Obesity surgery, is also known as Bariatric surgery, is a procedure that helps you lose weight by restricting and shrinking the size of the stomach, slowing down digestion, or by a combination of both gastric restriction and malabsorption. Bariatric procedures also often cause hormonal changes.
The most common bariatric surgery procedures are
- Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass)
- Gastric Botox
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Gastric Balloon / Intragastric Balloon System
- Metabolic Surgery
- Loop Duodenal Switch (SADI-S)