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Obesity Surgery

If you have been unable to achieve significant and lasting weight loss through traditional methods of diet and exercise, you may want to consider bariatric surgery.

The word “bariatric” refers to the treatment of obesity. Bariatric surgery uses surgical means to treat a person suffering from obesity. Studies by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery have demonstrated that bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, yields the longest period of sustained weight loss in patients who have not succeeded with other methods.

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There are several categories of bariatric surgery:

• Restrictive surgery reduces the amount of food that the stomach can hold but does not alter the normal digestion of foods and nutrients.
  
  
• Malabsorbtive surgery shortens the digestive tract to limit the number of calories and nutrients that the body can absorb.
  
  
• Combination surgery restricts the amount of food the stomach can hold and the number of calories and nutrients that the body can absorb.

Bariatric surgery is not, however, a cure-all method for those struggling with obesity. It is a tool that must be combined with a positive attitude, self-discipline and a strategy of planning ahead to meet your long-term weight loss goals.

LMHS' Bariatric Center offers three types of weight loss surgery: sleeve gastrectomy, adjustable gastric banding and gastric bypass.