Obesity and Infertility: Obesity is a life-long, progressive, life-threatening, genetically-related, multi-factorial disease of excess fat storage. BMI (Body Mass Index) = Weight in Kg / Height in M2. For Asian populations, classifications remain the same as the international classification, but public health action points for interventions are set at 23, 27.5, 32.5 and 37.517. Obesity […]

Weight Loss Treatment : It will be a wish of everybody to have an attractive body figure. There was a time when majority were running around to find ways to increase body weight but today great majority are depending on various methods and advertisements modalities for reducing body weight. It is very happy to know […]

Intragastric Balloon Placement is placing a deflated balloon in the stomach using endoscopy and then filling it to decrease the amount of intragastric space. It can be left in the stomach for a period of 6 months and results in average weight loss of 10-15 kg in half a year. It may be used in […]

These are malabsorptive procedures. In this the stomach is connected to a distal part of the intestine so that the absorption is reduced and thus causing weight reduction. There is good weight loss and resolution of metabolic syndrome to great extent. It is less preferred due to shunting of food (dumping syndrome) and some vitamin […]

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is a surgical procedure for weight loss. In this procedure, the stomach is reduced to about 15% of the original size of the stomach by removing a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature. The portions of stomach which secretes Ghrelin (hormone which increase appetite and cholesterol) and acid (which […]

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Bariatric Surgeon Kerala – Dr. R. Padmakumar is Sr. Consultant Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon, Chairman and Managing Director of Keyhole Clinic – Center for Obesity and Laparoscopy, at Edappally, Kochi, and the Head of Department, Minimally Invasive Surgery at VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi. He has been changing lives through Keyhole Surgery. Dr. Padmakumar is also […]

Indywood Medical Excellence Awards honoured Renowned healthcare practitioners and organisations at Hyderabad 04.12.2018, Hyderabad, India: The prestigious Indywood Medical Excellence Awards 2018 concluded successfully at HITEX, Hyderabad on 4th December 2018. The award was organised to recognize and felicitate healthcare practitioners and organisations for their relentless services to the society. The esteemed Award Presenter for the […]

Bariatric Surgery is effective in reducing 50 to 85% of excess body weight. Most of the medical co-morbidities also improves or resolves along with the weight loss. Benefits include Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus resolution, improvement of hypertension and high cholesterol, resolution of obstructive sleep apnea, etc. WATCH VIDEO REVIEWS Bariatric surgery is performed to restrict […]