Obesity and Diabetes Surgery Centre

Is your high BMI worrying you? Have all your efforts to reduce weight met with constant failure? If so, weight loss surgeries might be the way to go. Bariatric surgery involves various surgical procedures for inducing weight loss by restricting food intake and absorption. This is done by manipulating the size of stomach and intestine. The procedures involved under bariatric surgery vary depending on the extent of weight loss intended and preference of the candidate undergoing the procedure. They are known to enable weight loss in the range of 25% to 90%. Here is an overview of the different procedures involved in bariatric surgery. Sleeve Gastrectomy  A procedure performed to reduce weight in highly obese patients, sleeve gastrectomy involves stapling a part of the stomach vertically to limit food intake. This creates a small pouch in place of the normal stomach and the remaining part is removed. Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy These ...

Many of us can relate to the struggle of dieting and exercise to lose the couple of extra pounds, just to fit into our favourite dress. In many cases, inspite of all the hardwork and turning a blind to our favourite cuisines, the numerals on the weight machine remains the same. Bariatric surgery is a group of surgical procedures for those of us who had our heart broken by the above-mentioned phenomena! Obesity not only hurts our aesthetic sentiments, it invites a horde of other diseases as well. The procedures in bariatric surgery helps in long term weight loss while relieving related disorders like blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis and so on. Bariatric surgery is done laparoscopically and hence is simpler and painless, when compared to conventional surgeries. The recovery period is shorter as well. They are known to bring about a loss of about 70-90% of excess weight, though the results are not instantaneous. Should I get a bariatric surgery? Bariatric surgery...