Laparoscopic obesity surgery, commonly referred to as laparoscopic bariatric surgery, is a type of minimally invasive surgery designed to help individuals with severe obesity lose weight when other methods such as diet, exercise, and medication have not been successful. This approach offers several significant benefits, including reduced pain, quicker recovery, and fewer complications compared to traditional open surgery.
Laparoscopic obesity surgery, commonly referred to as laparoscopic bariatric surgery, is a type of minimally invasive surgery designed to help individuals with severe obesity lose weight when other methods such as diet, exercise, and medication have not been successful. This approach offers several significant benefits, including reduced pain, quicker recovery, and fewer complications compared to traditional open surgery.
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y) One of the most frequently performed weight-loss surgeries, the gastric bypass works by creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach. This pouch becomes the only part of the stomach that receives food, greatly limiting the amount that you can comfortably eat and drink at one time. The surgery also reroutes the small intestine to connect to this pouch, which results in decreased calorie absorption. 2. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
This procedure involves removing approximately 80% of the stomach, leaving a tube-shaped stomach about the size and shape of a banana. Reducing the size of the stomach limits food intake and decreases the hormones that drive hunger. 3. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
This involves placing a band around the upper part of the stomach to create a small stomach pouch above the band with a very narrow opening to the rest of the stomach. The band can be adjusted to make the stomach pouch larger or smaller. This surgery is less popular nowadays due to lower efficacy compared to other methods.
4. Laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch This is a more complex procedure that involves removing a large part of the stomach and rerouting a lengthy portion of the small intestine to create two separate pathways and one common channel. The shorter of the two pathways, the digestive loop, takes food from the stomach to the common channel. The longer pathway, the biliopancreatic loop, carries bile from the liver to the common channel. The common channel is where the contents of the two pathways mix before entering the large intestine. This surgery both restricts the amount of food the stomach can hold and reduces the absorption of nutrients and calories.
