Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric surgery (weight-loss surgery) includes a variety of procedures performed on people who are obese.

Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with an implanted medical device or through removal of a portion of the stomach or by resecting and re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch .

Advantages

Significant long-term loss of weight,
Recovery from diabetes
Improvement in cardiovascular risk factors
Reduction in mortality