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Effective Weight Loss Surgery Effective weight loss surgery is surgical techniques that aid in controlling obesity. This is generally opted in the case of extreme obesity or wherein other methods fail to provide any result. Bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery is one of the most common methods, wherein the gastro intestinal tract s modified to limit the food intake. Vertical banded gastroplasty is also referred to as gastric stapling, wherein a portion of the stomach is stapled. This forms a smaller pouch which functions as the stomach.
Adjustable gastric band is yet another procedure which uses a silicone band, thereby restricting the intake. Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure that uses a stapler device to connect the stomach to the distal part of the small intestine. Surgical removal of a portion of the stomach is referred to as sleeve gastrectomy.
About 35 per cent of the size of the stomach is reduced. A variation of this is the sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal switch. The volume of the stomach is reduced by tubulizing it. The residual volume is around 150 ml. This surgical procedure is irreversible, both functionally and anatomically. Weight loss surgeries are effective, provided performed by experienced surgeons.
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