New techniques, like laparoscopy, make surgeries all the more effective and painless for the patients. If you take the case of bariatric surgery, doctors no longer have to resort to big cuts on the patients' bodies. Using laparoscopy or minimally invasive technique, they make a few small incisions and perform the surgery with almost the same benefits that an open cut surgery provides.
Doctors can now perform all the weight loss surgeries – lap band, sleeve, and gastric bypass - laparoscopically. The main benefits of an invasive surgery include lesser pain and early recovery for the patients.
Lap band involves inserting a band inside the abdomen and tightening it around stomach's upper part. This is the least invasive surgical procedure, but is quite effective in inducing weight loss.
Gastric sleeve – another laparoscopic bariatric surgery – refers to the procedure, wherein your doctor would surgically reduce the size of your stomach so that you eat significantly lesser amount of food. Post-procedure, your stomach would look like a sleeve.
Bypass is certainly the most invasive and effective weight loss surgery. The bariatric surgeon would not only surgically cut a major portion of your stomach, but also create a bypass along the small intestine with a view to reduce the absorption of nutrients in your body.
Surgeries have proved quite effective in helping a person with morbid obesity. However, it is suggested only in rare cases; in most cases, lifestyle changes and medications would suffice.
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