Bariatric Surgery or Bariatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the study of obesity, the causes, prevention and treatment of obesity. The Greek word Baro means heavy or large. Diet, exercise, anti-obesity drugs, behavioral therapy are first line treatments of obesity, but success is limited in people with severe obesity. Bariatric Surgery or Weight […]

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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