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Bariatric surgery is an important decision that should include research, thoughtful discussions with your doctor and a lifelong commitment to better nutrition. Surgery to promote weight loss is a serious undertaking, and patients who have had surgery require close monitoring as well as life-long use of special foods and vitamins.
Deciding which type of surgery is right for you requires a thorough understanding of the ramifications of each procedure, and the effects on your diet and lifestyle.
Your surgeon's professional experience and knowledge can also help with the right solution for your weight loss goals.
While weight loss surgery has shown to be an effective tool in weight loss, no method, including surgery, guarantees to produce and maintain a lower weight. Success is possible only with a lifelong commitment to behavioral change, new eating habits and medical follow-up.
Sleeve Gastrectomy
A sleeve gastrectomy procedure involves removing approximately 85% of volume of the stomach of the stomach, leaving a slender stomach "sleeve." This new stomach has a total capacity of just three to five ounces, which means patients feel full or satisfied after eating only a small amount of food. This surgery also causes changes in hormones that work to further promote a feeling of fullness. Sleeve gastrectomy permanently reduces the size of the stomach, limiting the amount of food you can eat and helping you to feel full faster, and longer.
At Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, this procedure is performed laparoscopically, which means that it is minimally invasive, using several small incisions rather than one large one. Patient benefits include a shorter hospital stay, less pain and a quicker recovery.
Gastric Bypass
Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure that involves stapling an upper portion of the stomach to create a smaller stomach pouch. The surgeon then connects the pouch to a section of the lower intestine, bypassing a section of the small intestine where calories and nutrients are absorbed. This surgery also causes changes in hormones that also work to promote a feeling of fullness.
Whenever possible, bariatric surgeons at Cedar Park Regional Medical Center use a minimally invasive laparoscopic approach, which requires a shorter hospital stay. Minimally invasive surgery may lead to less pain and scarring and a quicker recovery.
The bariatric program is accredited by the American College of Surgeons. We are dedicated to providing the tools for long-term weight loss for the greater Austin area.
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For more information about bariatric surgery in the Austin area, please call (512) 528-7317