What are the main types of obesity surgery available?
If changes in your diet and exercise are not effective then your doctor will prescribe medicines for your weight loss. Beyond this, if you are morbidly obese, if you have a BMI between 35 and 40, or if you are at risk of an obesity related disease then you can consider the following obesity surgery methods • gastric banding – also known as lap banding, limits the capacity of your stomach. This means that after you eat a certain amount of food, you will feel full already. Keyhole surgery is used to tie an inflatable band around the top part of the stomach, creating a small pouch at the top. This will limit the amount of food your stomach can hold. Food will pass from the pouch to the lower part of your stomach and into your digestive system • gastric bypass – is the permanent surgery on the stomach designed to reduce the length of the digestive tract and stop food from being absorbed. A small pouch is created at the top of the stomach where part of the intestine is grafted to the top of
