Benefits of Bariatric Surgery

With the help of safe, successful, and effective weight loss surgery, many patients lose between 100 and 200 pounds. Typically, patients are able to achieve a healthier weight and enjoy a new level of fitness.

Safe and Successful Weight Loss

Rapid weight loss is possible with the innovation of bariatric surgery, a serious solution to a serious health problem.

When performed by an experienced, skilled surgeon, gastric bypass and gastric LAP BAND® surgeries are safe, successful, and effective weight loss methods for those who seek surgery to manage obesity. The benefits of bariatric surgery are numerous.

Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery

The primary benefit of gastric bypass surgery is the weight loss itself. Studies have shown that 10 years after gastric bypass surgery—the most commonly performed bariatric operation—patients have maintained average losses of 60 percent of their excess weight.

Gastric bypass is a safe, successful, and effective weight loss option when the surgery is performed by a qualified, talented surgeon. Many health problems can be eliminated following bariatric surgery. These include:

High blood pressure
High cholesterol levels
Heart disease
Diabetes
Asthma
Sleep apnea syndrome
Acid reflux disease
Stress urinary incontinence
Low back pain and degenerative disk disease
Degenerative joint disease

Because patients’ stomachs are much smaller following successful gastric bypass surgery, there are physical limitations as to the amount of food that can be consumed. In addition, because the duodenum is bypassed and the digestive juices are added further down the gastrointestinal system, fewer calories are absorbed.

Since there are fewer calories available for use, the body burns excess fat for energy, which results in weight loss. Gastric bypass has proven to be a safe and effective weight loss surgery for treating morbid obesity, with the average patient losing approximately 75 percent of excess body weight one year after the weight loss surgery.

Perhaps more impressively, over 90 percent of the health conditions that are associated with obesity improved or abated following successful gastric bypass surgery.