Five Types of Bariatric Surgery
                     Five Types of Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is a great solution when you need 
something more than diet or exercise to lose excess weight. Not only does it help with 
weight loss, but it can also help with health problems like high blood pressure and many 
serious health complications. You may find yourself enjoying a life you never thought 
possible. 
  
1. Gastric Sleeve
 With this surgery, around 
seventy-five percent of your 
stomach is removed. What’s 
left of the stomach is sleeve-
shaped, hence the name. 
Gastric sleeve surgery shrinks 
your stomach in order to 
quickly achieve a substantial 
amount of weight loss. Gastric 
sleeve decreases the hunger 
hormone (Ghrelin), as it is 
produced in high percentages 
on the removed part of the 
stomach, this offers a better 
control of what you will eat 
and help you take healthier 
and smarter choices when 
eating. 
  
2. Gastric Bypass
 A gastric bypass reduces the 
size of your stomach and 
reroutes food to go to your 
small intestines. During the 
operation, your stomach is 
divided in less than half. The 
surgeon will connect the upper 
part of the stomach directly to 
your small intestine. Doing this 
means less food and calories are 
taken in, making it easier to lose 
weight. Weight loss tends to 
happen quickly and dramatically 
within the first six months. This 
surgery enhances insulin 
efficiency and quality. Type 2 
diabetes can be controlled 
satisfactorily, in some cases 
without medication. 
  
3. Gastric Band 4. Duodenal Switch
Also known as a lap-band, this Duodenal Switch Surgery is an 
procedure shrinks the excellent option for patients 
stomach, making you feel full. needing to lose a significant 
The surgeon uses an amount of weight. A large 
inflatable band to split the portion of the stomach 
stomach into two parts with a (approximately 70%) is 
small pathway between them. removed so that it resembles a 
It doesn’t take a lot of food to tube or sleeve. The intestine is 
start to feel full. You can get them rerouted so the body has 
the band adjusted afterward less time to absorb calories and fat. This is accomplished by 
if you need it tightened or connecting the end of the large 
loosen. It’s probably the intestine to the first section of 
shortest and least invasive the small intestine, called the 
surgery. duodenum. 
  
5. Bariatric Revision Surgery
 You probably won’t need this 
kind of surgery, but it’s good to 
know that it’s an option. A 
revision surgery helps correct or 
enhance the effects of previous 
weight-loss surgeries. You’d use 
this option if your previous 
operation failed, if there is 
weight regain years after 
previous surgery, secondary 
effects of previous surgery (such 
as acid reflux in sleeved or 
banded patients), or if there 
were complications. 
Complications can include things 
like ulcers, scar tissue building 
up, bone loss, band erosion, band 
slipped, twisted sleeve or losing 
the ability to absorb vitamins. 
  
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