There are a variety of surgical options available today for the treatment of obesity. Before drawing any conclusions on what is best for you, it is important to understand that all weight loss surgeries are not alike. Each one carries its own set of risks and benefits. The information provided below will help familiarize you with the types of surgery we currently perform. By becoming educated on the pros and cons of each, you’ll have a better understanding of the surgery and what to expect.
If you have any questions about the weight loss surgery options or wish to schedule an initial consultation, please contact us today. As a first step, I strongly recommend that you schedule to attend one of our free, no-obligation, educational seminars.
A very good animation of the principles of gastric bypass, the biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch procedure and the Lap Band, can be viewed in a video clip on the Mayo Clinic website.
Procedures that we offer, without any order of preference:
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Placement
- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic
- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Open (using a relatively small incision)
- Revision Surgery
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
Surgery achieves weight loss by restricting food intake (restrictive), diminishing how much of food is absorbed from the digestive tract to the rest of the body (malabsorptive), or a combination of both. Revision surgery is not a different category according to the above classification, but it has its own technical specifics that makes it deserve a special category. A nice overview of the surgical techniques and their history can be found at the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery website http://asbs.org/ . Please notice that when the Society website, and many other sites, discuss "open" gastric bypass, they refer to large incisions that I do not use in my "open" technique, which I better describe as an "open" technique via a "small" incision (usually 4 inches long)
Sincerely,
Dr. Hanafy M. Hanafy