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2. 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 ...

3. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity; gastric bypass is one of four types of operations for severe obesity; laparoscopic surgery is equally effective and as safe as open surgery; patients should undergo comprehensive preoperative evaluation and have multi-disciplinary support for optimum outcome

4. Adjustable gastric band - Wikipedia

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   The advent of surgical laparoscopy has transformed the field of bariatric surgery and made the gastric band a more appealing option for the surgical management of obesity. In 1992, Prof. Guy-Bernard Cadière was the first to apply an adjustable band (the Kuzmak ASGB device) by the laparoscopic approach. [ 47 ]

5. Weight loss surgery tied to lasting digestive issues

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   Researchers examined data on 249 extremely obese patients who had what's known as laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which reduces the stomach to a small pouch about the size of an egg.

6. Is bariatric surgery still best? What new research says about ...

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   Even so, bariatric surgery is underutilized, according to Dr. Marina Kurian, a bariatric surgeon who co-authored the first study. Here, experts break down what you need to know about the procedure ...

7. Sleeve gastrectomy - Wikipedia

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   Sleeve gastrectomy was originally performed as a modification to another bariatric procedure, the duodenal switch, and then later as the first part of a two-stage gastric bypass operation on extremely obese patients for whom the risk of performing gastric bypass surgery was deemed too large. The initial weight loss in these patients was so ...