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Your weight loss journey is very personal. You've tried diet and exercise, but they haven't worked. Your next step may be bariatric weight loss surgery — is it right for you and your health needs? How can you find a program that offers a lot of support along the way?
The HonorHealth Bariatric Center provides the personalized care you want from a team of experts who support you every step of the way.
It's important to remember that bariatric weight loss surgeries are not a quick fix for obesity. You'll still need to be committed to diet and exercise after surgery.
After a careful examination, your surgeon will determine which minimally invasive surgical procedure is best for you and your health. Together, you'll discuss such factors as:
From there, you will discuss surgical and non-surgical options.
HonorHealth surgeons perform laparoscopic surgery through small incisions near the belly button. This results in faster recovery, less pain and fewer complications. The center specializes in the following surgical procedures:
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery technique is considered the gold standard of bariatric surgery by the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons and the National Institutes of Health.
The minimally invasive surgery is performed in the hospital; you'll be under general anesthesia. You'll probably stay in the hospital for at least two days.
During the operation, your HonorHealth surgeon creates a new stomach pouch about the size of an egg from your existing stomach. Next, your surgeon divides the top part of the small intestine, connecting the bottom part to the new stomach pouch.
The surgeon then connects the top portion of the divided small intestine to the rest of the small intestine further down. The remaining stomach and part of the small intestine are now "bypassed."
How gastric bypass helps you lose weight:
What are the advantages of gastric bypass surgery?
Also referred to as sleeve gastrectomy, this surgical procedure has become the most common weight loss surgery. The minimally invasive, irreversible surgery is performed in the hospital. You'll be under general anesthesia and will stay in the hospital at least overnight.
The surgeon removes the part of your stomach that expands (about 85 percent) and creates a new, small, sleeve-shaped stomach pouch. The new tubular pouch is about the size and shape of a banana, larger than the stomach created by the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
How the gastric sleeve procedure helps you lose weight:
What are the advantages of gastric sleeve surgery?
This minimally invasive surgery is performed on an outpatient basis; you should be able to go home the same day as the surgery. During the operation, your HonorHealth surgeon places an adjustable band around the upper part of your stomach. This creates a smaller stomach pouch above the band, with the rest of the stomach below.
How the adjustable gastric band surgery helps you lose weight:
What are the advantages to adjustable gastric band surgery?
The HonorHealth Bariatric Center is accredited as a Comprehensive Center with Adolescent by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. This means the center has met stringent national quality standards.
HonorHealth bariatric surgeons have a great deal of experience with complicated issues, even revisions of surgeries that have been done previously.