What is stomach stapling?
At our Long Island center, we sometimes hear the term “stomach stapling” used to refer to bariatric surgery. Stomach stapling refers to the part of the bariatric surgery procedure in which a portion of the stomach is sectioned off, usually with surgical staples, to create a smaller pouch. It is a restrictive method of weight loss surgery which reduces the amount of food that can be eaten at a time, resulting in weight loss. Stomach stapling can be combined with a malabsorptive technique, such as gastric bypass, which also restricts the amount of calories that the body absorbs from the food that is eaten. The stomach is sectioned off in both LAP-BAND® System surgery and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery — the two most popular surgical weight loss methods in the United States. The National Institutes of Health recognizes these types of bariatric surgery as a viable treatment options for those who have been unable to lose weight through conventional methods. Bariatric weight loss surgery i
