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2. 4 Common Weight Loss Surgeries (& 3 Alternatives) - AOL

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   In fact, bariatric surgery can achieve weight loss of 25 to 30 percent, which is more than weight loss injections and behavioral interventions. Improvement of obesity-related health conditions .

3. The Unexpected Costs of Weight-Loss Surgery - AOL

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   For those burdened by a lifetime of obesity, the cost of weight-loss surgery is well worth it, especially if they are covered by good medical insurance. The gastric bypass, the most popular form ...

4. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   Bariatric surgery (also known as metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a surgical procedure used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery may be achieved through alteration of gut hormones, physical reduction of stomach size ( stomach reduction surgery ), [ 3 ] reduction ...

5. Women Bond Over Using Weight Loss Drugs and Become Best ... - AOL

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   Doty has a long list of the ways she tried — and failed — to lose weight over the years: Richard Simmons, Weight Watchers, ‘90s fad drug fen-phen, lap band surgery, Tae Bo, Atkins, gastric ...

6. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   In Germany a gastric bypass operation, if not covered by health insurance and therefore paid privately, costs up to €15,000; [web 6] in Switzerland CHF 20,000–25,000, [news 2] in Poland gastric bypass costs around £4,000, whereas in Turkey it costs £3,200.

7. Duodenal switch - Wikipedia

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   The duodenal switch (DS) procedure, also known as a gastric reduction duodenal switch (GRDS), is a weight loss surgery procedure that is composed of a restrictive and a malabsorptive aspect. The restrictive portion of the surgery involves removing approximately 70% of the stomach (along the greater curvature) and most of the duodenum .