What is Bariatric Surgery?

Surgical procedures performed for obesity complications, to provide relief from consequential diseases, is known as Bariatric Surgery. Next time you will be well equipped, with information, as to what is Bariatric Surgery and able to provide health information, to the concerned person. You may have an answer to why bariatric surgery is quick solution to various lifestyle problems as Diabetes, High Blood Pressure (BP), Cardiovascular diseases and Metabolic diseases.

These are also given the name as Gastric bypass and/or weight loss surgeries due to procedures involved. Surgical changes are made to digestive system organs as Stomach or Small intestine to reduce food intake or altering the nutrient absorptions respectively.

Bariatric surgeries are performed after the weight loss programs as diets and exercise have failed to solve the metabolic problems and the concerned person is facing serious health problems, due to overweight.

Bariatric Surgery help to reduce appetite , improve metabolism and burn calories. Various surgical procedures to improve the serious health conditions as Diabetes , High BP, Cardiovascular diseases are collectively called Bariatric surgeries. Data collection shows improved reduction in mortality rates.

Bariatric Procedures include following surgical procedures :

• Gastric Bypass by stomach size reduction, using gastric band
• Gastric Bypass by stomach size reduction by removal of portion of stomach
• Resecting small intestine
• Redirecting small intestine to a small stomach
• Biliopancreatic diversion
• Duodenal switch.

This procedure is reliable and safe you can walk in with smile and leave as healthy you! After all its not about how you appear, its about your health and long life!

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