ensure that individuals are set up for success. Experienced surgeons specialize in bariatric surgery and offer proven weight loss techniques, such as:
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Through small incisions, the surgeon removes the left side of the stomach so the remaining stomach is approximately one-tenth of the original size after about one year. This “new” stomach has a much smaller capacity, which means patients feel full or satisfied after eating only a small amount of food. The procedure has also proven to reduce the appetite hormone called Grehlin. Less appetite combined with a smaller stomach makes it even easier to eat less food and lose weight.
Gastric Bypass
There are several types of procedures that are used, but all of them bypass part of the small intestine that absorbs nutrients. Bypass techniques involve stapling off an area of the stomach to create a smaller pouch or surgically removing part of the stomach, both of which create a smaller stomach area. Gastric bypass also reduces production of the appetite hormone Grehlin, making it easier to eat less.
Revision and Conversion Surgery
This procedure removes approximately 80 percent of the stomach, leaving behind a thin, vertical sleeve-like tube. Gastric sleeve surgery permanently reduces the size of the stomach, limiting the amount of food you're able to eat and helping you feel fuller sooner. There is no rerouting of the small bowel, so any food consumed passes through the digestive tract in the usual order, allowing it to be fully absorbed in the body.
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Find out if weight loss surgery is right for you. Register to attend a seminar today.
Grandview Medical Center offers two different kinds of seminars to help you determine if you are a candidate for weight loss surgery. Choose which type of seminar is best for you: